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Sharper Released

i personally would of liked to of gotten something for him, a draft pick wouldnt of hurt, just letting him go with nothing t show for it just seems dumb to me !
 
Vinny said:
aj's voice of the fan piece on Sharper.
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Why is it that if a female is a fan of a football player, that is must be some sort of crush? It can't be from admiration of his achievements? His steadfast dedication to the team? Is this 2005 AD or BC?
:thumbdown While Jamie may be described by aj like he was, not ALL female fans think that way. He will be missed for what he has done for the team, not how he looks in an Armani suit.
But his dreds were awesome, as well as the way he played on the field and how he treated ALL fans.
Gonna miss you #55.

psst...aj...I am a fan of Brett Favre too. :whistle:
 
Vinny said:
aj's voice of the fan piece on Sharper.
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That was well reasoned. No way the Texans give up two firsts. Casserly isn't a fan of raiding next year's draft for this year's booty. The cost to get above 4 is too much. As a number of posters have pointed out, if the Texans trade up it will likely be 6, 8, 9 or 10. That way, if they trade up, they can at least get 2 guys on day one, hopefully 3. I don't see the Vikes moving below 7. That is the Moss pick. They have to make that one count.
 
Another day at the office.

I think this was a good move by the front office, and I'm surprised it didn't come sooner. You see what this defense was with Sharper.......I don't see how it can get much worse without him. The Texans found out that something had to change......they decided to get more speed in the inside. I see this as maybe a change in their scheme. We could see more blitzing next season from Babin and Peek and let Greenwood and whoever else plays ILB whether it be Wong or whoever they stick in there, and kinda leave them out on the island to stop the run and be in pass coverage.

The fact is we sure could use that cap space we now have. We have it, lets see what we do with it.
 
I realize J-Sharp was a fan favorite, and he has put in lots of work here (so has every other player), but I think I'll pose this question to the people who oppose this move: Based on the past three years' production, why do you think that we should have kept Sharper, who was going to be the third highest paid LB in the NFL next season?
 
Let's get this straight; Sharper is a good LB...he is not in Ray Lewis' class if you go by salaries. Texans want to get younger,get more agressive LBs with better coverage ability. That is why Sharper and Foreman are gone.........Wong will probably be gone by next year (probably sign another FA LB next season) As far as posters crying about not getting any draft pick for Sharper; NFL teams are smart;they are not going to give away a draft pick for a player who has such a high salary figure( 6 million plus) Look at Surtain(Miami)...Henry(Buff)...Pryce(Denver)
 
Speaking of his female following ... Jamie Sharper has much more than God-given talent, he has the magnetism and mystique that few people have. Much more than a muscle-bound HUNK and ladies man, he has the charisma that draws people to him... As they say, he can work a crowd.
His fan following in Baltimore is still very strong. His following in Houston will stay strong.
I can understand why eight teams have been in touch with his agent so far.
Some here see him on the downside of his career. His detractors can say what they want, but Jamie will land on his feet just fine.
 
SassyTexan said:
His following in Houston will stay strong.
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Sounds like you're a member of the local following, I know I am. I was really
pulling for him to make the Pro Bowl while he was here because he deserved
to in 2003 and it was a big personal goal of his.
But I don't have a problem with what Cass & Capers did - you can't keep certain players on the roster based even partially on sentiment. He was being paid a ton of money and the management made a business decision that the benefit of his services were not comensurate to the cost of the services.
Wherever he goes, I'll be watching his performance with interest and support - as long as its not a Sunday when his new team is playing the Texans.
 
Bottle-O-Bud said:
We were weak against running teams. Now we are even more weaker. Imagining wong in there gives me the shivers.
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I think that Sharper being released is just freeing up cap room for a major move. Which is why I think the Texans are going to go for Derrick Johnson in the draft. No one in the top 5 is going to take an OLB, and 5-10 only Arizona would be the most likely to draft him. But there major need is at running back which means they would probably take Cadillac or Cedric. Dallas wouldn't take him and that leaves San Diego whose more likely looking for a wide reciever with their first pick. Which gives the Texans DJ at 13. If not I'd look for them to trade up with Tennessee, Washington, or Detroit and pick him up. Which would give you at LB next year OLB Wong/Babin ILB Johnson/Greenwood.
 
