Comments on: Talk mounts that Bradford won't sign a pre-draft contract

By: kazkal

kazkal — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:05:44 +0000

The NFL should be ones pushing it,retarded when the first 6-7 draft picks are known before the day of the draft.

By: Child_Please!

Child_Please! — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:23:03 +0000

Red13;
Your wrong.
The team is operating as usual with the current owners.
Once the sale is finalized, the new owners assume all debt, property AND contracts.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:10:52 +0000

How would he sign a pre-draft contract if he has his workout with the Rams only 3 days before the draft?

By: The Lord

The Lord — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:06:52 +0000

Look Sam, you sign now or Suh goes first. It’s that simple.

By: HerbertJablonski

HerbertJablonski — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:43:06 +0000

How about they implement an owners pay scale, huh? Why is it always on the players?

By: edgy1957

edgy1957 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:26:57 +0000

D wins games says:
Rookie pay scale is probably the one thing that owners and players can agree upon right now.
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Baloney. The ONLY people who want it are owners and fans. The players would rather have it just as it is because it provides a base for their salaries.

By: edgy1957

edgy1957 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:23:28 +0000

Evil Dead says:
edgy1957, sorry, anyone that sits out a year of college due to an injury (or surgery to repair an injury) has injury history, idiot
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Hmm, sits out a year. I think you need to get your facts straight: he did NOT sit out a year. He was injured in the first game and then came back and played a couple of other games so… Hell, I guess that by that STUPID defnition then Clausen has an injury history. Mark Sanchez had 3 injuries in two years as a starter. I wonder if the Jets were stupid enough to believe that he had a history of injury and passed him up. Oh, that’s right, they didn’t.
BTW, genius, Troy Aikman broke his leg in college and sat out the rest of the year and YET, no one EVER said that he had a history of injury. Hell, every GD player that twisted an ankle has an injury history. The fact is that while a person could be concerned about the fact that the guy had an injury and you wonder how it would affect his performance, an “injury history” or more correctly, a “history of injury” would entail being injured in more than one year. Mark Sanchez qualifies but Bradford does not. He probably had an outside chance of coming back if he had gotten the surgery right away OR he could have went back for another year.

By: Tre-nitty

Tre-nitty — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:22:23 +0000

There is talk that khan may not even be the owner in the end. Anyway Devaney and spags don’t want to get fired and honestly drafting Bradford is the only way and he’ll sell tickets.

By: jamesowen237

jamesowen237 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:15:32 +0000

SprintPhoneFTW says:
March 29, 2010 8:07 PM
Rookie pay scale. Get one. These kids are out of control.

By: red13

red13 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:12:44 +0000

Has anyone stopped to think that the Rams are in no position to sign any pick before the draft? The current ownership can’t hardly guarantee anyone 40-50 million bucks when they aren’t going to be paying it. And Khan (the presumed new owner) can’t sign off on that deal until he’s approved by the other NFL owners. I think there’s no way a deal gets done before the draft no matter who they pick. The sale of the team will have to happen before any pick gets signed.

By: Tre-nitty

Tre-nitty — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:09:49 +0000

Anyone who believes this is either a hopeful skins fan or an idiot. King Sam will be a ram and signed before the draft. The workout just solidified that. Clausen will be avail at #4 and will be good as well but if i were the skins, if okung is avail id take him and see what campbell can do 1 more year but Bradford will and should be a ram unless a ridiculous deal comes along. Stop making shit up florio.

By: MagicMan407

MagicMan407 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:07:06 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! LIES ALLL LIES!!!!!!!!!! I HATE THESE KIDS WHO MAKES 40+ million!!!!!!!!! ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!

By: longthoughts

longthoughts — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:41:08 +0000

I like Bradford, but I don’t like this diva move…if this is even the case and not a question of standard PFT “reporting.” (At least one article from a different news source who spoke with Bradford after the workout said that Bradford felt it was up to the Rams if they wanted to sign a contract before draft day. Of course, there’s no way to measure whether or not this genuinely reflects how he plans to operate. But I feel equally naive trusting a journalist who, you know, doesn’t seem to actually check facts, report news, or speak to and/or cite actual sources anymore.)
All that aside, I could see the appeal of wanting to drop to a team like Washington. I’m no Redskins fan, but they are a popular franchise with a deep-pocketed owner and a coach with a long track record in the NFL. If Bradford is resistant, it wouldn’t surprise me if he hasn’t been reassured that any money he loses will be made up for if he happens to float to one of the most spend-happy owners in sports.

By: heartstl

heartstl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:33:44 +0000

If you read the ESPN article from Mort today, Bradford said that it would be up to the Rams if he signs before the draft:
“Bradford said every player dreams of being picked first in the draft, but he hasn’t given it much thought. And he said it would be up to the Rams whether he’d sign a deal before draft day, should they decide to draft him at No. 1.
“I don’t control that. I have no clue how it’s going to play out,” Bradford said. “If that’s how it works, then that’s how it works. If not, I’ll be excited to hear my name called on draft day.” ”
Florio fails again.

