Redskins add ILB/special teams standout Adam Hayward

[MTK]

Redskins add ILB/special teams standout Adam Hayward

[MTK]

3 yrs $3M with $300k guaranteed. Cheap fix for special teams.

[CRedskinsRule]

Grant Paulsen ‏@granthpaulsen 2m
Cheap way to improve special teams. RT @RavensInsider Redskins three-year deal for Adam Hayward is $3 million, including $300K guaranteed.

[Lotus]

It's good that the price tag is so low. Nonetheless I don't understand signing on the first day of FA a guy who will be 30 before the season starts.

[diehardskin2982]

Originally Posted by Lotus

It's good that the price tag is so low. Nonetheless I don't understand signing on the first day of FA a guy who will be 30 before the season starts.

This is a day one message to the fans that the Redskins are going to make the moves to make our special teams better.

[MTK]

Given how bad our ST were last year I don't care if the guy is 80 as long as he can play.

Lorenzo Alexander is 30, who wouldn't take him back in an instant?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Given how bad our ST were last year I don't care if the guy is 80 as long as he can play.

Lorenzo Alexander is 30, who wouldn't take him back in an instant?

I could swear that you said that you wouldn't sign anyone over 27 (my number would be 28).

Whether I'm remembering correctly or not, I'm sticking to that philosophy. To get your best value in FA you get 'em young.

There must be a 26-year-old out there who could be made into a reserve LB and special teamer.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I could swear that you said that you wouldn't sign anyone over 27 (my number would be 28).

Whether I'm remembering correctly or not, I'm sticking to that philosophy. To get your best value in FA you get 'em young.

There must be a 26-year-old out there who could be made into a reserve LB and special teamer.

I did say that, but I'd let that slide for a special teamer/low contract guy.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I did say that, but I'd let that slide for a special teamer/low contract guy.

Fair enough. The money isn't big enough to get too worked up about, no matter what.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Given how bad our ST were last year I don't care if the guy is 80 as long as he can play.

Lorenzo Alexander is 30, who wouldn't take him back in an instant?

Get Arizona on the phone!



With our need at ILB letting him go last year was a mistake. We could use the depth and st play badly.

Did you by any chance ever get any clarification on the cap from last year? I have heard the we were 1.3 under and 878k over. I am guessing we were legally over last year. If not we could have paid that 1.3 to Zo and spread that bonus over 3 years.


Seriously though good signing.

[Schneed10]

This guy is a clone of Lorenzo Alexander.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

This guy is a clone of Lorenzo Alexander.

This. And at literally a third of the cost.

Alexander signed a 3 year/9.5mil contract with 3mil guaranteed.

That deal looks like crap at this point.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

This. And at literally a third of the cost.

Alexander signed a 3 year/9.5mil contract with 3mil guaranteed.

That deal looks like crap at this point.

That LA contract looked player friendly on the day it was signed and even more today.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

That LA contract looked player friendly on the day it was signed and even more today.

player friendly, or loser tax?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

player friendly, or loser tax?

Good morning.

The structure is player friendly if you compare it to the Lichtensteiger or Montgomery deals, which the Redskins can easily get out of if they choose. This is a little trickier, because more than 20% is signing bonus, and the year one salary is so low.

If instead, he took a $2 mil SB and a year one salary of $4 million, the year one value is the same for the player, but he has less leverage for year two, as the team can save money by releasing him.