I agre with that assessment. There are a number of senario's that have opened for us because of this Sharper thing. I believe he will reunite himself with Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati. As for the draft DJ, Dan Cody, DeMarcus Ware, and Darryl Blackstock would be perfect in a 3-4 defense. I didn't put Pollack there, to me he's better with a hand on the ground, than standing upright, but he is a bad ***. This is going to be probably the best draft in years, just because no one knows exactly what's going to happen at the top, unlike the last couple of years. I can't wait.
 
Sharper was in his last year of the contract, so of course this years salary is going to be high. How does Sharpers salary average salary compare to other linebackers, even to Greenwood. You are not going to convince we that we've just upgraded our linebacking corps by getting rid of Sharper and replacing that position with Greenwood. This is the 3rd year in a row that our defense is taking a drastic overhual, I strongly doubt it will be drastically better next year so people need to keep that in mind. I think that Sharper started to see that the system wasn't working and was looking for a leader amongst the coaches, not the players. I feel that Capers and Co might need to water down some the fires that are starting to spark in the locker room.
 
I don't think releasing Sharper is a move to make next year's defense better, but it should make our defense for the year after better (2006 season)...Capers and Co. saw the lack of production from our cast of characters and decided to act on rectifying it now in order to get the pieces in place to make 2006's defense more dynamic...
 
Bellthebest said:
if denver could pick em up...that wuld be great..but not gunna happen :)
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He will sign with Cleveland then get traded to Denver. Isn't that the only way Denver can acquire players now?
 
SESupergenius said:
This is the 3rd year in a row that our defense is taking a drastic overhual, I strongly doubt it will be drastically better next year so people need to keep that in mind.
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I guess it depends on what your definition of drastic is. In year one we had a foundation of Payne, Walker, Deloach, Foreman, Sharper, Wong, Coleman, and Glenn. We added youth/talent each year to improve on that foundation--R. Smith, Peek, Babin, Robinson, Earl, Greenwood, etc.

Building an expansion fanchise's defense and offense takes time. I look at these as incremental improvements--not "drastic" overhauls, but maybe I'm arguing semantics. :confused:
 
Year 1 to Year 2:
Our ROLB left to go to Buffalo (Jeff Posey) via FA, and he got replaced by a poor excuse in Charlie Clemens. Everyone's favorite punching bag, FS Matt Stevens, got replaced by Marlon McCree halfway through the year. I don't consider year 1 to year 2 significant changes.


I do think we went through some major changes Year 2 to Year 3:
DE R. Smith - signed FA
LOLB Babin - drafted 1st round
ROLB Wong - moved from LOLB
CB Robinson - drafted 1st round
SS Earl - drafted 4th round
FS Coleman - moved from CB

That were 6 starters in new positions. That is a shuffle of 55% of the lineup. Throw in the fact that 3 of the remaining 5 starters (Glenn, Walker, and Payne) were coming off injuries, and that didn't bode well for us going into 2004.

Year 3 to Year 4 (projecting so far):
DL and DB's - same eight starters
LB - major changes
LOLB Babin - only sure returning starter (to same position) is this second year player
LILB Wong/Drafted player - If we drafted Thomas Davis or DJ, then Wong would probably play ROLB again.
RILB (is he going to be right or left?) - Greenwood
ROLB Peek/Wong/Drafted player - will likely be Peek

Basically there are major changes to our LB's but nowhere else on defense.
 
good post...i wouldn't mind just having peek wong greenwood and babin as starters but then we would definetly have to add players to provide depth...besides polk, and anderson the other guys we have to provide depth are unproven or journeyman who never seem to do anything besides special teams
 
Here is my take on all of this because I have to say it kind of erked me all weekend. First of all, whenever a player is there saying that we have to be guided to a victory whether it be from a player or coach, and that player isn't looking at himself to wonder how he can guide that team or at least putting the weight on his shoulders then that is a player we don't need on our. Look at the other guys like RLewis, they will put the blame on themselves before they put it on others.

