"Hey Stanford, thanks for coming. This place is a dump, but the burgers are good. Go wild.
So I'm going to cut right to the chase. How would you like to get a Super Bowl ring? Look, let's not mince words. You've been cut twice already this season as a starting CB by crappy teams, and you're due to cash in $11M. Not bad money. Do you really need more? Does you really need to be the starting CB for another mediocre or lousy team? Be realistic: Detroit, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Miami and the Jets aren't going to wn the Super Bowl this year, without you or with you. I probably can't offer you as much money as some of those other teams. But there's only one team in the NFL that is one decent press-man CB away from a Lombardi Trophy, and you're looking at the guy who runs it.
Here's the deal. I want to offer you a one year deal for the remainder of 2012. We can kick the money around, and maybe throw in an option if you want, but it's not going to be for a ton of money, and it's basically a one year deal for the next 7 games. I can't promise that you'll be a "starter", but as long as you play decent press-man coverage you'll be one of my top 3 CBs, which means you'll see plenty of defensive snaps. The top 3 guys will all get plenty of playing time. In reality you, Aqib Talib and Alfonzo Dennard will all share time. Sometimes you'll be outside, sometimes you'll be in the slot. Sometimes you'll start, sometimes you won't. It doesn't matter. If that's important to you, don't come here. If the money is important to you, dont come here. But if you want to win a Ring, come here.
Having 3 press-man CBs will let me move Devin McCourty to deep FS, let Pat Chung and Tavon Wilson play more up front, and keep Kyle Arrington and Marquice Cole for depth, dime and ST work. Having McCourty watching the deep part of the field and 3 guys who can bump receivers off their routes will allow me to unleash the dogs up front. With that kind of secondary and my current front 7 and run defense, I should have a top 10 defense, maybe better. And with my offense that kind of defense, I think we can match up with any team in the NFL. There are never any guarantees, but I like our chances for a Super Bowl as well as anyone's.
So what do you say? You've already made $11 million this year. You'd be a free agent in 2013, so we could decide whether this is a good fit, or you would be no worse off than you are now as far as picking your next team. And you might have some nice hardware on your figure to show them when you're shopping.
Can I have some of those fries?"
