Comments on: So… When Does Leon Get His Extension?

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:36:36 +0000

all i have to say is: Leon is worth every penny. I would give him whatever he wants because if we don’t you know Belicheat will, and Leon will be running all over us every chance he gets.
We need to sign Leon to a deal lasting 100yrs at least.

By: Bent

Bent — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:36:10 +0000

Repo – no, you have to spend your allocated cap on rookies, cannot carry over any unused part to use on veterans, so you are bound by what the league allocates to you, which – based on the picks they currently have – is likely to be about 4-5m.

PS – they do have a third (from the Vilma trade).

By: Reprocity

Reprocity — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:21:58 +0000

Bent, 4-5 Mill for the rookies? With the 17th and the 52nd plus no 3rd and one 4th etc… If we pick a QB at 17 then I could see that but isn’t that a little much to put aside or was that just a safe bet to make a point?

Please sign Holt and extend Leon!

By: drock201

drock201 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:50:23 +0000

LEON!!! LEON!! PAY THE MAN

By: SackDance99

SackDance99 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:22:36 +0000

2010 could be uncapped. If that’s the case, why waste precious cap space now? And, if the cap is modified (and the NFLPA will want it to go up), then it will be easier to sign him next year. The deal will get done. Patience.

By: Brian311

Brian311 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:31:18 +0000

harlan – your point #1 is debatable and #2 is completely absurd IMO. ask yourself who has more to lose if LW were to be injured? most certainly it is the player. athletes and teams extend all the time, and especially in football (where anything can happen physically) – if you were the player you would be stupid to not err on the side of taking a little less for piece of mind. do you think david wright and jose reyes are idiots for signing extensions 2 years ago – resulting in them clearly being underpaid now?

there are other factors here that make the sproles comparison not exactly apples to apples. it is a fact that LT is injury prone, and sproles picked up the workload, carrying 30+ times a game at the end of the season. also if you are LW and his agent, you have to be concerned the jets are looking RB in the draft which could put him further down the depth chart.

i think LW would be happy to sign an extension and the jets should give him one. its a win-win

By: Joe B.

Joe B. — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:00:34 +0000

I’m with you Angel. Pay the man. If Leon gets anywhere near free agency, I’ll break Woody’s glasses myself.

By: Bent

Bent — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:13:22 +0000

Of course Eric Smith earns more than Leon. He was picked in the third round and Leon was picked in the fourth. That’s the way it goes!

Anyway, they will probably wait until the season starts so that his 2009 salary becomes guaranteed and then the extension will kick in in 2010. No cap space required if they handle it that way.

*That* is the no-brainer. $12m under the cap really doesn’t get you much at this stage of preceedings, especially when the cap adjustment might eat into that.

By: Frunobulax

Frunobulax — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:50:50 +0000

Once again, thank you Herman Edwards.

By: Jets-Fan-4-Life

Jets-Fan-4-Life — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:38:02 +0000

Leon will get his big payday from the Jets this year. It will most likely happen closer to week 1. The Jets are not stupid, they will keep money in their pockets in the event of a big named player is available (like Brett Favre’s timing last year).