Report: Richardson Claims Seahawks, Redskins Requested pay cut to Facilitate Trade

[nycdan]

3 hours ago, rex-n-effect said:

Isn't that what happens when they put Richardson at OLB?

He wasn't nearly as productive from that position.  He seems to be more of a hand in the dirt guy.  Others here may be better able to elaborate.

[Gas2No99]

2 hours ago, Jetdawgg said:

How do you eliminate risk from any transaction?

due diligence. 

[peebag]

3 hours ago, bostonmajet said:

seems to me like the Jets have a win-win-win... type of thing going. If Sheldon has a bad year they let him walk and don't owe him a thing. If he has a great year they can a) trade him, b. let him walk and they get a compensatory pick (probably a third), c. if he outplays wilk, they can trade or let wilk walk and sign sheldon with the wilk money.

or they can franchise him.

[long suffering jets fan]

Good!  Let Manish pump up his value, we have other needs. 

[joewilly12]

3 hours ago, SR24 said:

Put this guy in his natural position and he's the best player on the roster. Period. 

Exactly!!!!!!!!

[Matt39]

Richardson would be the perfect Seahawk.

[BurnleyJet]

Having 3 DE's in our 3-4 Base D is good, to prevent them wearing down. Since they will be on the field a whole lot this year!

[Jetdawgg]

1 hour ago, Gas2No99 said:

due diligence. 

Still not a sure thing

[Jet9]

8 hours ago, dbatesman said:

Manish is such a ******* infant. I wish him ill.

Someone ripped the Jets and you're giving them sh*t? I better go look out my wind...yep, yep a pig just flew by. 

[rangerous]

8 hours ago, AFJF said:

As a whole, this article reads a lot like some of the other recent "pay me" interviews that players have done.  

Revis, Wilkerson and Sheldon almost never address the media.  Yet when he was wanting his new deal, Mo did a long-form sit down interview with Brian Costello last year so Costello could tell us how hard Mo was working and how he was recovering from an injury.

When Revis realized he was in jeopardy of being released, he does a public interview, saying the Jets should "be classy" and keep him around despite a clearly bloated salary.

Now, it looks like Sheldon's agents have agreed to give Manish an exclusive interview in exchange for glowing reviews and accusations that the Jets would be crazy to let him go.

 

isn't that always the pattern though?  just about all players do their negotiations through the press and when you have morons like maneesh right there lapping it all up we just see it more.