Brown signed !!!!!

[BACH]

Looks like three of the tackles in the draft will start this year. Will be interesting to see if Brown, Thomas or Ugoh end up being the best.

You forgot Staley... Don't you think he'll beat out Kwame Harris?

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

I'm not here to bash Graves. Congratulations Rod Graves, you finally did your job.

 

[English on tour]

now lets get it on big fella!

 

[Doc Cardinal]

Yes.

Let's get it on.

 

[slanidrac16]

Well I guess we can start printing playoff tickets right now.

The article claims this deal should have been signed 3 or 4 days ago because the deal signed is just about the same today as it was then. So who's fault is that?

Who cares?

I sincerely hope this is the last time we draft in the top 10 for the next 10 years.
We have the 14th, 22nd, 23rd, and th 25th pick still not signed. I'm am absolutely positive it's because of inept management of those teams front office. Those teams will never be successful because they are cheap and incompetent.

Man , I am so glad this is over and NOW we can move on or at least you would think so.

 

[freebyrd]

racists? uh oh. better take the stars and bars off my avatar, not!

 

[cardsfanmd]

I am overjoyed that the FO has now accomplished something that 25 other teams in the league did in a more timely manner.

JTS

There is it. Knowledge is just beaming out of you Shark.

EDIT- Reason to celebrate-----We did something fast and more effeciently than four other teams. Wooooo Whoooooo

 

[lobo]

From my point of view you couldn't be more correct, however if everything were "great" you will find very few posters. There are a handful of members who are chronic. Interestingly, when polls are taken you will find the vast majority vote the way you might expect...say from your point of view. Easy to dismiss the posts you don't care for. It's an act that has worn very thin, so do what I do and don't read them. Easy to predict what they will say.

 

[40yearfan]

racists? uh oh. better take the stars and bars off my avatar, not!

Don't you dare freebyrd. The South will rise again.

 

[Red Dawn]

Cards sign Brown

Cardinals, No. 5 Pick Brown Reach Deal

By ANDREW BAGNATO

Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:43 PM PDT

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - First-round draft pick Levi Brown agreed to terms with the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday, six days after the team reported to training camp.

The six-year contract could be worth up to $62 million, just over $18 million of it guaranteed.

Brown was en route to Phoenix on Thursday night from his home in Virginia. He is to undergo a physical exam Friday before signing his contract and joining the Cardinals at training camp on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff.

"We were a bit frustrated by the amount of time it took and didn't think it had to take this long," Arizona general manager Rod Graves said. "...The proposal that we agreed upon today was not far from where we've been the last week or so."

The 6-foot-5, 323-pound offensive tackle out of Penn State was the No. 5 overall draft pick and has missed the Cardinals' first five days of practices.

"Levi is looking forward to joining the Cardinals coaches and players at practice (Friday)," his agent Joel Segal said. "The Cardinals stepped up and made this deal happen."

The players immediately ahead of and behind Brown already had reached deals.

Defensive end Gaines Adams, the No. 4 pick, agreed to a six-year deal with Tampa Bay reportedly worth up to $46 million, with $18.6 million guaranteed. Defensive back LaRon Landry, the No. 6 pick who also is represented by Segal, agreed to a five-year, $41.5 million contract with Washington, with about $17.5 million guaranteed.

The Cardinals chose Brown in an attempt to bolster what has been a woeful offensive line. New Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt had used Brown mostly at right tackle during minicamps and voluntary workouts.

Brown has played mostly at left tackle, but that spot is held by free agent acquisition Mike Gandy. Oliver Ross has worked with the first team at right tackle so far in camp. Ross played for Whisenhunt when the coach was offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh, but lost his starting job with Arizona during last season.

Brown was the second offensive lineman chosen in the draft. Cleveland selected tackle Joe Thomas at No. 3. Thomas has signed a six-year deal reportedly worth $42.5 million, with $23 million guaranteed.

Brown, a third-team Associated Press All-American this year, earned two degrees at Penn State _ in labor and industrial relations in 2005 and psychology in 2006.

A service of the Associated Press(AP)


http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/08/03/ap-update/d8qp9nuo1.txt

 

[Mulli]

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=94630

 

[Red Dawn]

Doh, whats it doing so far down the page lol.

Mod, please delete.

 

[Red Dawn]

Great news! Plenty of time for the line to work together.

 

[jmt]

Great news!

Brown, a third-team Associated Press All-American this year, earned two degrees at Penn State _ in labor and industrial relations in 2005 and psychology in 2006.
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/08/03/ap-update/d8qp9nuo1.txt

I didn't know that - must be a sharp kid!

 

[Mulli]

Don't you dare freebyrd. The South will rise again.

Fooey.

 

[Mulli]

Great news!



I didn't know that - must be a sharp kid!

With those degrees, maybe he can teach Graves and Bidwill a thing or two about industrial relations and psychology.

 

[Russ Smith]

Cardinals, No. 5 Pick Brown Reach Deal


"We were a bit frustrated by the amount of time it took and didn't think it had to take this long," Arizona general manager Rod Graves said. "...The proposal that we agreed upon today was not far from where we've been the last week or so."




http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/08/03/ap-update/d8qp9nuo1.txt

Just yesterday I wrote when Brown signs one side or the other will claim it's the same offer they've had out for days.

Happens every year, oh well it's over with and now hopefully the kid can play.

 

[Duckjake]

Happens every year, oh well it's over with and now hopefully the kid can play.

Like so many have said before it's crazy that a guy who "hopefully can play" in the NFL gets as much guaranteed money as "best in the market" veteran free agents received earlier this year.

 

[Mulli]

Like so many have said before it's crazy that a guy who "hopefully can play" in the NFL gets as much guaranteed money as "best in the market" veteran free agents received earlier this year.

Those best in markets were kind of crappy, right?

 

[kerouac9]

Like so many have said before it's crazy that a guy who "hopefully can play" in the NFL gets as much guaranteed money as "best in the market" veteran free agents received earlier this year.

Thank God we saved all that money by letting Davis leave (whom we know can play) so that we could sign Brown (whom we don't).

 

[Duckjake]

Those best in markets were kind of crappy, right?

Right. Guys like Al Johnson and Mike Gandy for instance.

 

[Dback Jon]

Thank God we saved all that money by letting Davis leave (whom we know can play) so that we could sign Brown (whom we don't).

Glad we got him in!

 

[Mulli]

Right. Guys like Al Johnson and Mike Gandy for instance.

They were the best in market?

 

[clif]

yay.

call me when he actually blocks someone.

 

[SuperSpck]

Ah, see we've got this whole contract thing wrong. Let's look at it biologically. We've got a collection of 20 something males who clearly have the hormone to spare.

This is how we get them to sign contracts:

We have the terms and conditions of the players participation nicely written on the chest of an incredible attractive young woman (if there are a lot of incentive clauses or whatnot, make it two women) and have her go up to said player at which time she says (sultry voice) "Could you sign my chest, you big strong man? Right near the X?".

And of course, being a manly man he'd agree quickly.

Then Rod Graves jumps out a conversion van (hidden nearby) and screams "YOU'RE SIGNED, REPORT TO CAMP NOW expletive deleted".

Then Ashton Kutcher can run up, slap him on the backside and roll around on the ground laughing.

See? No more holdouts. And think about how much fun getting faxes and photocopies of player contracts would be.