BB turned out to be RIGHT on Welker's market value. He was RIGHT on Bennett's market value, and very likely he is correct on Hightower and Butler's market value as well. In EVERY case he's been a LOT better than any of us here and in the media.
Back when Welker was a FA the general consencus here was $9-10MM. I know I was killed for suggesting $8MM, and he wound up getting just what BB was offering at $6MM.. Everyone, including myself thought Bennett would get $8-9MM, when reality turned out to be under $7MM. Everyone thought BB was nuts just to offer 10MM to Hightower (assuming that story was real). We all thought the bidding STARTED at $12MM. Now well past the usual feeding frenzy of the start of FA the silence has been deafening on his market. So silent, his agents have had to bring the Jets into the mix in order to create some vibe about their client.
And finally we have the mediots busily creating stories about the "unfairness" of Butler's situaltion. How he is pissed and how now we "have" to get him out of town or there will be a disaster of epic proportions, and THEN create the multiple scenarios that have him leaving.,
It's really quite despicable.