How about this choice:
Kyle Brady at $5.3M over 2 years, or
Dan Graham at $30M over 5 years, or...
Reggie Kelly at $9M+ over 3 years?
According to ESPN.com, Reggie Kelly, considered the 2nd-most complete UFA TE behind Grahambo, re-signs with the Bungles for 3 years/$9M. Too bad; I would have offered him $10M/3 years. This makes Kyle Brady more overpaid than he already was.
I wonder if Graham would have accepted my final offer of $20M/4 yrs.? Remember, contracts can be structured so that what looks like the smaller offer could actually put more real money in his pocket.
After starting with Adalius Thomas, the FO has now fed us Kyle Brady, Sammy (The Cheat) Morris and Larry Izzo. (Welker is neutral because of the compensation involved.) They're currently batting .333 (1 for 3, with a sacrifice fly - Welker, and an intentional pass - Brady).
Kyle Brady, meet Matt Light - excuse me, Pro Bowl LT Matt Light. You'll be seeing more of him than you will of opposing LBs and Ss; just ask Daniel Graham, who could have approached Ben Coates status if he didn't have to bail out Light and Kaczur so often.
I'll be really pissed if another draft pick is used on a TE this year; instead, the FO should be more aggressive in signing UDFAs. Currently, we have only 6 picks, though another 3 should be added when the comps are announced. With multiple holes at ILB, OLB, CB, S, and possibly RB and WR (and I'm still looking for our LT of the future), a break on drafting a TE, for one year, shouldn't be too much to ask.