Second, our defense got tore up by Indy's receivers and TEs, and really throughout the season. We needed MLBs that can cover and not just cover adequetly but exceptionally. Greenwood provides that, and moving Wong to the middle provides that too because Wong has done a pretty good job throughtout the years with us in coverage. Getting DJ only helps that too.

I too at first didn't like the change. Does anyone like change though? For Dom Capers and CC to just up and let a player go there has to be some logical thinking in this that our defense would be improved. Sharper, although blue collar worker, was never a leader of this defense, he was never the leader of the Ravens defense. In Baltimore, he was next to a future hall of famer. I am sure he will go on and have a stellar career elsewhere because he is good, but I think this move was necessary because we can take the heat for it now and prove it to be a good transition or later we could suffer due to cap reasons. The Texans say they wanna get faster well maybe this puts Peek in the mix and all the Peek advocates will be happy now.
 
a faster MLB would have gotten us 3 sacks. Of the top of my head, that is how many times i saw JSharper come from behind the line to touch the QB nanoseconds after the ball was released.
 
Remember how we used to say, why aren't we blitzing more and how come Peek isn't in the game full time to blitz and Capers' reply was because we don't have the personnel to send blitzes all day? This could be it!
 
I think that is on-target to some extent El T. It is hard to blitz when you get lit up in man coverage. Having a faster Buc linebacker (Greenwood) who can buy you another second or two will make a big difference. You are not going to send an extra man if you keep getting exposed in your coverages.
 
I really did alot to figure out why this happened. I looked up past newspapers of mine to read articles that could've showed this coming, heck I even prayed about it. And all this old stuff was coming to me. That by far was the part that stuck out the most. Where towards the end of the season, Capers was having to defend coaching staffs and respond to questions about our blitzing absences.
 
that is very true...i know capers is high on peek...read somewhere that capers thinks he is the best athlete we have at linebacker...the texans brass knows they need to get him into the games more...and with more playing time i think we'll see peek make smarter decisions during the games...at first i wasn't too happy with sharper release but we do need a strong leader on this defense...and you look back on the past three years did we ever see sharper leading this defense...no...it was always like a group going out there...wong is the closet thing to a leader that i've seen and that's not a good thing...my only question is if we do draft Derrick Johnson, who is a leader, what do we do with wong and peek...obviously it'll be johnson and greenwood inside with babin on oneside...do we just let wong and peek fight it out during training camp...or do we split the snaps each get directly in half til we find out who the better one is
 
id say split it by defensives series, let peek have one and wong have the other and see whos more effective leading this unguided defense of ours.
 
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The Seahawks want their shot at courting free-agent linebacker Jamie Sharper, and they just might get it soon.

Sharper is considering a visit to team headquarters this week. As of yesterday, the Seahawks were one of eight teams to have expressed interest in signing the 30-year-old linebacker cut Friday by the Houston Texans for salary-cap purposes.

Tony Agnone, Sharper's agent, spoke with Mike Reinfeldt, the Seahawks' vice president of football administration, by phone yesterday. Agnone said the Seahawks would like Sharper to meet with coaches and front-office staff and that "he'll probably end up doing it. He feels he owes it to himself."

Sharper, 6 feet 3 and 239 pounds, is a hot commodity because he has started all but one of 128 games he has played in the past eight seasons with Baltimore and Houston. An inside linebacker in Houston, he led the Texans in tackles in 2004 and 2002, and he has four straight seasons of 100-plus tackles.

