[MTK]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Yup. I mean when you think about it, you're a young guy in the NFL. You go out to eat with the coaching staff, get a great meal, eat a great dessert, chat it up with the coaches, etc. Then right after you finish your chocolate mousse pie the Danny pulls out his checkbook and says so Matty, I'm prepared to stroke a check to you, right now at this minute, for $8 million dollars. If you sign the deal now, the check is yours. But the offer's only good as long as you're here, if you leave we'll have to negotiate all over again.

You're looking across the table at him, and he's got his checkbook open, pen in hand; all the while coach Gibbs and Williams are telling you what a privelege it is to be a Redskin, and maybe Chris Cooley is there telling you hey man these guys aren't jerking your chain. It's a sweet place to be.

It's hard to say no to that. How do you ask a guy to put his checkbook away in that situation? Snyder's great at making guys feel like they need to take the bird in hand.

Snyder would have me at 'hello'