Comments on: Braylon Edwards got no guaranteed money

By: marcsasharc

marcsasharc — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:55:53 +0000

Lol so many haters spewing crap that they can’t back up. Hate all you want but SF got a steal in Edwards. He has proven he can be a play maker and the contract gives SF zero risk with a huge potential for a big reward. And as much as I hate Alex smith, he’s better than mark Sanchez. Fact.

Haters finna hate. Carry on haters

By: prestigew0rldwide

prestigew0rldwide — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:27:20 +0000

@oldbyrd… i was thinking that as well, it would have been a very smart move.. its seems maclin’s deal might be as bad as anyone could imagine if they haven’t explained it yet

By: jackblackshairyback

jackblackshairyback — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:25:47 +0000

“If Edwards is smart”

I think we have our answer already.

By: mrbigass

mrbigass — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:57:38 +0000

So it’s not guaranteed until week one and then it is guaranteed?

Surely this guy can mind his manners for a month and a half for a sweet mil……or not.

By: phaktor333

phaktor333 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:21:16 +0000

Let it be known, Edwards may have signed a piece of paper that made promises, but he did not sign a contract…this situation is a friggin’ tryout.

By: bensstinkyfingers

bensstinkyfingers — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:08 +0000

How is Bray Bray gonna pay his bar tabs and legal fees with a contract like that? I see King Cobra 40′s and court appointed attorneys in your future, stonehands.

By: oldbyrd

oldbyrd — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:54:39 +0000

The Eagles should have offered him a similiar deal. With D Jack holding out, ? and Only God knows whats up with Maclin, I think that Edwards would have been c heap insurance. What say you guys?

By: goldrush36

goldrush36 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:33:38 +0000

marcus158 says:
Aug 5, 2011 12:28 PM
A #1 in a team with no QB and your outstanding ability to drop easy balls, I might add.

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Says the guy whose team just mortgaged the next 10 years for a qb with hardly any experience, a losing record, and more int’s than td’s. Yeah you got room to talk about qb’s smh.

By: briank1ne

briank1ne — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:31:10 +0000

im liking this contract…earn your money….I love it! gives incentive. to all you haters out there from the seahawks and the cards…we will see who has the better qb rating at the end of the season.

By: funkylovemonkey

funkylovemonkey — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:30:23 +0000

ronaldmexico says:
Aug 5, 2011 1:34 PM
Braylon better hope Alex Smith starts throwing more accurately if he wants to put up good numbers and get a big contract in 2012.

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Sigh. I know that football is a lot about gut and feeling, but does nobody look at stats?

Alex Smith is a more accurate QB then Sanchez. Sanchez only completed 54.9% of his throws (behind a better O-line and with better WRs) while Alex Smith completed 59.6%. Alex Smith’s yards per attempt are also higher then Sanchez. Sanchez only threw 6.49 yards per attempt while Smith threw for 6.93 yards per attempt. Their ratings reflect that disparity, with Alex Smith coming in at 82.1 and Sanchez coming at 75.3. In almost every statistical way Edwards made and UPGRADE at QB.

Anyway, I wasn’t super excited about picking up Braylon Edwards with the baggage he brings. But considering how much the 49ers got him for I feel a lot better. Not only does that mean that Edwards will have something to prove to the rest of the league if he ever wants to get paid well again but the risk is pretty minimal to the 49ers if he doesn’t pan out.

By: countsnail

countsnail — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:20:44 +0000

2 lazy diva WRs (Edwards and Crabtree)+ no QB to throw to them= Trouble in the Bay area.

By: notoriouspro

notoriouspro — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:08:50 +0000

I wish the Jets would sign Malcom floyd. They have the money. Imagine Holmes Plaxico and Floyd. Floyd is young and could sign a 3 or 4 yr deal that would secure him and holmes for a few years and then plaxico this year and see where it goes. That would be a formidable recieving core. Two giants and a gamebreaker.

By: theytukrjobs

theytukrjobs — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:04:42 +0000

For $1 and no guarantees I don’t see a single team in football that wouldn’t pay that. Hell just bring him in as a warm camp body to create competition at the 3rd WR spot and cut him come regular season.

By: utteke

utteke — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:01:08 +0000

He just violated his probation again with a bar fight up in Michigan. I don’t think the judge is going to be as nice a second time. He may be under contract with SF but it’s very possible he’ll be back in NE Ohio wearing orange soon. Just not of the FB variety….

By: jpb12

jpb12 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:43:38 +0000

Hope he got a chauffeur in the deal.

