While we wait for Matlock to sort out the DeAngelo Hall-to-the-Raiders mess, the Oakland Tribune's Jerry McDonald writes that if Hall gets nice little salary bump with the Silver and Black, that could portend good things for the team's best cornerback, Nnamdi Asomugha.
I mentioned yesterday that Asomugha probably wouldn't be all that psyched about Hall, a player most reasonable people can agree is a lesser talent, getting a long-term deal. But maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing for Asomugha:
Asomugha already will pocket $10 million in 2008, give or take a few hundred thousand. To keep him on the roster in 2009, the Raiders would have to franchise him again and give him a 20 percent raise. Either that or let him go as a free agent.Obviously, there's some risk involved -- Asomugha could get injured, or just have a bad season. On the other hand, even though getting franchised isn't ideal, $22 million ain't bad for two years of work.
That means Asomugha stands to make approximately $22 million over two years with the Raiders, or $10 million in 2008 plus whatever he could get on the open market in 2009 if the Raiders opted not to franchise him.
With those options, the $20 million in guarantees given Asante Samuel in Philadelphia could be insufficient to bring in Asomugha.
Best case: the Raiders give Asomugha a long-term contract. Worst case, he gets franchised in 2008 and 2009, and hits the free-agent market with $22 million. And Raiders fans will be left to wonder why the organization signed DeAngelo Hall in the first place. It'll be just like being a Falcons fan save all the puppy murdering.
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3-16-2008 @ 6:16PM
vincent deluca said...
yea BABY Al is going crazy i luv it. RAIDER FANS REMEMBER WHEN THE RAIDERS GOT MIKE HAYNES WITH LESTER HAYES ON THE OTHER SIDE RAIDERS WERE OUTRAGEOUS COVERING MAN TO MAN WITH NANDI N HALL
HELL NO CATCHES ON EITHER SIDE.WOW.THATS JUST AS GOOD AS GETTING THE BEST DL IN THE LEAGUE.MORE PRESSURE WHEN NO RECIEVERS ARE OPEN =SACK OR INT BABY
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3-16-2008 @ 7:52PM
Jimbo said...
Not that I take a guy that writes a 'fan blog' on the lowly AOL site all that seriously, but to say Hall isn't a good corner is asinine. He is known around the league as a shutdown corner. But I suppose we should take the word of the 'insightful' Ryan Wilson as gospel, he does after all have a front office job. Oh, wait, he doesn't. Both are in the second tier of corners, including Asante, who will be exposed without the talent he had around him in New England.
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3-16-2008 @ 7:52PM
Jimbo said...
Not that I take a guy that writes a 'fan blog' on the lowly AOL site all that seriously, but to say Hall isn't a good corner is asinine. He is known around the league as a shutdown corner. But I suppose we should take the word of the 'insightful' Ryan Wilson as gospel, he does after all have a front office job. Oh, wait, he doesn't. Both are in the second tier of corners, including Asante, who will be exposed without the talent he had around him in New England.
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