The Seahawks need help at linebacker, having released Anthony Simmons and lost Orlando Huff in free agency.

Sharper is familiar with Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren from the free-agency period in 2001. Sharper went to Houston in the expansion draft after that season.

Agnone would like Sharper to make any visits as soon as possible and choose a team by the end of this week. Seattle is considered a longshot to acquire him, though a visit could change that.

Sharper would appear to be more interested in playing for a team led by a coach he knows well, such as Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati or Jack Del Rio in Jacksonville. Lewis was the defensive coordinator and Del Rio the linebackers coach in Baltimore when Sharper played there. Both teams have expressed interest, as have the Cleveland Browns.
 
Wouldn't it be ironic with Sharper and DJ as Cleveland's opening day ILB's? I'm sure some of the Texan's fans were visualizing that as a possibility for us at the beginning of the offseason.
 
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Updated:04/04/2005 from nfl rumor mill
Recently released LB Jamie Sharper hasn't ruled out a return to Baltimore, according to the Baltimore Sun. The team offered a deal to T.J. Slaughter, who would man the weakside linebacker position, but he continues to mull the deal over with his agent. There appears to be a lot of interest in Sharper, who is slated to visit with Seattle this week.
 
Adding to 279's post:

-- Sharper May Visit Seahawks --
Mon Apr 4, 2005 --from FFMastermind.com

The Seattle Times reports the Seahawks want their shot at courting free-agent LB Jamie Sharper, and they just might get it soon. Sharper is considering a visit to team headquarters this week. As of yesterday, the Seahawks were one of eight teams to have expressed interest in signing the 30-year-old linebacker cut Friday by the Houston Texans for salary-cap purposes. Tony Agnone, Sharper's agent, spoke with Mike Reinfeldt, the Seahawks' vice president of football administration, by phone yesterday. Agnone said the Seahawks would like Sharper to meet with coaches and front-office staff and that "he'll probably end up doing it. He feels he owes it to himself."
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the texans are making a huge gamble on D. I think they are finally starting to remedy previous mistakes. I think they better draft a whole lot better in the next few yrs.
 
FatBoyTim said:
the texans are making a huge gamble on D. I think they are finally starting to remedy previous mistakes. I think they better draft a whole lot better in the next few yrs.
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Lets see I'm going to guess this is FBT from the jags board. I really wouldn't call it a huge gamble, the coaching staff obviously has a plan and feel confident that we will be okay without sharper, cause if they didn't they could of just had have him return next season. Second, have you paid attention to any of out drafts. Year 1 we get our franchise qb. Year 2 We draft the most talented young wr in the league who was in the running for R.O.Y and find a diamond in the later round (DD) who won R.O.Y honors. Year 3 we draft Dunta Robinson who had one of the best seasons of any cb in the league last year and should of won D.R.O.Y. and the fact that he didn't still upsets me and drafted J. Babin who is going to be a solid starter in the league for many years to come, also we found a solid starter at SS in the later rounds. While last year your team had a dreadful first round selection and reached on Reggie Williams, who many people are already calling a bust.
 
Don't those 8 other teams know that he's all washed up at the old of 30?
 
SESupergenius said:
Don't those 8 other teams know that he's all washed up at the old of 30?
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Apparently, all 8 knew he wasn't worth $5 million a year. Which is why none of them were willing to trade for him.
 
dalemurphy said:
Apparently, all 8 knew he wasn't worth $5 million a year. Which is why none of them were willing to trade for him.
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Apparently the Dolphins didn't think Greenwood was worth $5 million a year either. Not too sure what the asking price was for Sharper, but apparently those 8 teams knew that Sharper was going to get cut since he was already in the doghouse. No need to trade when you can get him for free. Just good business sense, call me crazy. :whistle:
 
SESupergenius said:
Apparently the Dolphins didn't think Greenwood was worth $5 million a year either. Not too sure what the asking price was for Sharper, but apparently those 8 teams knew that Sharper was going to get cut since he was already in the doghouse. No need to trade when you can get him for free. Just good business sense, call me crazy. :whistle:
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CRAZY! Look, a trade would secure him for a team. Any team that wanted him at that salary could've offered us a 6th round pick and would get him for sure- instead of having to bid against the entire league for his services. The fact is, nobody was willing to do that because of his contract situation... by the way, that's why he's not here anymore.

