NO TRADE YET FOR ROBERTSON Though the Jets and Bengals have agreed to terms on a trade for defensive tackle Dewayne Robertson, Robertson's agent says that a deal is far from done. Hadley Englehard (whom you might recall as being the guy who got suspended for giving ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli his password to access the proprietary NFLPA database) tells Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News that there's no agreement with the Bengals on a new deal for Robertson. "We have not agreed to a contract, not by any stretch," Englehard told Cimini. Robertson is due to earn a base salary of $6.8 million in 2008. There's also a $3 million roster bonus due in June. As a practical matter, Robertson holds all the cards here. Since Robertson has received permission to try to work out a trade, Englehard has been able to gauge the market for his client if he were to hold firm and be released. And teams presumably would be willing to kick more money to the 2003 first-round bust if the move also didn't require coughing up a couple of draft picks. Robertson undoubtedly will be cut by the Jets before June 1. Typically, teams will trade for a player who is going to be released if his current contract is more palatable than the deal he'd get on the open market. In this case, it surely would be cheaper to sign Robertson as a free agent than to pay him what he's owed this year and next. Meanwhile, let's call this what it is -- an effort by the Jets to make turd salad. Whether the team is using a 4-3 or a 3-4, Robertson is and has been a bust. And even though coach Eric Mangini was in New England when the Jets gave up two first-round picks and a fourth-rounder in order to draft Robertson while Kevin Williams and Ty Warren were on the board, G.M. Mike Tannenbaum was part of the front office when the decision was made to trade up for a guy whom they might not now be able to give away. Then again, Tannenbaum can blame the move on former G.M. Terry Bradway. But Bradway also happens to be the guy whom Tannenbaum hired to be in charge of evaluating personnel. So, um, never mind.
Why doesn't it look good? They have to negotiate, it could take time.I don't think the Bengals want to go 0-2 in their search for a DT.This trade will be completed latest by tomorrow.
Uggghhhh..... All those people who complained about "Only" getting a 4th and 5th are really going to be pissed now.... I know I didn't want to see my team give a guy with degenerative knees a big new deal.. I think Cincy would be crazy to do it as well.
Well if the FO had listen to KY Jet who alert us that this player was not what he appeared to be then I guess we would have been somewhat better off
No Dice He won't get released. If we don't trade him, count on him playing along side of our friend Mr. Jenkins this year. At least the good part of that situation, is he will be motivated to play hard for whatever teams he will be auditioning for come next spring.
bah, this is just the agent trying to drum up a fwe extra bucks. They're always like, we've got four million on the table, that's miles from acceptable and it's over, it's over, then the next day we see the guy sign for 4.1 - I'm not worried.
The Broncos may get back into the scene. They were already interested in DRob and now one of their DT's was arrested. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_8432707
any new word on this situation? didnt see anything on the first page before this so sorry if this got bumped for no reason.
I had figured this about the DRob trade. Although if DRob waits until June most teams will have spent all their cash. So he may do himself a favor by working out a deal now.
