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So, he wasn't on the team?
Well. Yeah, but he wasn't a real factor in the 2004 season.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.So, he wasn't on the team?
Well. Yeah, but he wasn't a real factor in the 2004 season.
Ty Law is the key......the only superbowls won by NE is when Ty is on the team!!
Winning is important, yes. But Ty has already won.
So Ty Law is not a true Hall of Famer? Ty has 52 regular season INTs with 7TDs, plus another 6 and a TD in the postseason. And three Super Bowl rings. Sorry, but Ty is a shoo-in.
So, maybe Brady should holdout.
After all, he's already won.
Was changed to this:Law noted that what the Patriots are currently willing to offer and what he is seeking are not "in agreement."
Small but noticeable.Law noted that the conversation did not result in an agreement.
Maybe Reiss felt he assumed too much in the first line
No they wouldnt....but dont throw that trash around about wanting to win......then seriously look at a losing team for the money....winning teams tend to manage money very well....and one player cant have all of it....go get your money law.....leave us alone.....well be o.k. without the greedy sonofa*****....I'll never understand why people get so insulted and throw the word "greedy" around so much when it comes to players leaving or signing better contracts with other teams. It's a business, these players are professionals, and they're in the business to make money. I just love how people squawk at players for taking a better job offer, as if you would make a different choice, since it's only a measly 1 or 2 million more per year .
Think of it this way.....If someone came up to you right now and offered you a job paying $5 more an hour at a different company, but one where your job would be exactly the same, would you be greedy for accepting the offer? No, I don't think so, and I don't think your co-workers and friends would think any less of you either.
jets are really being biznitches, they are trying to drive up the price. i really hate manguini and the jets! :violent:
I can just see mangini now doing his best to screw up the pats draft picking ahead of us.
Yeah, he's made about a hundred million so far. If the most important thing to him is having made one hundred and one million, I say go for it. I don't think people are mocking him for that. It was his comment that he wanted to play for a winning team, when what he wants is not to leave a nickel on the table. If the Allouettes offered him more than the Jets, he'd be connecting with his cousin across the border again.Good luck to Law. I appreciate what he did for the Pats and I hope he gets the best contract he can. It'd be nice to have him back, but I can't blame him if someone else is offering him something better.
The real behind the scenes Ty Law negotiations:
Ring Ring in Foxboro:
BB: Hello?
Ty Law: Coach, it's me Ty!
BB: Ty, how you doing?
TL: Great! Hey, I was wondering, do you still need help in the backfield?
BB: Ty, you know I'd love to have you, but as I said the last six times you called, all I can really afford is a vet minimum salary. You know, you and I aren't getting any younger.
TL: Well thanks, coach. It's been a really nice conversation.
BB: It is what it is. Give me a call if you want to talk some more.
Ring Ring in Giants stadium (oops, I mean, the Meadowlands):
Eric Mangini: Hello?
Agent (whichever one isn't suspended) Poston: (in a cat's-got-the-canary voice) Hi Eric, it's me, Ty Law's agent! I've got some interesting news; we're talking to the Patriots and they've made a preliminary offer...
EM: (cutting him off in a desperate voice) What? What offer? What is it? Tell me what it is! I'm prepared to match anything those cheaters are prepared to pay! He can't go there instead of here! I was only joking when I cut him!! Herm made me do it!!
Poston: Now, Eric, you know I can't play those games. You've got to have us down for a visit before we can discuss competing offers. What do you say?
EM: Fine! Be on the next plane. Just don't let him visit Foxboro!!
Click
Ring Ring in Hawaii:
Matt Walsh: Hello?
EM: (in same desperate voice) Matty! It's me, Eric. Listen, do you still have that tap going on Belichick's phone?
MW: Sorry, Eric. My high priced Washington lawyer told me I had to stop taping the Pats or I would never get my immunity or indemnity agreements done.
EM: Damn!
MW: Sorry. A man's gotta eat and if I ever want to cash in on my 15 minutes of fame, I have to make sure Bill Belichick can't sue me and get back every penny. You know how he is.
click
Mangini curls into a ball on the floor of his office as he knows he doesn't have the cap room to pay Law the kind of $$ he wants after all his other high priced free agent signings. BB is going to crush him again!!!!
(Meanwhile, Agent Poston is calling all 30 other NFL teams and saying the following, "The Pats had a very pleasant conversation with Ty Law and made a preliminary offer and the Jets have him coming to New York on the next plane! These two teams are so familiar with Ty's game and are going hard trying to get him. Are you gonna pass up the opportunity to sign Ty Law?")
Three days (or maybe even three weeks) later the headline on NFL.com reads, "Ty Law spurns heavy overtures from previous teams to sign with (fill in the name of cornerback-desperate, overpaying team other than the Pats or Jets)"
Book it.
The real behind the scenes Ty Law negotiations:
Ring Ring in Foxboro:
BB: Hello?
Ty Law: Coach, it's me Ty!
BB: Ty, how you doing?
TL: Great! Hey, I was wondering, do you still need help in the backfield?
BB: Ty, you know I'd love to have you, but as I said the last six times you called, all I can really afford is a vet minimum salary. You know, you and I aren't getting any younger.
TL: Well thanks, coach. It's been a really nice conversation.
BB: It is what it is. Give me a call if you want to talk some more.
Ring Ring in Giants stadium (oops, I mean, the Meadowlands):
Eric Mangini: Hello?
Agent (whichever one isn't suspended) Poston: (in a cat's-got-the-canary voice) Hi Eric, it's me, Ty Law's agent! I've got some interesting news; we're talking to the Patriots and they've made a preliminary offer...
EM: (cutting him off in a desperate voice) What? What offer? What is it? Tell me what it is! I'm prepared to match anything those cheaters are prepared to pay! He can't go there instead of here! I was only joking when I cut him!! Herm made me do it!!
Poston: Now, Eric, you know I can't play those games. You've got to have us down for a visit before we can discuss competing offers. What do you say?
EM: Fine! Be on the next plane. Just don't let him visit Foxboro!!
Click
Ring Ring in Hawaii:
Matt Walsh: Hello?
EM: (in same desperate voice) Matty! It's me, Eric. Listen, do you still have that tap going on Belichick's phone?
MW: Sorry, Eric. My high priced Washington lawyer told me I had to stop taping the Pats or I would never get my immunity or indemnity agreements done.
EM: Damn!
MW: Sorry. A man's gotta eat and if I ever want to cash in on my 15 minutes of fame, I have to make sure Bill Belichick can't sue me and get back every penny. You know how he is.
click
Mangini curls into a ball on the floor of his office as he knows he doesn't have the cap room to pay Law the kind of $$ he wants after all his other high priced free agent signings. BB is going to crush him again!!!!
(Meanwhile, Agent Poston is calling all 30 other NFL teams and saying the following, "The Pats had a very pleasant conversation with Ty Law and made a preliminary offer and the Jets have him coming to New York on the next plane! These two teams are so familiar with Ty's game and are going hard trying to get him. Are you gonna pass up the opportunity to sign Ty Law?")
Three days (or maybe even three weeks) later the headline on NFL.com reads, "Ty Law spurns heavy overtures from previous teams to sign with (fill in the name of cornerback-desperate, overpaying team other than the Pats or Jets)"
Book it.