No link, but I heard a report that they'll use the franchise tag on puff, puff, give.
Issues aside, he is a top-5 TE, IMHO, so the money is right. I think it is actually pretty smart to franchise him rather than extend his contract. This way they can cut him without being hit with salary cap penalties if he screws up again (and incurs a one year suspension).
This year will serve as a sort of probationary period to show us that he is serious about keeping clean. I definitely think that we would have extended him without his issues.
Bye Bye Landry
You think Fred Davis is one of the 5 best TEs in the entire NFL?Originally Posted by JDubs
Gronkowski, Gates, Hernandez, Graham, Davis (Vernon), Witten, Finley.
Knock three of them out.
Not to mention guys like Gonzalez, Gresham, Daniels, Miller, Olsen, etc...
Davis had a nice year and a very good YPC...He is a very good TE but he isn't in the top 5 and probably not in the top 10.
Don't mind this. He refuses to have surgery even though 3 different people have recommended it and it hasn't healed in 3 seasons now. He's going to be an injury mess the rest of his career.
I don't mind Landry going, either...but it's just our luck that he'll be a monster for another team. See: Rogers, Carlos
Yeah cause he'll go to another team and decide to have the surgery and be a top 5 safety again. I think he might be one of those people that Rogers said wanted to leave the team and will be gone real soon.
Landry came out and talked about the surgery the Skins wanted him to get. It would have kept him out for a year and a half according to him. I guess he wants to risk it and play this year.
They didn't want him to do anything until this year when he tried it his way and it didn't work and multiple surgeons said he needed surgery. He's a big anti-doctor, homeopathic guy and just doesn't want to go under the knife. He would have been back and healthy before now if he would have done it in the first place. I don't blame him for that though, give him a shot to do it his way first, but after he did his thing from the end of 09 all the way through the beginning of '10 and it wasn't right he should have had surgery by the midpoint then. He could have been back for mid way through this season and be healthy now.
As much potential as he has, I haven't forgotten all the boneheaded penalties for late hits, hits out of bounds, and unsportsmanlike conduct. Now with the more strict rules, I feel like if he played the whole season he would have cost us a TON of penalties.
If Pitta is near-elite with Flacco, then yes, Fred Davis is top-5 with Grossman. It's a message board--feel free to disagree. I think Fred Davis is amongst the most talented TEs in the league. AND he's been high most of the time that he's been putting up his results.
Last edited by JDubs; 02-09-2012 at 12:49 AM.
Pitta isn't near elite.If Pitta is near-elite with Flacco, then yes, Fred Davis is top-5 with Grossman. It's a message board--feel free to disagree. I think Fred Davis is amongst the most talented TEs in the league. AND he's been high most of the time that he's been putting up his results.
Fred Davis is very talented but he isn't even in the discussion as one of the 5 best TEs in the league right now.
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