Official: Dansby to Miami

[sportznutt]

I hope we get a 3rd.

 

[joeshmo]

Florida also has no income tax, which is like a 5% raise. 5% of that contract is a lot of money.

This idea you bring up really isn't brought up enough. You better believe it plays a big factor.

 

[Early]

I hear the rumour that Rolle is officially signed by Giants. But i see no link yet posted.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I hear the rumour that Rolle is officially signed by Giants. But i see no link yet posted.

no problem with that. the 6 + mill we were offering was WAYYYYYY too much for a guy THAT mediocre.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Jeff Darlington of the Miami Herald reports that Karlos Dansby has agreed to terms with the Dolphins, and will finalize a Saturday. He's expected to get $43 million over five seasons. $22 million is guaranteed.

 

[kerouac9]

Jeff Darlington of the Miami Herald reports that Karlos Dansby has agreed to terms with the Dolphins, and will finalize a Saturday. He's expected to get $43 million over five seasons. $22 million is guaranteed.

Isn't that essentially Calvin Pace's contract from two years ago? People here swore that he'd never get that kind of deal.

 

[WarnerHOF]

As if I didn't hate Dansby enough already...

 

[joeshmo]

Isn't that essentially Calvin Pace's contract from two years ago? People here swore that he'd never get that kind of deal.

Many things to keep in mind.

Consider it is now two years later = inflation, meaning similar deal today is less then it was two years ago.

Current market inflating the supply and demand. In any other market with way more players on the market would he get the same deal?

We still don't know the structure yet. Who cares what the totals are because those are fake numbers only and only if the player reaches all the years of the deal, reaches all incentives, reaches all bonuses and so on. True test is how much will he bank the first 3 years of the deal. So we cannot say one way or another yet if all things are equal who came out on top or if they compare.

 

[overseascardfan]

You can't fault Graves as we offered this contract last year but Dansby fired his agent and rejected the offer. You can't blame Dansby because he will keep more of the money because of no income tax in FLA and he gets to play close to home. Move on, Foote is coming in for a visit, sign him to help soften the blow.

 

[Buckybird]

Isn't that essentially Calvin Pace's contract from two years ago? People here swore that he'd never get that kind of deal.

yes they did. over & over & over...

 

[Buckybird]

You can't fault Graves as we offered this contract last year but Dansby fired his agent and rejected the offer. You can't blame Dansby because he will keep more of the money because of no income tax in FLA and he gets to play close to home. Move on, Foote is coming in for a visit, sign him to help soften the blow.

I find it hard to believe Dansby would have left had that offer had been on the table last offseason or sometime during the season.

 

[ajcardfan]

I find it hard to believe Dansby would have left had that offer had been on the table last offseason or sometime during the season.

Wasn't possible to do that once he was tagged.


Rolle's contract is nuts, this one is fair. It's average is less than what we paid him per year the last two seasons.

 

[Buckybird]

Wasn't possible to do that once he was tagged.


Rolle's contract is nuts, this one is fair. It's average is less than what we paid him per year the last two seasons.

Obviously the Cards wanted Dansby in red or they wouldn't have franchised him 2 years in a row or thried signing at last minute before losing him. If you want him, pay him!!! We had plenty of opportunites & dropped the ball. Oh well, maybe it works out, but then again...

Im not upset about Rolle, but letting #58 walk stinks.

 

[ajcardfan]

Im not upset about Rolle, but letting #58 walk stinks.

I'm with you. Dansby was the linchpin of the defense. Sure, we weren't the steel curtain, but he's going to be hard for us to replace. I know AW is for damn sure going to miss him next season.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I'm with you. Dansby was the linchpin of the defense. Sure, we weren't the steel curtain, but he's going to be hard for us to replace. I know AW is for damn sure going to miss him next season.

yup. people can trash him all they want (they have been since Hardy Brown led the charge years ago) but he was the best player on the D and prior to this year when he played with two busted shoulders, he was a playmaker and leader.

 

[Buckybird]

yup. people can trash him all they want (they have been since Hardy Brown led the charge years ago) but he was the best player on the D and prior to this year when he played with two busted shoulders, he was a playmaker and leader.

But can't we just replace him with Foote, Reggie Walker or a rookie? 95% of the board sure think so. I knew he would get his payday!!!

 

[Oly]

Some of you are making too much out of the fact that Florida does not have a state income tax. I can assure you from living in Texas, which by the way also does not have a state income tax that they find more than enough ways to tax you to make up the difference. For instance, my home cost me 163,000 for which I pay almost $4000 a year in property tax. We pay a 6.75% tax on every vehicle we buy a 7.75% tax on everything else we buy which by the way already has a tax in it. If you want the fire department to come to your house in my county that’s right, you have to pay them a tax also. They actually put a sticker on your garage door so they know you’ve paid the tax. Every county has their own tax every school district has their own tax. It all comes out the same you get screwed no matter where you live. They don’t build the roads and their schools and run their state government on zero tax dollars. And no you cannot avoid these taxes. It does not matter where you purchase anything if you bring it into the state, and you do not pay a tax on it they will fine you and can put you in jail just as if you cheated on your federal income tax. I’m not 100% sure on Florida tax law, but I am 100% sure in government spending, and I guarantee you they get their money.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Dansby couldn't refuse Parcells, Nolan

Edgar Thompson of the Palm Beach Post and Jeff Darlington from the Miami Herald managed to get Karlos Dansby on the phone while the brand-spanking-new Miami Dolphins linebacker took a break from house hunting in South Florida.

Dansby should be able to buy a pretty house in that soft market. He made $17 million guaranteed over the past two seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. The Dolphins made him the NFL's highest-paid inside linebacker Friday with a five-year deal worth $43 million and $22 million in guarantees.

Dansby said he made the Dolphins his only free-agent visit because he wanted to play for Bill Parcells.

The money probably didn't hurt.

"I could be a part of something special," Dansby told Thompson. "How can you pass on being great?"

Dansby also expressed excitement about playing for new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan. I wonder if the Dolphins' would have been able to deliver a sales pitch with the same zing if Paul Pasqualoni were still the coordinator.

"Mike Nolan has been around. Why not go and play for somebody like that?" Dansby said. "How can I pass on the opportunity to learn something and get better as a player and a person?"

Dansby told Darlington he will play inside with Channing Crowder, a player some have wondered about. Crowder was uninspiring last year and seemed to side with outside linebacker Joey Porter in a public feud with the team that forced Porter's ouster.

"I'm looking forward to playing with [Crowder]," Dansby told Darlington. "And we've got a lot of young outside guys with a lot of talent. I'm looking forward to playing with those young guys. They'll keep me motivated!''

Dansby comes in with a huge contract and, by extension, Parcells' blessing as the defensive centerpiece. But Dansby indicated nothing else is owed to him in Miami.

"It's a challenge," Dansby told Thompson. "But it's going to have to be something that's earned. You can't come in and say you're a captain. You can't come in and say I'm their leader.

"You have to earn those guys' respect. I’m up for that challenge."

 

[CardsFan88]

Dansby isn't worth that much. He's good. Not great. I don't mind paying top talent top money. But he isn't top talent, but he'd be costing us cap or no cap like he was.

He's a good player who can have great moments. Worthy to have on your team. I would have liked to see him back, and at that price it would have been acceptable. But that said, I'm surprising finding myself quite ok with Dansby being gone.