Alex Mack still getting no interest
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Mack needs to tell his agent to shut his yap. He's starting to get Hillis type diva. No one wants to pay that much for a center.
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Right. I don't know what the going rate for a Pro Bowl caliber center is....but I suspect the 10 mill. Mack is being offered is practically double that going rate.
This is a couple of years old, but here is what the Top Centers were making in the 2012 season:
Centers
1. Nick Mangold, Jets – $5,362,600
2. Ryan Kalil, Panthers – $5,100,000
3. David Baas, Giants – $4,950,000
4. Eugen Amano, Titans – $4,632,500
5. Chris Myers, Texans – $4,500,000
6. Scott Wells, Rams – $4,500,000
7. Jeff Saturday, Packers – $4,000,000
8. John Sullivan, Vikings – $4,000,000
9. Chris Spencer, Bears – $3,750,000
10. Jonathan Goodwin, 49ers – $3,716,667 -
More current info involving all linemen:
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I suspect his contract will end up being in the $7-8m per season range.
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Besides the money, does he want to be a Brown?
Besides the money, does he want to be a Brown?
That's the question- He's being offered Left Tackle money (something that needs to be addressed in the next CBA). I can't see any other team with the cap room and a legit SB shot offering him anywhere near that kind of money.
Tell his agent around $6 million a year, 4 year contract. $5 million signing bonus, and shut up. Highest paid center in the NFL if that's not good enough, go pound salt.
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I was kinda holding out hope that his attitude toward the Browns may have changed with their free agency and new management. Doesn't sound like a money thing to me right now though. He just wants out of Cleveland. And that's another big hole to fill if so.
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I'm fine with pro-bowl caliber players playing hardball to an extent. This is likely the biggest contract Mack is going to get in his NFL career, so 'holding out' is something I can actually understand. But I'd bet based on how it's all going that he and his agent are realizing no one is going to pay a center 10+ million a year, at least for a while. I'm fine offering him a front loaded contract and even making him the highest paid center but it's time to get realistic.
You all may be right though, it's possible he just doesn't want to be in Cleveland anymore. No amount of money can change that.
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FYI, I understand that he actually has until like July 22 to sign his tender....if it is not withdrawn ahead of time. So this could be a long hard row to hoe.
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Besides the money, does he want to be a Brown?
That's the question- He's being offered Left Tackle money (something that needs to be addressed in the next CBA). I can't see any other team with the cap room and a legit SB shot offering him anywhere near that kind of money.
Tell his agent around $6 million a year, 4 year contract. $5 million signing bonus, and shut up. Highest paid center in the NFL if that's not good enough, go pound salt.
That's the question- He's being offered Left Tackle money (something that needs to be addressed in the next CBA). I can't see any other team with the cap room and a legit SB shot offering him anywhere near that kind of money.
Tell his agent around $6 million a year, 4 year contract. $5 million signing bonus, and shut up. Highest paid center in the NFL if that's not good enough, go pound salt.
Thanks for the insight! Personally, I don't think he wants to be a Brown and if this was expressed to Pettine or Farmer shame on them for forcing Mack to stay with the inflated transition tag.
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I think he has no problem being a brown, but his agent is trying to shop him for the most money - no problem with that. Besides, if he were to sign after only a week of FA, it's probably a mistake from him. Only when we get to the draft and the possibility of the tender being withdrawn does time become a factor.
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Like Canton Mike told me yesterday, Mack was a hs and college California kid.
Guess he wants to go back that way. I doubt it is that he doesn't like the cold and the snow.
Could be other reasons...
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Like Canton Mike told me yesterday, Mack was a hs and college California kid.
Guess he wants to go back that way. I doubt it is that he doesn't like the cold and the snow.
Could be other reasons...
Like Canton Mike told me yesterday, Mack was a hs and college California kid.
Guess he wants to go back that way. I doubt it is that he doesn't like the cold and the snow.
Could be other reasons...
He never struck me as that big of a pussy. But, you never know. He is from Berkely. Maybe he wants to be a hippie?
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if a player doesn't want to be on the team, hit the door. the problem is i don't see a replacement in the draft or FA that comes close to mack's skill-set.
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I was kinda holding out hope that his attitude toward the Browns may have changed with their free agency and new management. Doesn't sound like a money thing to me right now though. He just wants out of Cleveland. And that's another big hole to fill if so.
I was kinda holding out hope that his attitude toward the Browns may have changed with their free agency and new management. Doesn't sound like a money thing to me right now though. He just wants out of Cleveland. And that's another big hole to fill if so.
Yeah, exactly. My hope is he'll have to come back for another year on the transition tag and the Browns improve enough to convince him he wants to stay in Cleveland and he signs a new contract.
"I said, 'I need someone who's going to want to get on the roller coaster with me knowing that it's not always going to be fun,'" -Paul DePodesta -
He's just a big California pussy. Go home, pussy.
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Who in their right mind is going to offer more than $10mil this year for Mack?? His agent is an idiot, and I'm starting to think he is too for listening to his sh**. Just sign the damn contract, take the $10mil and take off next year. That at least gives us some time to get your replacement...
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It's not a "more than" situation. The guy just wants to be paid hoorta-like money.
I think he's worth the $6 mil/ yr... and certainly could up the guarantee to 10mil. If that' not good enough then there are some damn good C prospects in the draft... including a sleeper who will be there in Rnd 4.
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