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07-21-2005, 06:08 AM | Topic Starter |
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Merrill: Peterson plays down the Law...
Peterson plays down the Law
No workout, no offer for talented cornerback By ELIZABETH MERRILL The Kansas City Star Carl Peterson was back in his office Wednesday, rested from a short vacation and mildly amused over the late-summer hubbub about a free-agent cornerback he hasn’t seen since March. Or is annoyed a better word? “I wouldn’t worry about Ty Law at this point,” the Chiefs’ president/general manager said. “You’re talking to the horse’s mouth here. We have had no conversations with Ty Law or with his agent specific to a contract. Never have. We haven’t made a contract offer to him. I won’t make a contract offer to a player until I get to see him really actually work out. That’s what my job is, and he hasn’t been able to do that yet.” In the month since cornerback Julian Battle went down with a torn Achilles’, Law went from an afterthought to the object of Chiefs’ fans affections. Message-board junkies suggested putting together a pool to pay for Law’s contract. Speculation swirled that Law and the Chiefs were close to a deal. The hype intensified last week when word of Eric Warfield’s four-game suspension came out. Peterson said Wednesday that the Chiefs had long anticipated Warfield’s absence, which is why they signed veteran cornerback Ashley Ambrose earlier this month. Law is coming off of foot surgery, which is an obvious concern for Peterson. After conversations with Law’s agent, Peterson said he thought Law was “a ways away for anybody to really look at him physically.” And then there’s the issue of money. Law has made the rounds in the national media lately, saying he’s one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL and wants to be paid accordingly. Peterson is already paying one cornerback big money. He signed Patrick Surtain this spring in a deal that is worth about $51 million. “People here are putting an awful lot of emphasis on Ty Law,” Peterson said. “Well, we’ve already made decisions. I had to make a decision on whether we sit and wait for Ty Law or make the trade for Patrick Surtain. That decision is made. There’s only so many dollars. “I smile at some people out there who say, ‘Well, you should just give him X million dollars and so forth.’ Well, none of us in the National Football League have those X million dollars left. We have a cap. And very few of us have even signed one or two draft picks yet.” The Chiefs start training camp in River Falls, Wis., next week, and Peterson said he doesn’t anticipate any other roster moves. At least two other teams are believed to be heavily in pursuit of Law — the Jets and the Jaguars. Reports out of New England this week have suggested that the Patriots might want Law to return. “If Ty Law, once he gets well, has an interest in the Chiefs for a contract that makes sense to us, then I’m happy to talk with him,” Peterson said. “But right now my understanding is he’s looking for a big contract, but he’s not even physically well yet.” |
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07-21-2005, 06:14 AM | #2 |
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At this point I'm not going to believe anything that comes out of the Chiefs or Ty Law or any organization interested in him. I consider every bit of it posturing for a better deal at this point. Peterson's not going to bust out the "oh we need ty" stuff and give him any contract leverage he'd be a fool to do that.
The cap stuff is BS, you can circumvent and work around the cap if you so choose. If they don't sign Ty Law they can use the cap as an excuse publicy but I don't believe that would be the real reason. Has more to do with straight cash then cap money. When she talks about message board junkies, has she been reading the planet? |
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A certain faction of the BB seems to hold on to this ridiculous notion that the cap has no real bearing on the issue.
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Besides that, the team has spent a ton of "cash" in signing bonuses. At some point they have to draw a line and say no more. I just think the idea that "Carl can make it happen if he wants to" may be a bit naive and uninformed. Besides that, no one wants to acknowledge that Law is refusing to take a physical for the team. Doesn't that raise question marks? Personally, I think Law and his agent are using Chiefs fans to get more money, and I don't think they have any intention or shot at coming here. Sadly, a lot of you are taking it hook, line, and sinker.
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Lets get Rhonda Moss to give us the real story before we start making conclusions about the Chiefs and Ty Law.
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screw Law.
Why pay that kind of money for someone to cover the leagues #2 recievers. It would be considered gross mismanagement of the cap. If you have a young guy playing his rook contract and an elite guy you pay big bucks, that's one thing. But to bust the cap for the next several years? Nah. |
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07-21-2005, 06:24 AM | #9 |
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Carl is right on and has been lately. How can you offer a big contract to a player that can't perform up to it? We need to sign Derrick Johnson before anyone else.
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I don't know why but I would not be shocked to see someone like Al Davis sneak in at the last minute and take Law from under everyone's noses with a contract none of them would have offered... |
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There is no guarantee that Law will play well if we did sign him. Though I do feel he will return to form. I'm very reluctant that he will be 100% by the start of the season. In an incentive laden contract, the Chiefs will still have to have enough money on the books to pay it. |
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07-21-2005, 06:35 AM | #13 |
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I think the takeaway here is this - don't get too excited about any Law rumors until the Chiefs bring him in for a workout.
At this point, I kind of think he's going back to the Pats...... |
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07-21-2005, 07:26 AM | #14 |
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I blame Nick Athan.
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Does Hugh Douglas ring a bell here ? Anyone ?
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