Asante Samual's long term deal?

[cutthemdown]

Albert Breer, of the MetroWest Daily News, reports New England Patriots CB Asante Samuel will not report to the team's offseason program without a new deal in place, according to his agent, Alonzo Shavers. Although franchise-tagged free agents are allowed to participate, most players do not in order to protect their financial interests. Samuel is scheduled to earn $7.79 million in 2007 as the team's franchise player.


I wonder if this could become ugly? I haven't heard much about it but you would think Pats plan on signing him long term. They could however be planning on trying to make him play on the tag but he could hold out. In any respect they sure have upgraded this offseason and I see keeping Samual as part of that. So what will his long term contract look like? I'm thinking 15 million garaunteed over what 6-7 yr deal with a total of like 50-55 mil.

[BroncoInferno]

Clements got $22 million guarenteed, so his agent is probably going to hold out for something in that area.

[55CrushEm]

Albert Breer, of the MetroWest Daily News, reports New England Patriots CB Asante Samuel will not report to the team's offseason program without a new deal in place, according to his agent, Alonzo Shavers. Although franchise-tagged free agents are allowed to participate, most players do not in order to protect their financial interests. Samuel is scheduled to earn $7.79 million in 2007 as the team's franchise player.


I wonder if this could become ugly? I haven't heard much about it but you would think Pats plan on signing him long term. They could however be planning on trying to make him play on the tag but he could hold out. In any respect they sure have upgraded this offseason and I see keeping Samual as part of that. So what will his long term contract look like? I'm thinking 15 million garaunteed over what 6-7 yr deal with a total of like 50-55 mil.

Not sure what, if anything, he'll get from the Pats in regards to a long term deal. However, with Clements getting an $80M deal from San Fran.....I'm sure he's going to want close to that (or more), epsecially considering that he (Samuel) was tied for lead in INT's in the AFC.....

[bloodsunday]

The Patriots are cheap bastards. It will drag on and it will likely get ugly.

[beach2nd]

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Sports;jsessionid=B1BBD63B16085E668E35FB2498FA0BC4 ?pageId=6.1

[Kaylore]

Let's trade Bly for Samuel straight up. ;)

[ward63]

Let's trade Bly for Samuel straight up. ;)

Maybe they'll trade Samuel for another first rounder in next years draft and we can pull the Pats in the running for Bly and get a first or second for him. Unlikely, but just an idea.

[sirhcyennek81]

The Patriots are cheap bastards. It will drag on and it will likely get ugly.

I think they spent 60 million on their WR group this offseason...bucking the "cheap" label.


:Broncos:

[rovolution]

i see this being very similiar to the Branch situation last season. My guess is Asante Samuel will be traded to a new team sometime in the first 4 weeks of the reg. season after a long hold out.

[Atlas]

Albert Breer, of the MetroWest Daily News, reports New England Patriots CB Asante Samuel will not report to the team's offseason program without a new deal in place, according to his agent, Alonzo Shavers. Although franchise-tagged free agents are allowed to participate, most players do not in order to protect their financial interests. Samuel is scheduled to earn $7.79 million in 2007 as the team's franchise player.


I wonder if this could become ugly? I haven't heard much about it but you would think Pats plan on signing him long term. They could however be planning on trying to make him play on the tag but he could hold out. In any respect they sure have upgraded this offseason and I see keeping Samual as part of that. So what will his long term contract look like? I'm thinking 15 million garaunteed over what 6-7 yr deal with a total of like 50-55 mil.

well he is better than nate clements so i guess that is where samuel will want to start

[400HZ]

The Patsies would be crazy to let him walk. With Asante gone and Rodney Harrison injury prone, their secondary could quickly turn into a big gushing sieve. I really hope they don't pay him. There's a grip of teams out that who would gladly offer up a 1st rounder for Samuel.

[Crowpointer]

Samuel holds out hope for right deal
By Albert Breer/ MetroWest Daily News
Monday, March 12, 2007 - Updated: 01:44 AM EST

With a wide smile on his face, Asante Samuel [stats] denounced the perception yesterday that he’s a disgruntled employee of the Patriots [team stats]. But the fourth-year cornerback, who is not yet under contract, has been around long enough to know how quickly things can change.

After expressing his satisfaction with the progress in negotiations, Samuel was asked if his happiness meant a holdout wasn’t in the cards. He wouldn’t go that far.

“Like I said, everything’s looking good,” he responded after briefly pausing to consider the question. “We’ll have to see what happens.”

Reached later by phone, Samuel’s agent Alonzo Shavers added: “Everything right now is good.”

Shavers did say that Samuel will not report to the team’s offseason program, scheduled to open a week from today, without a new deal in place. While franchise-tagged free agents are allowed to participate, most stay away as a measure to protect their financial interests.

“I’m not going to talk too much about (the negotiations),” Samuel said. “But they’re happy, I’m happy, so everybody else should be happy too.”

No one looms larger on the talks than Nate Clements. On the first day of free agency, the 49ers inked the former Bills cornerback to an eight-year, $80 million contract with $22 million in guaranteed money. Before he was tagged, Samuel was considered to be right there with Clements at the very top of the market.

So theoretically, Samuel could ask for something similar to what Clements got and, to be sure, he kept a keen eye on San Francisco’s vault-opening move.

“No doubt about it,” Samuel said during a promotional appearance at Macy’s in a Chestnut Hill shopping center. “Everybody’s aware of what he got. Everybody that supports me, they’re aware of the situation. It is what it is.”

“Nate did an excellent job,” added Shavers, who knows Clements well with each having played football at Ohio State. “Each situation is different. But obviously, Nate’s deal is a barometer of some magnitude. Everyone’s different, but it definitely gives you an idea of what’s going on in the market.”

Of course, Samuel and Shavers are also aware of what it took for Clements to get to his big payday.

A year ago, Clements was tagged by the Bills. In May, he signed the one-year, $7.2 million franchise tender after receiving a promise from Buffalo that he would not be hit with the tag again. Samuel didn’t rule out signing his one-year, $7.79 million franchise tender, but clearly intimated that he’d like to secure his future through these talks.

“This is my (professional) birthplace,” he said. “This is my first team and I hope I’ll never have to play for another team.”

That feeling, in part, is why Samuel didn’t feel slighted on Feb. 16 when slapped with the tag.

“I talked to (the Patriots) right before they did it,” he continued. “And under the circumstances, no, I’m not upset about it at all.”

It’s been more than three weeks now since that move and the team has been aggressive in signing free agents Adalius Thomas, Donte’ Stallworth, Sammy Morris and Kyle Brady, and in trading for Wes Welker.

Meanwhile, Samuel said he’s been unwinding in his native south Florida and working out in preparation for the 2007 season. He said that while the loss to the Colts in the AFC Championship Game still stings, he’s optimistic that the recent additions can put the Patriots over the top.

“They brought in some playmakers,” he said. “Guys that have a lot of experience and made plenty of plays for their ballclubs. We’ll see how it goes this season. Hopefully, we can make a run for it.”

[Regency]

I think they spent 60 million on their WR group this offseason...bucking the "cheap" label.


:Broncos:

Not really....Washington and Stallworth are essentially playing with 1 year prove it to me deals.