Regarding Greenwood, the contract is very cap friendly... He won't be making $5 million a year until the second half of his contract. If we cut him after his third season here, the cap hit would be about $2.5 million.
 
The reason he is no here is because he is in the doghouse, not because of the $6 million price tag in the last year of his contract. Most contracts are backloaded so of course he is going to have this huge salary figure in the last year. Do you think that Greenwood is going to be worth the $6,300,000 price tag in HIS last year????? Oh, and go ahead a tack on Sharpers $1.375 million cost to our salary cap to Greenwoods salary because we let him go before the June 1. Sure it looks like we are saving money by releasing Sharper, but it's also leaving us with dead money, of which needs to accounted for. The Texans let it be known that he could seek a trade because they didn't want him back, if they did they could have signed him to a new contract. It's all smoke and mirrors to say they are upgrading the defense by bringing in Greenwood to replace Sharper, a guy like that just doesn't fall off in value like that that over 4 months.
 
SESupergenius said:
The reason he is no here is because he is in the doghouse, not because of the $6 million price tag in the last year of his contract. Most contracts are backloaded so of course he is going to have this huge salary figure in the last year. Do you think that Greenwood is going to be worth the $6,300,000 price tag in HIS last year????? Oh, and go ahead a tack on Sharpers $1.375 million cost to our salary cap to Greenwoods salary because we let him go before the June 1. Sure it looks like we are saving money by releasing Sharper, but it's also leaving us with dead money, of which needs to accounted for. The Texans let it be known that he could seek a trade because they didn't want him back, if they did they could have signed him to a new contract. It's all smoke and mirrors to say they are upgrading the defense by bringing in Greenwood to replace Sharper, a guy like that just doesn't fall off in value like that that over 4 months.
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It's forward-looking. The Texans won't have Sharper next year... Therefore, Greenwood is a huge upgrade over a 32 year old veteran that would have to be overpaid to stay here next season. Regarding backloading contracts, that is my point. A five year contract usually isn't really that. When looking at the value of Greenwood's contract, look at the first three years and the signing bonus proration- it's a very friendly contract that gives the Texans flexibility and a LB who will be here through the prime years of his career.

How do you know why the Texans are releasing Sharper? I'd say there are more than one reason why. And part of it is his cap number this year and the fact that he won't be here next year.

Again, if he is worth the salary of his 05 contract, why was no team in the NFL willing to secure him for a 6th round or even 7th round pick?
 
SESupergenius said:
The Texans let it be known that he could seek a trade because they didn't want him back, if they did they could have signed him to a new contract.
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There is an assumption in here that may not be true--that Jamie was willing to work out a reasonble contract extension. Both sides said they were working on an extension deal, i.e. the Texans did want him back and Sharper wanted or was willing to come back. Clearly the two sides could not agree on the amount and/or term of the contract. We simply don't know if the Texans were low-balling Sharper at under his market value or Sharper was looking for one last big contract with a signing bonus destined to become dead money when he only played 4 of 7 years. I am very curious to see what other teams are willing to pay him.
 
