WR Emmanuel Sanders signs with Denver - Executives cry foul

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Executives crying foul over Emmanuel Sanders deal

By Ian Rapoport NFL.com
NFL Media Insider
Published: March 16, 2014 at 12:05 a.m. Updated: March 16, 2014 at 12:19 a.m. 8 Likes | 2 Comments
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Emmanuel Sanders is expected to sign with the Broncos tomorrow, but the process that led him there left the other teams involved fuming and crying foul. One team official claimed Sanders' agent broke "every rule in negotiations."

Agent Steve Weinberg, on behalf of the receiver, accepted a deal with the Chiefs in principle, according to one team source. Weinberg then engaged in negotiations with the Tampa Bay Bucs, according to another source involved in the process.

While shopping the Chiefs offer to the Bucs, Weinberg never explained that he had already accepted the terms of Kansas City's offer. Later in the night, Sanders' agent had agreed to terms with the Broncos, which is where he is currently headed. Sanders and Weinberg also rankled the 49ers by agreeing to visit, then blowing it off.

"This was one of the worst situations in modern football negotiations," one executive involved said. "Totally wrong. This needs to be stopped."

Reached at his home late Saturday, Weinberg declined to comment on the record when informed of the allegations.

The Dallas-based agent was recently reinstated by the NFL Players Association, which had barred and decertified him in 2003 because it had reportedly found he diverted assets to an offshore account during a dispute with a partner and collecting a fee from a client prematurely. Weinberg later filed suit against the NFLPA and its top officials, alleging they illegally took away his certification for eight years, along with past, present and future income of clients.

Weinberg has two clients currently on NFL teams, not including Sanders. He had 42 before he was barred.

While Weinberg broke no laws in accepting a deal, the entire situation infuriated those he dealt with. It is commonly accepted in the league that once two sides agree to a deal -- in writing or in handshake form -- that's the end of the story. Instead, by Weinberg shopping the Chiefs deal and then not informing the Bucs that a deal had been reached showed another side of the business. It is unclear if the Broncos were aware of the previous actions.

"When a man gives you his words and pulls out," one executive said, "then gives another team your word and pulls out, then gives another team his word ... Not proper."


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Denver is giving former Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders a 3-year, $15M contract. Team announced agreement.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Discuss

Discuss what?

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

You think Hemingway is going to start and then call me a dumbass.

Did you eat paint chips as a kid?

The point went over your head.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog

The point went over your head.

You had no point. You were being a stupid asshole like you always are.

[ARROW2]

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

You had no point. You were being a stupid asshole like you always are.

It's become 'cool' to be negative all the time.

[ARROW2]

Just sign the ****ing contract already!!!!!!!

[Simplicity]

Originally Posted by BCD

It's become 'cool' to be negative all the time.

It's became cool to not win a Super Bowl since '69.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

You had no point. You were being a stupid asshole like you always are.

No dumbass like I said in the post you conveniently ignored this team has gotten worse since January. Hemingway, Avery, Dresser, Jenkins it doesn't matter they all ****ing suck. Not signing a guy like Sanders means its likely one of those guys is likely the starting WR but you are too ****ing stupid to understand this so like some of the other dumbasses you go along with it because its the Chiefs. The same franchise that hasn't won a playoff game in 20 years.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Simplicity

It's became cool to not win a Super Bowl since '69.

Hey look everybody. It's one of the cool kids.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by BCD

It's become 'cool' to be negative all the time.

Or you could just ignore the post I made about the team fading down the stretch while creating more holes.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Simplicity

It's became cool to not win a Super Bowl since '69.

[ForeverChiefs58]

From arrowhead addict:

EMMANUEL SANDERS

Pittsburgh Steelers free agent wide receiver spent the night in Kansas City and is due for a visit to San Francisco on Saturday if he does not come to an agreement with the Chiefs.

For those worried money may be an issue after signing Walker:


Kansas City has about $7.3 million in cap space before the Walker signing. The structure of Walker’s deal hasn’t been made public so it is difficult to know how much cap room the Chiefs have now. Unless the deal is completely front-loaded, John Dorsey should have plenty of room to operate with to land Sanders and sign a full daft class.

JASON AVANT

Should things go south with Sanders it looks like the Chiefs may have their backup plan lined up.


Whether Avant still ends up in KC even with a Sanders signing is unknown. There has also been no update on the Joe Morgan front so he could still be in play for the Chiefs, too. One would think a Sanders’ decision would knock down the necessary dominoes at wide receiver.

[silver5liter]

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones

Discuss what?

Some people don't know how Twitter works. Nick Jacobs replied, not Sanders.

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WR Kenny Britt, who visited the #Rams today, is heading to New England to visit the #Patriots tomorrow, source says.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 15, 2014

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog

Or you could just ignore the post I made about the team fading down the stretch while creating more holes.

Or you could not take this so seriously that it turns you into a miserable ****.