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NDmick
02-18-2011, 05:28 PM
USA Today reports AJ Otogwe has been released due to an 8M roster bonus.


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02-18-2011, 05:30 PM
I wanted Atogwe on this team last year. I would love to see him as a Jet and am in no way, shape, or form partial.

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An $8 million roster bonus was deemed too much for the Rams to pay in order to keep safety O.J. Atogwe.

St. Louis opted to release the safety on Friday rather than pay the bonus due to him on Feb. 21. The Rams, who had placed the franchise tag on Atogwe in the past, signed the 29-year-old to a five-year, $32 million deal last June.

Atogwe is engaged to the daughter of Hall of Fame Bears linebacker and ex-49ers coach Mike Singletary. The six-year pro out of Stanford can negotiate and sign with any team.

Of course, the question is what kind of money he's going to be looking for.
nyjetsrule
02-18-2011, 07:08 PM
agreed that this is the one offseason acquisition thread that could actually be possible. while I would love to bring him in and cut ties with Pool and Eric Smith, its infinitely more important we make sure we can keep our WR first.
Mambo9
02-18-2011, 07:42 PM
Woa... as much as I'd like Atogwe here let's wait and see how much room we have in the new cap before dreaming about signing new FAs...
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02-18-2011, 07:54 PM
Woa... as much as I'd like Atogwe here let's wait and see how much room we have in the new cap before dreaming about signing new FAs...

You're right. We should focus on which necessary depth players we can trade away for double their value.
Twombles
02-18-2011, 08:12 PM
Our current FAs are more important right now.
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02-18-2011, 09:21 PM
Our current FAs are more important right now.

Obviously. Well, most of them. We need SOMETHING else to talk about, though.
Twombles
02-18-2011, 09:35 PM
Obviously. Well, most of them. We need SOMETHING else to talk about, though.

Yepo. But by estimations our 2010 roster would have been over the predicted 2011 cap so upgrading at safety is going to mean a downgrade somewhere else, such as receiver.