By: Buck Stallion

Buck Stallion — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:31:00 +0000

So Garcia86, you’d prefer $40 mil over $43 mil, cuz it would take an extra 3-4 months to get it?
Also, the kid hasn’t even been drafted yet. Let’s hold off on calling him greedy just because something Florio wrote.
We also aren’t privy to what the Rams have offered him. They could be low-balling him because of his shoulder.

By: ClownBurger

ClownBurger — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:26:00 +0000

I hope this is the last year the NFL doesn’t have a rookie scale. This is absurd.
The fans don’t like it.
The owners don’t like it.
The veterans don’t like it.
Who likes it?
Agents and rookies! F&CK THEM!

By: READY2CRUSH

READY2CRUSH — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:20:07 +0000

I completely agree with BroncoBourque…. WAS at #4 is definitely not worst case scenario. SEA and CLE need a QB of the future but I dont see them going that way either.
Barring a team from trading into the top 10, he could easily slide to BUF at #9. He’d probably still holdout for more money, but he would have lost tens-of-millions of dollars trying to out bluff STL.
TIME FOR A ROOKIE PAY SCALE

By: Whines_Hard.86

Whines_Hard.86 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:18:45 +0000

Good, this is smart on his part. Piss off the Rams. You don’t want to play for a franchise that is so far away from being a contender. I hope he goes to the Skins. Sure, their O-Line was bad last year, but Shanny will address that in the later rounds. The Skins are set on D, and they are a QB away from being a real contender. They just need to get younger on the O-Line. A real coach can draft an O-Lineman with potential in later rounds, and turn him into a very capable NFL starter. You’d have better luck with that, than trying to turn a later round QB into a franchise QB.

By: CookieFlash

CookieFlash — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:07:52 +0000

I think he’d be a great fit for the Skins and that Shanahan wouldn’t waste a minute longer in getting him. That said the Rams need a QB in a bad way. They also need to sell tickets and Bradford would do just that.Reagardless of what happens contract wise I don’t think the Rams would pass on him.

By: Channel124

Channel124 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:00:21 +0000

Agree with Joseferus 833 -
Cue the Larry King voice: “Washington! Hello!”

By: Matt Cribbin

Matt Cribbin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:56:14 +0000

As a skins fan I hope he drops to us. We can shore up the O-line with our second round pick and the other picks and any trades or FA’s.

By: Snibs

Snibs — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:55:52 +0000

Don’t worry Rams fans or Sam Braddford supporters. Florio recently has adopted “the son of Sam’s” dog and is now listening to his speculation and reporting it as fact.

By: bigtrav425

bigtrav425 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:55:30 +0000

i dont think Wash. would take him for 2 reasons…the O line…kinda what Browns did a few yrs ago they took Thomas instead of Quinn(at the time) and 2.Shanahan wants to massage his own ego and show his skills and finally let Campbell go and prove everyone wrong

By: D wins games

D wins games — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:53:42 +0000

Rookie pay scale is probably the one thing that owners and players can agree upon right now. Given the high bust rate of 1st rounders, the current system that guarantees them so much $ is utterly absurd.

By: DB26

DB26 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:52:50 +0000

@ Bronco Borque
Great thought process…. Something that is rare on here. Most will say “Shannahan took Cutler, blah” but what nobody thinks of is Shannahan had on of the best lines in the NFL too when he took Cutler. Better QB draft next season, Shanny will stick to the plan of taking a franchise LT and looking at Ryan Mallet in the 11′ draft, if Campbell doesn’t work out.
This means Bradford slips to the Browns at 7, unless a coveter trades up in front…. After the 4 pick, if Bradford is still on the board, Holmgren would then jump up to 5 to secure the pick.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Bradford ends up in Cleveland.

By: kennethnoisewater

kennethnoisewater — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:51:07 +0000

Clausen is better.

By: xacvol

xacvol — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:49:35 +0000

@harrisonhits
yeah, cryin like a rich little bitch…all the way to the bank!

By: Evil Dead

Evil Dead — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:44:33 +0000

Joseferus, I think you’re right. He may get $50 mil if picked first and get the s*** beat out of him each game because the Rams have no O-line. If he drops a few picks, he still gets $40 mil and has a better chance of having a long, healthy career and a better chance of joining a playoff contender.
edgy1957, sorry, anyone that sits out a year of college due to an injury (or surgery to repair an injury) has injury history, idiot.

By: xacvol

xacvol — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:44:24 +0000

@edgy
Exactly. His shoulder got fudged up. Even the best doctors cant make it like God did. With his injury to cartlidge, that cant put it back like new. There will ALWAYS be scar tissue, and will always be a problem. ITS HIS THROWING SHOULDER.

By: Hansman

Hansman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:44:16 +0000

This article implies someone might think Bradford is the best player in the draft? Huh?