And Wallace has said he wants Fitzgerald money. Sorry, but he’s not worth Fitzgerald money to anyone, including the Steelers. The operative word there is delusion, not collusion. If he sticks to that demand, he may just sit out the season.

Most of these guys are minimum salary guys already so no one is going to overpay so much the original team won’t match.

Maybe the elimination of the “poison pill” has something to do with less RFA’s signing with other teams? Ever consider that or mention that point in your article? Thought not….

Legursky is already getting DOUBLE minimum salary as a RFA. $1.26 million.

Do you really think a team is going to sign him to a 3 or 4 year deal worth $10 million or something? Seriously? And why would Legursky take a 3 or 4 year deal @ $6 million total? The Steelers would match that or he might start all 16 games this season, become a decent starter and get better money than that next year.

Your article is just horse manure unless you find me a better RFA example that you consider “collusion”.

Legursky is the worst example you could have picked.

That said, he is and outstanding player and someone picking at the bottom of round 1 should offer him a 3 year – $40 million contract with $28 million guaranteed and see if he really wants to play one more year for $2.5 mil.

Unfortunately, the Ravens have no cap room and the Bengals do. Luckily, the Bengals are historically cheap.

My mistake.

Carroll County Times’ writer Aaron Wilson (you guys link to his articles fairly frequently) reported 2 days ago that Dannell Ellerbe (Ravens LB) had signed his RFA tender.

Just because he’s better than most of the pathetically obese, unathletic linemen in Pittsburgh does not mean he has any actual value for a real, professional-level o-line.

Really… have you watched the Steelers offensive line lately? You think teams are lining up to sign a free agent from that unit? Go ask Max Starks.

Or (and I hate to burst your bubble), Legursky LIKES being a Steeler. They did give him a shot as an undrafted player. He’s from West Virginia and currently is penciled in at starting LG right now.

You really think someone’s gonig to throw him considerably more money/length on a deal to be a backup swing G/C?

If Legursky is the best example you got, this whole article has no merit and neither would a grievance by the union.

You sound like a conspiracy theorist more than a journalist sometimes.

Nope got it but your right MUST be Collusion.

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Of course, if you actually read the entire bit, you would notice that not all of the players would have required draft pick compensation. So, while your point about picks may apply to some players like Wallace, it still seems fishy that none of the players that didn’t require picks weren’t signed.

But, it is much easier to get hits on a slow news day to shout collusion.

Seriously, this “collusion” non-story as it relates to not signing RFAs is getting really old. Stop running it. Please. If you’d look at the list of RFAs, you’d see there is NO value whatsoever in what teams wanted.

If you want to allege collusion in that teams agreed to slap ridiculously high tenders on marginal players, fine. But implying that there is any value whatsoever in the RFA market and teams have agreed not to sign said valuable players is absurd.

…especially if it is a Giant’s RFA.