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From PFT:

BABIN DEAL TOO RICH?



A league source tells us that complaints are swirling among NFL teams regarding the contract signed by Texans first-rounder Jason Babin.



Per the source, Babin received a bump over "way over the normal incremental increase" as compared to his 2003 counterpart at the 27th overall pick, Chiefs running back Larry Johnson.



As a result, the agents of the players taken at number 26 and number 28 now have ammunition for jacking up the demands for their respective clients, and the increase could have a ripple effect throughout the round.



If Babin were the Texans' only first-round pick, the move could be characterized as a calculated effort by G.M. Charley Casserly to start a chain reaction that might squeeze the teams with picks high in the round into overpaying. But Casserly still has another pick to sign in round -- cornerback Dunta Robinson, who was taken with the 10th overall selection.



Indeed, part of the concern is that Casserly will overpay Robinson as well, guaranteeing that the high end of round one will be thrown out of whack this year.



Complicating matters is that the deal this year have a maximum six year term, not seven. As a result, there are less seasons over which the signing bonus can be prorated. With only a slight increase in the rookie salary pool, a spike in the across-the-board value of first-round contract will make it harder to get all of the guys signed with the dollars available.



Babin's official numbers have not yet been reported. We're trying to get them -- but we can't find any agents who'll give us their password for the NFLPA computer system.

 

where's this article from meat? interesting angle on getting an advantage, screw everyone else, but it seems like he's screwing the game. that's really the pussy way to go. if its true - what a way to say we're not good enough to compete on the field so we'll try to keep your players off it. can't imagine fans in texas will appreciate this angle. if we did something like this i think i'd pick someone else as my team.

 

In the future please refrain from starting threads in the Panther forum with the word, shit. It makes my stomach feel funny like something bad has happened.

thank you

 

What would be the benefit to Houston (assuming no other picks needing to be signed) or intentionally causing a chain reaction?

 

the rest of the teams have a hard time signing their pics, + pressure in the future with the cap.

 

That just seems too spiteful for owners to do to each other considering they are all in the game to make money. Seems it would drfinatley come around to kick them in the ass just for little to no direct benefit to them.

 

PFT

This article if from PFT, BTW.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

Great site, even if there isn't ever any Panther news there. That's a good thing, though. These guys seem to have some contacts that get them all the NFL's dirty laundry, and they don't mind airing it out a bit.

 

They traded all their picks, so the rookie pool isn't an issue for them. Get him signed and done.

Our trouble is that Gamble is #28, and is a Pston client.

 

It suggests, in a different situation, that a team could intentionally sign someone high to push the bubble to the teams with the picks above them. I don't understand that concept at all. It fails to take in to consideration the fact that they are also overpaying.

 

I think the teams rookie pool depends on the number of picks and where they were selected...but this does raise the bar for those beyond Babin.
Casserley makes 2 stupid moves for every brilliant move he makes. That will catch up to him soon.