Jamarcus Russell woke from his stupor long enough to say that this is bullshit.

I knew someone would deliver that simple message before me, just not so quickly.

So the NFL is asking for absolution from responsibility to scout players and that the players give up their only leverage if they outplay a contract? And people wonder why the negotiations aren't going well. What a wonderful time to be breaking in a new head of the PA and a new Commish.

Drop it down to three years, and sign the thing and move on, football as usual.

Maybe add an opt out clause based on outstanding performance, such as being a top five NFL player rated at your position, in any of the first two years. Yeah, I know that is kind of gray, but them geniouses (cp spelling) can figure it out.

Needs to be 3 years to restricted FA IMO.