Since the rumors are out there that Jamie is interested in Baltimore, money may not be the biggest motivator in that scenario. Maybe he would like to try for a second Super Bowl win with them.
 
dalemurphy said:
Greenwood is a huge upgrade over a 32 year old veteran that would have to be overpaid to stay here next season.
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That is strictly your opinion and it is my opinion that Sharper is the better player of the two. I wouldn't classify Greenwood as a HUGE upgrade over Sharper. And you really can't throw age into too much because Sharper is 32, not 39. Although Mcginnest is chucking along well at his old age of 35. Sharper had his best season the previous year and all of the sudden he's old?? Na, that doesn't fly.

dalemurphy said:
Regarding backloading contracts, that is my point. A five year contract usually isn't really that. When looking at the value of Greenwood's contract, look at the first three years and the signing bonus proration- it's a very friendly contract that gives the Texans flexibility and a LB who will be here through the prime years of his career.
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Why look at only 3 years?? If he's any good he'll be here for the extent of his contract. And why didn't the Texans let go of Sharper last year, that could have saved us a ton of money! And if you want to talk about money then we should have cut him after June 1 to spread out the cap hit over 2 seasons, enabling us to pursue a Quality FA.


Again, if he is worth the salary of his 05 contract, why was no team in the NFL willing to secure him for a 6th round or even 7th round pick?
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Again, because teams knew that Sharper was in the doghouse and no agreement was going to get reached. No reason to give up a draft pick if you can wait until the Texans release him. He's not on the same level as a super star, but then again either is Greenwood. But there is a reason 8 teams are looking at him right as he's released.
 
infantrycak said:
. I am very curious to see what other teams are willing to pay him.
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I am curious too, but we know that Greenwood was overpaid.
 
SES, you are very bull-headed. As I've said, the reason a team would trade for Sharper is to secure him. If that wanted him, they could get him with certainly through a trade. Now, if they want him, they have to bid with other teams and are left waiting on Sharper's decision as to where he wants to play.

Also, my point about Greenwood is that he's not overpaid. If he doesn't turn out to be a high quality LB, he will have been paid the equivalent of a borderline starter for three seasons and then can be dumped for a small cap hit after that. If he is good, then the team can choose to pay the balooned amount of $6 million the final two seasons.

Finally, if the Texans have cap room this season and they are on a five year plan, why wouldn't they absorb the whole cap hit this year so that they are free and clear of Sharper's cap hit next season- that way they can go after a bigger free agent.
 
dalemurphy said:
SES, you are very bull-headed. As I've said, the reason a team would trade for Sharper is to secure him. If that wanted him, they could get him with certainly through a trade. Now, if they want him, they have to bid with other teams and are left waiting on Sharper's decision as to where he wants to play.

Also, my point about Greenwood is that he's not overpaid. If he doesn't turn out to be a high quality LB, he will have been paid the equivalent of a borderline starter for three seasons and then can be dumped for a small cap hit after that. If he is good, then the team can choose to pay the balooned amount of $6 million the final two seasons.

Finally, if the Texans have cap room this season and they are on a five year plan, why wouldn't they absorb the whole cap hit this year so that they are free and clear of Sharper's cap hit next season- that way they can go after a bigger free agent.
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Yes I am bull-headed, but this is just how I honestly feel.

Sure they could have offered a deal with the Texans, but maybe the Texans were asking too much (I have no idea what they were looking for) or they were waiting for him to get cut and not too many would be interested. Even if teams have to go into a bidding war it would still be less than having to pick up the last year of his salary AND a draft pick or other player. With so many teams switching to the 3-4 this year it is beyond me why we couldn't have gotten SOMETHING for Sharper. Would you not agree that it is odd we didn't even get a 7th round draft pick for him? MAybe the Texans felt that a 7th rounder is really worth it and just released him, who knows.

I'm not so bull-headed to see that you make a good point about Greenwood. He may turn out to be a cheap player with decent skills. I tend to think that Greenwood is just an average player who is of lesser talent than Sharper and we are losing a good player because he was in the doghouse about how this team is progressing. I contend that Sharper had a down year by comparision to his previous years, but didn't have an aweful on for him to be cut. Was he worth the $6 mil? Only next season will we be able tell how much leadership and experience we are actually losing.

