Should the Cards Sign Law At or Near His Asking Price?

[daytripper]

Does anyone know what a franchised CB would recieve this year?

 

[BigRedRage]

lets not get too crazy, we may have cap space next year but i believe keeping current stars and extending current ones is much more important than a new FA. if hes asking too much, we dont need him. edge got alot of cash for being in his prime, you throw another huge contract out and well have issues with our budding stars down the road wanting huge dollars too

 

[daytripper]

Does anyone know what a franchised CB would recieve this year?

To answer my own question 7.2 mil

 

[MadCardDisease]

Too expensive and on the downside of his career. You don't pay a FS that much money.

 

[Red Air Force]

what exactly is his asking price?

Ty Law, who at age 32 is coming off a career-best, 10-interception season and is reportedly asking for an $8 million-$10 million signing bonus and a long-term, very substantial contract.

Lets say we give him 8 mil over 4 years, and a Vet min salary of 750k.

8mil / 4 + 750k = 2.75 cap hit

If we use Joeshmo's available cap space of $3.77mil, that sill leaves $1.2mil available for injuries

I think thats a fairly reasonable price to pay to solidify our secondary.

Gosh it sure would be nice to spend to the cap for once and grab that extra extra guy who could help us out. Besides who do we really have to worry about resigning? Davis is the only player on the list even REMOTELY worth worrying about, and even then I don't think he couldn't be replaced.

Ellington - Body
Shazor - RFA
Holiday - RFA
Reid - Body
Bergen - RFA
Dockett - RFA
Edwards - RFA
Stepanovich - RFA
Navarre - RFA
Leckey - RFA
A. Smith - RFA
Keys - Body
Bridges - Body
D. Carter - Body
L. Moore - UFA
Brewer - Body
Walters - Body
R. Davey - Probably cut
D. Anderson - Probably cut
Palpoi - Body
Tate - Body
K. King - ???
Hayes - ???
Wakefield - Body
Huff - Decent Backup
Darling - Decent Backup
Hodgins - ???
Griffith - Old
Shipp - Last year in AZ
Macklin - Good Backup
L. Davis - The only one worth extending...sort of

 

[joeshmo]

K. King - ???
Hayes - ???

Both were RFA this year. They will be UFA next offseason.

 

[CardShark]

I can't bring myself to voting in the poll. If he really wants to be here then I say make him our best offer. That might require a creative contract or extending Big so he frees up money now. What are the time frames for extending a player to free up cap space?

He's definitely a player worthy of pursuing, but I would hate to find out he's playing us as a bargaining tool for someone else. If we offer him big money and he goes somewhere else then it sets the stage for others with big demands.

 

[Red Air Force]

Both were RFA this year. They will be UFA next offseason.

Yeah, the ??? was more of who knows if they are worth resigning or not. We've barely seen anything from them.