Sperm Edwards Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 lol, where are the people who ripped failing to close the deal on him? Couple of people here said it would be a great pickup or that it would be a better move than signing Chris Johnson was. I forget who now. Retires in July. Two days before training camp starts. Think we offered him the possibility of more if he made it through the season and was productive, but with nothing guaranteed or something. I forget now exactly what it was, but it was nothing that was going to preclude us from taking any WRs at any point in the draft. But Seattle gave him $150K to sign for 3 months. Guess Idzik wasn't doing that again after the Jets got burned for $100K on Garrard, who retired in freaking May last year. Ford signing (1 year $740K and $65K was signing bonus) > Rice signing for $1.4M with Seattle with $150K of it signing bonus Has nothing to do with pissing on Seattle. More like I'm just glad we not only avoided one of these, but that we got to see the positive reward of this lack of "closing the deal" and got to see it so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 lol, where are the people who ripped failing to close the deal on him? Couple of people here said it would be a great pickup or that it would be a better move than signing Chris Johnson was. I forget who now. Retires in July. Two days before training camp starts. Think we offered him the possibility of more if he made it through the season and was productive, but with nothing guaranteed or something. I forget now exactly what it was, but it was nothing that was going to preclude us from taking any WRs at any point in the draft. But Seattle gave him $150K to sign for 3 months. Guess Idzik wasn't doing that again after the Jets got burned for $100K on Garrard, who retired in freaking May last year. Ford signing (1 year $740K and $65K was signing bonus) > Rice signing for $1.4M with Seattle with $150K of it signing bonus Has nothing to do with pissing on Seattle. More like I'm just glad we not only avoided one of these, but that we got to see the positive reward of this lack of "closing the deal" and got to see it so quickly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esXJN_OTkmU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esXJN_OTkmU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I wish him nothing but the best in retirement. It's gotta be hard being a wide receiver with the last name "rice" and not being named Jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Speaking of retirement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 I wish him nothing but the best in retirement. It's gotta be hard being a wide receiver with the last name "rice" and not being named Jerry. Sure, and with plenty of money, he's probably doing the right thing with all those concussions & knee injuries under his belt. And welcome back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Amazing that Pete Carroll ever won a game with that sh*t hand he was dealt. #weppinz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Amazing that Pete Carroll ever won a game with that sh*t hand he was dealt. #weppinz What sh*t hand? The sh*t hand of landing an emotionally mature, stud QB who was good to great even as a rookie, to bail him out of starting Matt Flynn after back to back 7-9 seasons? QB is totally the least important position to get lucky on. Wilson at $600K/year is the same thing as Mark Sanchez at $10M/year. Not much difference in skill or roster flexibility. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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