DrunkOffFalcohol Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzummo Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Very classy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FentayeJones Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droopy1592 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 It's a very smart contract when you really look at the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashburn*Fibonacci Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I know he is the highest paid. But 8.25 is honestly not much. I think his agent wanted double digits on average, but Thomas probably came back with, "well he was only going to get a couple this year and we could of had him play it out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayOzOne Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 People don't realize that he outperformed his fourth-round rookie deal by a lot. The money that he saved us while performing at that level helped us get Mack and Sanu. He earned every penny that he's being paid. People on Facebook are raging that we won't be able to keep Coleman but that's not true and it's also not our problem. Our problem is we hit such home runs with our last two drafts that within three years, we're going to have to work out deals Beasley, Jarrett, Debo, Neal, Gabriel, and Matthews in addition to Coleman and extending Ryan. In football sense, having eight potential Pro Bowlers under rookie deals is the best cap scenario you can wish for. It means our window is wide open today. Worry about that other ish later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomGoesTheDynamite Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 15 minutes ago, JayOzOne said: People don't realize that he outperformed his fourth-round rookie deal by a lot. The money that he saved us while performing at that level helped us get Mack and Sanu. He earned every penny that he's being paid. People on Facebook are raging that we won't be able to keep Coleman but that's not true and it's also not our problem. Our problem is we hit such home runs with our last two drafts that within three years, we're going to have to work out deals Beasley, Jarrett, Debo, Neal, Gabriel, and Matthews in addition to Coleman and extending Ryan. In football sense, having eight potential Pro Bowlers under rookie deals is the best cap scenario you can wish for. It means our window is wide open today. Worry about that other ish later. Excellent post! If Quinn and TD want to keep future players, there no reason to suggest they can't. Freeman wanted to be a Falcon, and TD was going to pay him because he is a stud RB. There should never have been any real debate about his future in the ATL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayOzOne Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, BoomGoesTheDynamite said: Excellent post! If Quinn and TD want to keep future players, there no reason to suggest they can't. Freeman wanted to be a Falcon, and TD was going to pay him because he is a stud RB. There should never have been any real debate about his future in the ATL. People who say "don't 'overpay' for a running back because there are too many available" never mention why he stands out. Yah, great running backs can be found later in the draft than most other positions but there is a reason why Free, McCoy, and Bell (and soon David Johnson) are well compensated: They're far better than everybody else. So yeah, you can find an average RB anywhere in the draft but once they're far better than average, you have to try to hold on to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 2 hours ago, JayOzOne said: People don't realize that he outperformed his fourth-round rookie deal by a lot. The money that he saved us while performing at that level helped us get Mack and Sanu. He earned every penny that he's being paid. People on Facebook are raging that we won't be able to keep Coleman but that's not true and it's also not our problem. Our problem is we hit such home runs with our last two drafts that within three years, we're going to have to work out deals Beasley, Jarrett, Debo, Neal, Gabriel, and Matthews in addition to Coleman and extending Ryan. In football sense, having eight potential Pro Bowlers under rookie deals is the best cap scenario you can wish for. It means our window is wide open today. Worry about that other ish later. 2 hours ago, JayOzOne said: People who say "don't 'overpay' for a running back because there are too many available" never mention why he stands out. Yah, great running backs can be found later in the draft than most other positions but there is a reason why Free, McCoy, and Bell (and soon David Johnson) are well compensated: They're far better than everybody else. So yeah, you can find an average RB anywhere in the draft but once they're far better than average, you have to try to hold on to them. JayOzOne hitting them out of the park today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#22 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Very happy to see this get done! Edited August 9, 2017 by #22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkerFalcon8710 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, #22 said: Very happy to see this get done! **** never forget that on hard knocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidAndroid Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Very nice. This organization really knows how to treat their players. You do well, you are rewarded. Even with the way Roddy criticized the OC, he was brought back and celebrated along with Vick. I'd say the only miss in this regard during the TD regime was Abe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Full numbers on Freeman's contract now posted: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/atlanta-falcons/devonta-freeman-14514/ It's treated like a 6 year deal, including 2017. They increased his cap hit for 2017 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper72 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 20 hours ago, #22 said: Very happy to see this get done! That bathtub and closet are about to get super-sized. Congrats, Free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Falcon Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 On 8/9/2017 at 10:35 AM, DrunkOffFalcohol said: Juju on da beat! Juju on da beat!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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