Does Clement's Deal Seal Asante's Fate

[jbb9s]

The bar is set for top end CBs in the league based on Clements in SF. I know there is funny money in the deal but 8 yrs 80M with what, 18M gauranteed.?

Now with big names/contracts of Thomas, Seymour, Wilfork/Warren (hopefully being locked up ASAP for 4+ yrs), can you see another multimillion dollar contract on the BB/SP defense. The bench becomes that much thinner when you have 4 players making 5,6,7,8 million a year on defense. Do you think that Asante's agent has a handshake deal with the Pats about not being franchised again? Is this the last year for Samuel with the Patriots?

 

[MrBigglesWorth]

The bar is set for top end CBs in the league based on Clements in SF. I know there is funny money in the deal but 8 yrs 80M with what, 18M gauranteed.?

Now with big names/contracts of Thomas, Seymour, Wilfork/Warren (hopefully being locked up ASAP for 4+ yrs), can you see another multimillion dollar contract on the BB/SP defense. The bench becomes that much thinner when you have 4 players making 5,6,7,8 million a year on defense. Do you think that Asante's agent has a handshake deal with the Pats about not being franchised again? Is this the last year for Samuel with the Patriots?

i think it's business and no handshakes. i think he plays for one year under the franchise and pats draft his replacement this yr.

 

[Ghost of Ben Dreith]

i think it's business and no handshakes. i think he plays for one year under the franchise and pats draft his replacement this yr.

Agree with this assessment. It is also one of the reasons I don't think the Pats trade down in this years draft. They know they need to draft a replacement for Asante and there is talent in the secondary in the bottom third of the draft. Would not be surprising to see S/CB instead of LB just for the idea of this being Asante's last Patriot year.

 

[jbb9s]

Agree with this assessment. It is also one of the reasons I don't think the Pats trade down in this years draft. They know they need to draft a replacement for Asante and there is talent in the secondary in the bottom third of the draft. Would not be surprising to see S/CB instead of LB just for the idea of this being Asante's last Patriot year.

Why can't they just franchise him again? (Other than the fact Asante will hate the organization for it because it defers his life retirement contract payday)

 

[Seymour93]

Is this the last year for Samuel with the Patriots?

It depends on if we draft CB in round one.

 

[Remix 6]

i doubt samuel expects an $80 mil deal b/c a player did. Champ is highest paid but i dont think its $80 mil but has more per year. If Samuel gets another solid year he definatley gets top 3 money

 

[pats1]

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

FINAL YEAR OF CLEMENTS DEAL IS PHONY​

Howard Balzer of the Sports Xchange explains that the eight-year, $80 million deal given by the 49ers to cornerback Nate Clements contains a phony final year, which automatically will be voided when a $10 million option bonus is paid to the player in 2008.​

So either the option bonus won't be paid, and it'll be just a one-year deal -- or the option bonuswill be paid, and the contract will be worth $64.02 million over seven years.​

This is far different from a puffed up back end; it's a complete fabrication of the final year. ​

They could have picked any number for that final year. Instead of eight years, $80 million, the contract could have been eight years, $100 million. Or eight years, $800 million. Or eight years, infinity.​

So why did they plop $15.98 million into the eighth year that will disappear a year from now? It was, in our view, a favor to the agent, who'll now be able to trumpet to recruits the fact that he negotiated an "eight-year, $80 million" contract.​

He didn't. It's seven years, $64.02 million. Still impressive, but not as catchy. ​

 

[upstater1]

Nate Clements makes less than $1 million a year less than Tom Brady.

 

[upstater1]

This is Asante's last year with the Patriots. I think that's pretty clear. I expect him to perform well, and then someone will offer him $8 million per next season. The Patriots are not going to offer him that much with Warren and Wilfork coming up.

Speaking of Warren, when are they going to do his deal? August?

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Poor Asante, doomed to be a multi-millionaire. Oh, cruel fate.

 

[Fencer]

At that salary level, if you want to be a Pat, you have to take below-market money. (Well, Seymour got market money, but he got it in about the worst possible year, so the extension was below-market before it started paying him.)

Asante seems unlikely to do that, so unfortunately he seems likely to be gone soon.

 

[ClevTrev]

Why can't they just franchise him again? (Other than the fact Asante will hate the organization for it because it defers his life retirement contract payday)

Believe the franchise tag salary goes up 20% for a player the second year in a row. Agree with previous posts that the Pats will look to draft a CB this year and hope that Asante is able to reproduce his career year 2006 in 2007.

Asante is gone in 2008.

They really have two drafts and one remaining FA season to find his replacement.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Asante is gone in 2008.

If the Pats really want to move up in the draft he could be gone sooner as trade bait. Something to consider anyway.

 

[pats63]

i think it's business and no handshakes. i think he plays for one year under the franchise and pats draft his replacement this yr.

You are right this is business,nothing more....I will miss Asante....

 

[FilPats]

Poor Asante, doomed to be a multi-millionaire. Oh, cruel fate.

Being a multi-millionaire could be a curse, if he gets carried away. Look at Pacman Jones, throwing his money (for visual effects?) worth 80 grand to showgirls. I believe being franchised could be a blessing in disguise for Asante. He gets guaranteed 7.8 M and yet there is still a goal and a challenge in front of him so that he does not lose his focus. Being young, he really needs to maintain the effort so he can really reach the level of Champ or even exceed it. Hope he does not relax or worse, regress. Go Pats:rocker:

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Being a multi-millionaire could be a curse, if he gets carried away. Look at Pacman Jones, throwing his money (for visual effects?) worth 80 grand to showgirls. I believe being franchised could be a blessing in disguise for Asante. He gets guaranteed 7.8 M and yet there is still a goal and a challenge in front of him so that he does not lose his focus. Being young, he really needs to maintain the effort so he can really reach the level of Champ or even exceed it. Hope he does not relax or worse, regress. Go Pats:rocker:

For his sake we can only hope.