Trufant makes his offer

by UW Alex on Mar 4, 2008 2:58 PM PST Comment 3 comments

http://www.thenewstribune.com/512/story/299912.html

About $9 mil a year - less than Asante, of course. I think we should take it. With the way salaries are going up, he'd certainly cost more than this in a few years, especially if he continues to play at or near this level. We might be overpaying a bit, but it would be nice to lock him up now at a price which will appear reasonable two or three years from now. Apparently, the cap hit for this season would not be overwhelming.

Also, does anyone else feel a little weird about the possibility, remote though it is, of T.J. Duckett and D.J. Hackett on the same roster? The names are just a bit too similar.

A place to bury strangers.

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I think this bodes well

for a long term deal getting signed.

by Matthew on Mar 4, 2008 3:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Still too much.

Trufant is very good, but he's not one of the top 5 corners in the league, not yet at least. And that kind of money is top 5 money...

We'll probably end up paying it just because he has all the leverage with our current cap situation, but it's too much in my opinion. At least a good amount of it will be backended, so if he doesn't develop into the elite corner he's getting paid like we can limit the damage.

by notor on Mar 9, 2008 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, to me the risk-reward is on our side

.. if we do offer him that money. I can't imagine anyone wants to keep franchising him year after year, and he has shown consistent improvement, and was a top draft pick who is living up to his potential and talent level. Plus, paying for a top end corner is always going to be expensive, and he's still in the prime of his career.

Let's go.

by J Hens on Mar 9, 2008 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs