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
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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.

[dirk digler]

Sounds like Sanders and his agent screwed the Chiefs and they are really the only ones to blame for this. If Sanders had any integrity he would have honored his agreement.

[Mother****erJones]

James Jones would be my next target

[Red Dawg]

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones

James Jones would be my next target

Mine too. James Jones would fantastic.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

They might.

The more and more I look at Xavier S'ua-Filo, the more I think he's exactly what Reid wants in an offensive lineman.

If Odell Beckham is on the board, I think that's the pick. Maybe Marquis Lee. But, otherwise, Filo is looking more tantalizing as the Chiefs first round pick.

Enough with the ****ing Mormon/Utah shit. You should be banned on general principle just for the incessant ****ing troll-pimping of football players solely because they happened to wear magic underwear and avoid Pepsi growing up.

[penbrook]

Hell even lance moore would be better than avant

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by SNR

"Albert sucks?"

"Linkenbach is Schwartz?"

Those sound like emotional claims to me, when Branden Albert was our best and most consistent offensive lineman all season and Jeff Linkenbach doesn't have near the resume or the productive play that Schwartz enjoyed before he signed with the Chiefs.

Sac's a brilliant judge of talent, dude, but he's prone to these kind of radical claims regarding Chiefs players. He does it all the time, usually as a rationalization for the turn of events.

I'm with him that we shouldn't be alarmed or that with one or two legit free agent additions, this offensive line can't be better than it was last year. But I'm not going to agree with crap that even suggests that Linkenbach can do what Schwartz did this past year for us, or that Albert "sucks" and won't be missed if we just stick with Fisher and Stephenson as the two tackles opening day.

Well played sir.

I generalized a bit.

Schwartz, when inserted to the lineup during the 2013 season played well. And his PFF grades prove that. However, he's also a guy that's been replaced at two other stops (Carolina and Minnesota) that really actually needed good guard play. He's a guy that didn't beat out an average Jon Asamoah until the later was injured.

Linkenbach has almost the same amount of starts over the past four years as Schwartz does, same size, same body type, same athleticism. Basically, they are NFL guards. And Linkenbach was signed to do the exact same thing as Schwartz was the year before - swing line player between the RT and guard spots. Nobody is expecting him to be anything more than what he is, or at least I hope nobody is.

And you know my opinion on Albert. He's had one good season (2013), but was injured for a portion of that and only played in 12 games. Prior to that he was marginal at best. He lacks the technical capabilities (most noticeably footwork, kickstep and hand punch) of both Fisher and Stephenson. I think that it was good and important that they started Fisher last season and were willing to go along with the growing pains of going from a small college to the NFL. I think it also behooved the team to have Stephenson step up into the LT position when Albert went out due to injuries. Stephenson has absolutely all the tools and played very well.

They've got their tackles. Young tackles with a lot of talent. Tackles who now have NFL starting experience, a year in the Reid offensive system and a year with their QB. I think that they'll be just fine. And an upgrade to what we saw last year.

And between Eric Kush, Rishaw Johnson, Rokevious Watkins and Jeff Linkenbach, we've got our RG.

I'm not really worried about the offensive line whatsoever.

The big question is/was finding additional rush presence from the defensive line/front seven. They may have addressed that with the signing of Walker.

The bigger question was finding better production from the ILB spot next to Derrick Johnson. I don't think that was accomplished by the signing of Joe Mays. And I wasn't impressed with Jordan. They've got to do better at that spot.

The biggest question was getting even remotely competent play from the free safety position. They drafted Commings for that specifically. I hope that they guy spend time during his rehab studying the playbook and watching tape because they will need him to play well right off the bat in 2014. They got a bonus in the performance of Abdullah and resigned him. I don't think he's starter material, but he's very good in nickel/dime type subs. They'll still need to address the position.

I'm not too overly concerned with the WR position, especially if they address it in the draft early where there is a wealth of potential talent to be found.

That's my brief summary of the off-season/free agency so far.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Enough with the ****ing Mormon/Utah shit. You should be banned on general principle just for the incessant ****ing troll-pimping of football players solely because the happened to wear magic underwear and avoid Pepsi growing up.

Is Su'a-Filo Mormon?

He played at UCLA.

[O.city]

Wonder what team Chris Clemons the FS will sign with after he uses us for leverage?

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by O.city

Wonder what team Chris Clemons the FS will sign with after he uses us for leverage?

Why not the Chargers? Let's just max out our bad luck this offseason so we can have some good returns in the future as the law of averages brings us back to the mean.

[O.city]

Like some have said, I don't really have a problem with the way they've approached fa this year. It's probably the way you should do it, although adding a big name here or there that fits your system is beneficial.

It's just that it doesn't mesh with year way they approached it last year. It's looking more and more like last year was simply about asses in seats and what not. IMO, if his is your fa plan, do it last year, not this year.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by O.city

Wonder what team Chris Clemons the FS will sign with after he uses us for leverage?

No telling. Any of them. All of them.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog

They aren't fine. They have a makeshift o-line with an injury prone QB and the same players/coaches who blew a 28 point lead with a much tougher schedule next year. If Smith or Charles are injured for a significant amount of time this team is drafting in the top 10.

Smith isn't really injury prone. Hyperbole isn't convincing....

[mcaj22]

the difference is Lichenshit was blocking for Peyton ****ing Manning and Andrew Luck and couldnt do it where as Geoff Schwartz blocked for who exactly? Christian Ponder and Jimmy Clausen before he got to Alex Smith

yea youre probably going to look bad if you have to block for a QB that holds the ball for 20 seconds and then goes fetal

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Why not the Chargers? Let's just max out our bad luck this offseason so we can have some good returns in the future as the law of averages brings us back to the mean.

There's re no laws of averages.

If there were, chiefs fans would be billionaires all coked up banging 10s after we just won SB number 5 in 5 years, after all the whit we've been through

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by O.city

There's re no laws of averages.

If there were, chiefs fans would be billionaires all coked up banging 10s after we just won SB number 5 in 5 years, after all the whit we've been through

The arc of history is long, and it bends towards justice.