As far as your comment on taking the whole cap hit this year, it's just a matter of how you view things. Some GM's like to spread it out, some don't. My case is that if we are going to be competitive next year then I'd like to bring in a player this year to be in our system, gel with the players and learn the plays, develop relationships and cohesion, then next year we will have experience, something I feel we have lacked the most with all of our shifting of players, injuries and noobies.
 
SESupergenius said:
I am curious too, but we know that Greenwood was overpaid.
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I don't get into the certainty of knowing what players are worth--just like draft position, there is no bar code where you can ring them up and see what is "fair value." IMO what you see every year is a creep in contracts--more money to go around in the cap so comparable players 2-3 years apart in signing get more money. Nonetheless, people express surprise at many of the FA signings every year as if teams are overpaying. Riddle me this--when was the last time you heard of a FA acquisition where everyone went oohhhh he got underpaid?
 
infantrycak said:
-when was the last time you heard of a FA acquisition where everyone went oohhhh he got underpaid?
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That doesn't work either, they are ALL overpaid.
 
Bengals | Talks Continue With Sharper - from www.KFFL.com
Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:18:14 -0700

Updating ongoing reports, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com, the Cincinnati Bengals are currently negotiating a contract with free agent LB Jamie Sharper (Texans).
 
IMO we did overpay for Greenwood. Not because of what he MIGHT do. He could very well fit better in our system better than in Miami's. It is like when A-Rod got that $25 million a year contract. Were we bidding against ourselves or was there really that much of a demand for this guy? Allegedly he had 12 teams interested in him, but his agent steered him towards the Texans for some reason. Greenwood said his agent told him, "Go visit Houston first. You will fall in love with the team." or something to that effect.

As for Sharper's dead money, he is in the last year of his contract. Lets say we had cut him after June 1, could we have counted part of the dead money towards 2006 even though his contract expired in 2005? I guess that is an AJ question. I was just curious.

During their negotiations for a contract extension, I have a feeling they were way off in their figures. It probably became very apparent that Sharper would leave after 2005. If that is the case, why pay him that large cap figure for 2005? We are already going to count his remaining signing bonus regardless, so why not move on to our new plan?
 
TheOgre said:
IMO we did overpay for Greenwood.
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I am just curious how people form their opinions of market value. What was the "fair" market value and how did you come to form it?

Kendrell Bell (coming off shoulder and groin injuries--not exactly highspots in Texans history) got a larger bonus and contract. Yes his original upside may justify a higher contract than Greenwood, but how much do you discount for the injuries? What was his fair market value without the injury concerns?

Edgerton Hartwell got a very similar contract to Greenwood. Maybe his fmv should be higher than Greenwood's, but then again he doesn't seem to fit what the Texans were looking for in a speedy coverage LB. Was there another FA LB who actually filled the same profile/role as Greenwood?

IMO the comparisons are so hard to make (player athleticism, experience, age, injuries and fit for the system) and the sample sizes for comparison so small it is very hard to form hard and fast ideas on fmv.
 
Sharper visiting the Seahawks tomorrow:

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Jamie Sharper, the former Houston Texans linebacker whose services are being sought by at least eight teams, is scheduled to visit with the Seahawks in Kirkland tomorrow.

Sharper, released by Houston last week for salary-cap purposes, is still believed a longshot to sign with the Seahawks. That is in large part because of his unfamiliarity with the Seattle front office and coaching staff, but Sharper will meet many of those people tomorrow.

He indicated last weekend that he felt he should see what was out there in free agency, hence the decision to visit the Seahawks.

Sharper and his agent would like to reach a decision as to where the 30-year-old will sign before the end of the week. Sharper has started 127 of the past 128 games and has not missed a regular-season game in eight seasons with the Baltimore Ravens and Houston. He has 100 or more tackles in four consecutive seasons.

The Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals are among the other interested teams.

The Seahawks would likely have to free up salary-cap space by restructuring contracts in order to sign Sharper.
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well he will be a good pick up for which ever team signs him. I think he is still a great linebacker and will miss him next season.
 
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