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"The Tugboat"
See what happens when you try to use our Redbirds as leverage? Holliday...are you listening?
By Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com
He who hesitates:
Latest example of a free agent who hesitated in signing a deal and then ended up getting a lesser contract is Kordell Stewart. The former Steelers starter dragged his heels on a Chicago proposal, with agent Leigh Steinberg apparently convinced he could get an agreement at $5 million or $6 million annually. But he lost his leverage when Arizona, with whom he was also negotiating, decided instead to sign Jeff Blake. So Stewart settled on a two-year, $4.75 million contract with the Bears. And Blake, who signed a three-year contract in Arizona, will actually earn more than Stewart, $5.5 million, in the first two seasons of his deal .
For what it is worth, I wanted Blake all along.
By Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com
He who hesitates:
Latest example of a free agent who hesitated in signing a deal and then ended up getting a lesser contract is Kordell Stewart. The former Steelers starter dragged his heels on a Chicago proposal, with agent Leigh Steinberg apparently convinced he could get an agreement at $5 million or $6 million annually. But he lost his leverage when Arizona, with whom he was also negotiating, decided instead to sign Jeff Blake. So Stewart settled on a two-year, $4.75 million contract with the Bears. And Blake, who signed a three-year contract in Arizona, will actually earn more than Stewart, $5.5 million, in the first two seasons of his deal .
For what it is worth, I wanted Blake all along.
