John Clayton reports the Washington Redskins are expected to reach a contract agreeme
 

-- Redskins Closing on Taylor --
Fri Jul 23, 2004 --from FFMastermind.com

ESPN's John Clayton reports the Washington Redskins are expected to reach a contract agreement with first round draft pick FS Sean Taylor within the next two days. The Washington Times adds that Taylor's deal could total somewhere in the vicinity of $20 million over six years, with bonus money approaching $14 million.

-- Redskins Closing on Cooley --
Fri Jul 23, 2004 --from FFMastermind.com

The Washington Times reports the Redskins continue to negotiate with third-round draft pick TE Chris Cooley. He is expected to finalize a four-year deal worth about $1.9 million in the coming days. :httr:

Fuckin' Right!!!!

Thank God.

I've always liked John Clayton.

[QUOTE=SeasonTicketHolder]I've always liked John Clayton.[/QUOTE]

That's a scary thought!

Anyways, it will be miraculous if they do get him signed in time for the passing camp that begins Monday. I suppose the thing to realize is that Mato, Moorad & Co. have been preparing for contract negotiations between ST & the Skins for a long time (in anticipation, much before ST hired them as agents), and so it isn't as though they've lost valuable time to hammer out a deal before camp starts.

lol...john clayton...talk about a guy built for an IT department

funny thing is that this shouldn't be much of a suprise since most agents and teams don't start discussing contracts until the week before training camp and for the majority of the draft all u have to do is look at what the player drafted in the same spot was paid last year and add on about 10%.

It is comforting to know we won't have a key peice of our team starting from behind because of a hold out.

[QUOTE=hurrykaine]That's a scary thought!
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Get your mind out of the gutter.

As long as Sean Taylor is in camp by July 30th, I'm a happy man.

As long as he levels a couple Bronco's on August 9th I'm happy 8)

in other news cooley is signed i heard... little more than 2mill over 4 years, with an escalator the 4th year... 655,000$ signing bonus, which means near league minimum base yearly salary...

This is exactly why buiding through the draft is the way to go. We get to have cooley on our team for four years basically playing for free, in terms of the salary cap. The trick is to have a good G.M. and personal department we can find quality players in the third and fourth rounds.

Signing a player is not proof of anything. We still have to find out if we have a player. It's his performance over the next couple years that will matter. I sure hope that Cooley makes it, but like all rookies, that remains to be seen.

its awesome that he didnt have an agent this whoel time and might be the first top five player to sign still.

GREAT point, Canes.

There's been a LOT of worry about Taylor on this site. If this happens as projected, it will prove there was no reason for it. This whole thing has been a mystery, but just maybe there were good reasons for the mystery. We still don't know why he fired the first guy - but if he had good reason, it shows character that he didn't go public with his gripes like most do. I prefer to think on the positive side about him until I know some facts that prove otherwise.

Does anyone know Claytons backround in football? I have always wondered how he became an expert on the sport, he couldnt have been a player... I think

[QUOTE=NFLNetwork]lol...john clayton...talk about a guy built for an IT department[/QUOTE]

Dude, he wouldn't last 2 seconds in my IT Dept.

I still think it's a stretch to see him in camp when practice starts on July 31st.

Aren't they expecting him in early this week for the passing camp as well?

Let's get it done and get to camp!

I think they shoudl get it done today. THey know what hes going ot get, they just have to wokr out a few extra clauses. Snyder wants him in camp and will get it done, ive got complete faith in that. Taylor signs by midnight tonight and is at practice tomrorow.

I'm with Skins. I'm not sure if he signs quite that early, but I think the deal is damn near done.

John Clayton looks like a complete geek. However, I agree with his articles much more on ESPN than anyone elses. A lot of these guys don't play sports, but they love them. You don't have to play to understand.

Just hurry up and sign.

So whats the deal with this three day camp that starts tomorrow. I read it was a qb camp. Does everyone report to a QB camp? Joe might be able to help anwser this.

[QUOTE=SKINSnCANES]So whats the deal with this three day camp that starts tomorrow. I read it was a qb camp. Does everyone report to a QB camp? Joe might be able to help anwser this.[/QUOTE]
The three-day passing camp that will take place Monday through Wednesday is a voluntary camp, though most if not all of the team is expected to attend. Generally, only QBs, WRs, RBs, TEs and rookies are required to attend, but judging by the excellent attendance at voluntary workouts throughout the offseason, I would think that most of the players will in fact be there. You can be sure that Coach Gibbs has encouraged as much.

The general idea of these pre-camp workouts is to give the rookies, QBs, WRs and any new players an opportunity to get on the same page before the actual training camp practices begin. However, Gibbs and company are basically using it as extra, "voluntary" practices for the whole team. Hopefully, attendance will be good, and the whole team will be that much better prepared when the live bullets start flying.

Thursday is an off day, then the full roster is required to report on Friday, followed by the first practices of training camp on Saturday.

thank you sir. :)

All I know about Clayton is that his "inside the huddle" is the segment I most look forward to during summer sportscenters. Ever notice how they tease it out? Every commercial break they act like its coming right up, but it usually doesn't until the halfway point.

According to Channel 9 (DC Metro Area), Taylor should be signed by (or on) Friday. This was on the 12 o'clock news.

As long as he's in camp day one, that's all that matters. The WT reports that the basic structure of the deal is in place, now they're just working out triggers.

If I were a betting man I'd say it gets done in the next couple days.

I say no later than Wednesday ( fingers crossed ).