Slagathor

One NFL insider believes the Vikings' reluctance to provide quarterback Brad Johnson with a new contract could result in a cheapskate reputation for the team and affect its effort to attract free agents.
-- St. Paul Pioneer Press

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I'm Ron Borges?

Yeah, that's the franchise you want to be associated with.

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brady2brown

Do you really thing free agents care what OTHER players got? They care what's in it for them. Free agents are attracted to teams based on what that team can provide them. Money, location, opporitunity to start or gain playing time, chance to go to superbowl.

What Free Agent would say, "Sure you are offering me more money than team B, but last year you wouldn't pay Brad Johnson, so forget it."

Or, "I have business interests in Minneapolis, and my wife wants me to move there, but there is no way I will go to a team that wouldn't pay Brad Johnson.

PatsWickedPissah

ROTFL

Your technique is called "Reductio ad absurdum" good job!

RayClay

Hey Ron, are you really Ron? That's kind of funny.

Let me ask this.

With the devastating loss of Deion Branch, do you think we could get a top receiver like David Terrell or Koren Robinson for Seymour?

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stinkypete

Question: if you were the Vikings, in the middle of rebuilding the offense, and you just drafted a 2nd round QB, would you extend the 38 year old Johnson's contract?

Didn't think so.

SeanBruschi54

Dead on..........

zarakotas5

Johnson should be happy to get a few last chances to play. If he wants a couple more million, lead the Vikes to the playoffs and start a local car dealership a la Marino, Elway, et al.

Or, perhaps have the foresight to negotiate a contract (his final contract in all likelihood [George, Jeff...] with incentives that would be met in the event that he does have to bear the responsibility of being the starting QB.

I do see his point of being upset about the situation, but all things are relative. He's hardly working for peanuts.

As far as the Vikes rep, someone summed it up perfectly: what can you do for ME, not Brad. Like the Pats, speculators say the Pats are cheap. They refuse to pay outrageous sums to names or those not worth it. Yet, solid vets make more here than anywhere else. NE has more $1M players per annum than any other team (the last time I looked it up, at least). For a solid pro, and more importantly, his agent, this is well known. Think of Rosie Colvin.

DaBruinz

The Vikings have had that reputation for years. This is nothing new.

As for the Pats, the Pats are probably working on extensions for Samuel, Graham, and Koppen. They need to keep that money free as well as money to pay Seymour's bonus.

Miguel

I guess that the NFL insider neglected to ask Steve Hutchinson, Bryant McKinnie, Fred Smoot, Pat Williams, Darren Sharper or Antoine Winfield if the Vikings are cheap.

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