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ShowtimeSBMVP · 11:13 AM

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.

PRIEST · 03-16-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

I'm done with this shit. Move on to the next FA we're interested in.

Yes sir, NEXT !!

FloridaMan88 · 03-16-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Messier

So, you'll make excuses for the Broncos but Sanders agent doing something that never happens, is on KC

I am not making excuses… it is called fact.

TEX · 03-16-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by prhom

That's exactly what I'm saying. Is the NFL the only place in the world that negotiates without letters of intent? That would really be amazing, and probably something that will change after this. You've gotta be a special kind of stupid to trust someone at their word in the modern world.

I totally agree. When it was taking so long to get a deal done, the FIRST thing I thought of was that the agent was shopping the deal. (I posted that in this thread and said watch out for Denver) If I thought that, you KNOW that Dorsey had to be thinking the same thing ( or SHOULD have been) and something should have been done to protect against that.

Mother****erJones · 03-16-2014, 08:59 AM

****ing dirtbag belongs in Denver. Watch Peyton tear his acl in OTAs

Pasta Little Brioni · 03-16-2014, 08:59 AM

So much butthurt over not getting a mediocre receiver at best

FA and the draft prove endless in hilarity

CaliforniaChief · 03-16-2014, 08:59 AM

In all seriousness, it's a deep receiver draft and our lack of quality FA WR's will almost certainly position us to get younger, cheaper, more talented WR's with agents that don't eat bags of the phallus for breakfast.

FloridaMan88 · 03-16-2014, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TEX

I totally agree. When it was taking so long to get a deal done, the FIRST thing I thought of was that the agent was shopping the deal. (I posted that in this thread and said watch out for Denver) If I thought that, you KNOW that Dorsey had to be thinking the same thing ( or SHOULD have been) and something should have been done to protect against that.

Not to mention the agent involved has been shady in the past.

It is the Jeff Faine situation all over again.

The details are different, but the overall theme is the same… the Chiefs get played in free agency.

Clark's clown operation at its finest.

Simplicity · 03-16-2014, 09:00 AM

We're like that one High School girl that get ****ed over in a lie in a relationship, then tweets about how much she got ****ed over.

The Chiefs = High School girl.

**chefsos** · 03-16-2014, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

I had held out a tinny bit of hope that Sanders would show some integrity and nix the whole thing from his end. He's no better than his scumbag agent. **** this guy.

Exactly. It'd be like chasing after a woman who ****ed around on you. Screw that shit.

chiefscafan · 03-16-2014, 09:01 AM

I hope we light up sanders. One thing he is gonna be booed when he comes to arrowhead.

Good luck E. Sanders you are gonna need it!

TEX · 03-16-2014, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

You don't see this thing happen anywhere. Because agents almost NEVER do this.

Something like this DID happen to KC YEARS ago involving Tony Cassilas, who ended up playing for Dallas...

PA Chiefs · 03-16-2014, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

And here we go:

#Broncos source says Broncos had no knowledge Emmanuel Sanders' first reached agreement of terms with KC Chiefs, per http://t.co/wNggdnfWrd
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) March 16, 2014

I feel better now. They are just innocent in all this poor guys getting all this sh*t..... Ha who cares lets move on.

**cabletech94** · 03-16-2014, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

In all seriousness, it's a deep receiver draft and our lack of quality FA WR's will almost certainly position us to get younger, cheaper, more talented WR's .

all of this. i think that's been most of the "plan" all along. but they wanted maybe 1 experienced guy. so, meh.

chiefzilla1501 · 03-16-2014, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Not to mention the agent involved as been shady in the past.

It is the Jeff Faine situation all over again.

The details are different, but the overall theme is the same… the Chiefs get played in free agency.

Clark's clown operation at its finest.

No, it isn't.

In Faine, the Chiefs were arguing about other teams tampering, knowing full well that every team does it.

In Sanders, the Chiefs are arguing about a rogue agent doing something that agents usually do not do. And the Chiefs are not the only team or agent saying this was horrible behavior.

Messier · 03-16-2014, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

I am not making excuses… it is called fact.

Both team had an agreement. I assume with money agreed upon. Dumervils agent-incompetent, Sanders agent- unprecedented duplicity.

I don't blame either team.

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