Owen Daniels Contract Negotiations

[superbowlbound]

I really don't see any negatives to locking up OD long-term, especially in the neighborhood of 12.5 guaranteed. Even if Casey turns out to be a savior, a pro-bowl tight end certainly has value on the trade market. 2nd round picks can turn into pretty damn effective players, and OD would certainly demand at least 1 of those. Besides, aside from his expressing his disappointment in not having a long-term deal (which is pretty nit-picky, imo), the guy has done absolutely everything right. he didn't even miss a day of OTA's, when a holdout would have been standard operating procedure for a player in his position. He's been uber-effective, at a very low cost, since he got here. He's earned a reasonable payday. I still think we have a new deal for OD before they put on the pads for real.

[kravix]

Originally Posted by superbowlbound

He's earned a reasonable payday. I still think we have a new deal for OD before they put on the pads for real.

I agree, but top 4 is slightly above reasonable for me, and number one, if even for a year, is over the top. Smith has said they offered a reasonable deal to him, no one knows what that was for sure but it what McClain reported was true then OD has become unreasonable and doesnt really want to play here.

[dadmg]

Originally Posted by superbowlbound

I really don't see any negatives to locking up OD long-term, especially in the neighborhood of 12.5 guaranteed. Even if Casey turns out to be a savior, a pro-bowl tight end certainly has value on the trade market.

A pro bowl TE does have trade value, but, its unlikely we will have any interest in trading him because guaranteed money would likely make it prohibitive early in the contract.