flgreen Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Holdout threats don't faze Jets GM Jets Blog By BART HUBBUCH Last Updated: 7:53 AM, June 8, 2010 Posted: 1:59 AM, June 8, 2010 Comments: 1 | More Print Mike Tannenbaum continued to play it cool last night in the face of the Jets' growing contract storm. Despite holdout talk from franchise cornerstones Darrelle Revis and Nick Mangold that gathered steam last week, the Jets general manager showed little concern that all the money talk would be a distraction to the team's Super Bowl hopes. Revis wants a new contract worth at least $16.3 million a year, while Mangold, offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson and linebacker David Harris would like lucrative extensions. But if Tannenbaum was worried about a litter of holdouts when training camp rolls around in August, he didn't show it last night. AP Darrelle Revis wants at least $16.3 million a year. "The same energy and tenacity we used to find these players is the same amount of passion we're going to put into getting these players extended," he told The Post last night before emceeing the New York City chapter of the Alzheimer Association's annual gala. Tannenbaum, however, admitted the Jets have made no progress on the contract front with Revis -- who told friends he was insulted by the team's offer last month -- and still have not formulated offers to the three other members of the "Core Four." NFL executives told The Post that they wonder if the miserable pace of the Jets' PSL sales -- they still have more than 10,000 available, creating a shortfall of more than $100 million in projected revenue -- are impacting the team's approach to Revis, Mangold, Ferguson and Harris. Tannenbaum, though, continues to blame the Jets' glacial pace with the Core Four on the uncertainty plaguing the entire NFL caused by the lack of a new collective bargaining agreement. "There's a lot of issues," Tannenbaum said last night. "I wish the issues were simplistic, but there's nothing simplistic about where we are. That doesn't make a deal impossible. It just makes it more difficult." Revis skipped the Jets' organized team activity (OTA) last week in protest and might hold out of next week's mandatory minicamp and, eventually, training camp, but Mangold's situation might soon become just as pressing. He indicated last week that he might hold out if he doesn't have an extension by the start of training camp. "These past six months with all the contract stuff have really drained the fun out of the game for me," Mangold told The Post last week. "It's one of those things you don't want to have to worry about." Tannenbaum couldn't offer Mangold much solace last night, refusing to commit to a timeline. "At some point, we'd like to extend Nick," Tannenbaum said. "When that's going to happen is hard to say. We'd like to come up with something that works for him and works for us." bhubbuch@nypost.com Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/jets_gm_not_fazed_by_holdout_threats_rlzOK3VvptoJTwxpbPLzLI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=#ixzz0qGKOyDXw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENBEAN Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 This is crazy to me. I know it's all a business and I'm not really getting my panties all bunched over these stories, but the thought of Revis or Mangold not being happy worries me a little. We have no problem making players in FA happy, but always seem to have difficulty treating "our" guys with the same respect. I don't like that. It sends the wrong message IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm still wondering how a 4 yr./$13.75M offer was so insulting to Revis. The figure he's looking for is $16.5M per, so a meeting in the middle should be pretty easy. Nothing to hold out over. Thing is, if Revis wants to get the highest salary in the league for the CB position, he needs to remember that Asomugha has clause in his contract saying he needs to be the highest paid CB, regardless. I wonder what would happen if they tried to put the same clause in Revis's deal? Would the union have to deal with that somehow? Mangold is a different beast. The fact that Tannenbaum says he'd like to get something done for him "eventually" scares me a little. He's the best in the game at a position that doesn't require huge dollars. Sign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm still wondering how a 4 yr./$13.75M offer was so insulting to Revis. The figure he's looking for is $16.5M per, so a meeting in the middle should be pretty easy. Nothing to hold out over. Thing is, if Revis wants to get the highest salary in the league for the CB position, he needs to remember that Asomugha has clause in his contract saying he needs to be the highest paid CB, regardless. I wonder what would happen if they tried to put the same clause in Revis's deal? Would the union have to deal with that somehow? Mangold is a different beast. The fact that Tannenbaum says he'd like to get something done for him "eventually" scares me a little. He's the best in the game at a position that doesn't require huge dollars. Sign him. +1 He's insulted? Who explained to him that he should be insulted? The deal was floated and days later he was still answering the press with "my people are reviewing it". You shouldn't be insulted by an offer that it takes days to decide if you'll accept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm still wondering how a 4 yr./$13.75M offer was so insulting to Revis. besides the fact it was less than Aso, none of it was guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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