By: servegmo

servegmo — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:42:40 +0000

love what my niners are doing!!! go niners

By: jetsfan80

jetsfan80 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:40:21 +0000

Idiot should have crawled back to the Jets for a similar deal with a chance to be on a relevant team

By: djvicdogg

djvicdogg — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:37:08 +0000

Well if Edwards can catch passes from Smith the way he catches cases, he should have no problems meeting the incentives on his contract.

By: ronaldmexico

ronaldmexico — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:34:33 +0000

Braylon better hope Alex Smith starts throwing more accurately if he wants to put up good numbers and get a big contract in 2012.

Too bad the Niners couldn’t have ponied up to sign Ronnie Brown to unite the top 3 picks from the 2005 draft.

By: ny82jy

ny82jy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:34:13 +0000

nyjalleffingday says:Aug 5, 2011 12:35 PM
@conwayjames
Know what’s even funnier? Braylon dragging him into the endzone with one leg with his butt buddy McCourty on the other leg.
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That probably was my favorite Braylon Edwards play as a jet.. That was awesome i was so pumped watching that. Good call !!

By: bturner032002

bturner032002 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:24:57 +0000

hahaha! 90 cathes and a pro bowl

signed,

Alex Smith

By: rajbais

rajbais — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:21:16 +0000

“Get your knuckles ready,” Braylon!!!

It’s good that the 49ers are spending their money wisely, but Braylon will not get 90 balls from Alex Smith no matter how much he demands the ball.

By: prestigew0rldwide

prestigew0rldwide — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:11:37 +0000

To the mob of commentors who love to claim he isnt talented and always drops the ball… your comments translate to pure ignorance and anything you say after the horrible joke about dropping the ball goes unheard to the educated reader.. and the comment response to the writers description as one of the most talented receivers in the nfl of ” ummmmm, no”…not only do you sound stupid, you give absolutely no explanation, although i’m sure you would have thought of something original like he cant catch the ball and he is a diva… Its amazing how fools can so easily be blinded by hate, and pretend that they never noticed that he only dropped one catch last year, less then every one of all of those receivers that obviosly have good hands compared to braylon. And as long as we are looking at the mob’s ideal talented receivers that are way out of braylon’s class… How many of them have had 16 TD’s in one season…ever?? And in that season had some undeniable freak catches.. but lets just pretend that none of this happen and focus on his off field troubles and the one year he struggled with drops which clearly proved to be a simple head game he had to overcome rather than a depiction of his talent.

By: ampats

ampats — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:06:21 +0000

Looks like Borges was right. The Jets wanted no part of Braylon

Now the 49ers have two of the most over rated diva receivers in the NFL Edwards & Crabtree

By: beecee71

beecee71 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:57:07 +0000

you guys have to remember that “ridiculously” low price the jets wouldn’t pay came after they had signed burress and after the new incident happened. when the jets signed burress, braylon was still expecting\asking for a ton of money. He screwed himself once again after rebuilding himself with the jets with that “spooning” incident.
some people never learn.

By: mgp1219

mgp1219 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:45:32 +0000

It’s about time a team doesn’t just shell out ridiulous amounts of money to a repeat offender! He’ll be back in court for some other off field infraction before the end of the season. He’ s a recidivist, plain and simple.

By: marvin49

marvin49 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:43:34 +0000

“Once again, look for the Rams to pwn the rest of this division all year long.”

Um, when did THAT happen? They split the series with the Niners and LOST the division. Wow. Delusional.

By: forty9erled

forty9erled — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:41:17 +0000

Aside from the Akers signing I think Niner fans have more to be hopeful about with this signing. Edwards has talent as we’ve seen in 07 & 08. He even lead the Jets last year in rec yds and I think could’ve had more if they didn’t have LT. I think our WR Coach, Bobby Engram, will have a huge impact on Edwards and as we’ve seen with Josh Morgan, here’s another receive who can make even Alex Smith look good!

I’m more hopeful today about our Offense today than yesterday, but I’m still nervous about our D.

GO NINERS!

By: wizahdry

wizahdry — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:39:01 +0000

Wow he goes from being considered a premium free agent to be last year to not even getting 1 year of guaranteed money. That sounds like his career is on it’s last leg. The future does not look bright considering he is depending on Alex Smith to get him the ball to make an impression.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:37:44 +0000

Teams could live with the DUI incidents, but losing a fight to a couple of elderly Vietnamese kitchen workers, to the point his group had to use weapons, really made everyone have second thoughts.