bulldog Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 A deal to re-sign defensive lineman Carl Powell fell through in the final stages yesterday for the Washington Redskins. NFL sources said Powell, a key reserve last season, rejected a three-year contract with a signing bonus of about $450,000. He now hopes to test the market as an unrestricted free agent. The signing period begins at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. Washington's key question before free agency remains defensive tackle Daryl Gardener, who appears unlikely to re-sign. However, owner Dan Snyder did have another conversation with agent Neil Schwartz yesterday. Gardener has indicated that he wouldn't consider the Redskins once the market opens, but Schwartz said the Redskins won't be excluded. That said, Gardener is very confident he can get the deal he is seeking (including $15 million over the first three years) through free agency. Denver is a likely suitor, and he has said he would like to play for Cincinnati and Dallas. Meanwhile, sources said Washington issued seven tender offers — one to safety David Terrell, a restricted free agent, and six to exclusive-rights players. The only player who could have received a tender offer but did not was wide receiver Chris Doering, the last of Spurrier's four former University of Florida receivers. Doering still could re-sign at the minimum but probably wouldn't be a factor as Washington remakes its receiving corps. Terrell, a two-year starter at free safety, could attract some interest after receiving the one-year, $605,000 tender. A team who signs him away would have to compensate Washington only at the level where Terrell was drafted, meaning the club would owe a seventh-round pick. Former Redskins and current San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer was a big fan of Terrell's athleticism and could make a bid. The six exclusive-rights players who received tender offers were fullback Bryan Johnson, tight end Leonard Stephens, offensive linemen Wilbert Brown and Alex Sulfsted, linebacker Antonio Pierce and Ohalete. The club technically didn't have to make a tender offer to defensive tackle Del Cowsette because he went ahead and signed a one-year contract for the tender amount, $375,000. Exclusive-rights players like Cowsette cannot negotiate with other teams anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Let me get this straight: If Wilkinson is cut June 1, and Powell and Gardener dont resign and Bruce Smith decides not to return, instead of playing a 3-4 we can now play a 1-6 with six linebackers. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 for those aching to plug Powell in at DT or DE and think we have found a solution, here's his career numbers at age 29: starts: 5 total tackles: 43 solo tackles: 35 assists: 8 sacks: 3.0 Powell enters free agency thinking these numbers are going to land him a big contract (well, big in relative terms :laugh: )......... from the article the Skins offered him $450K in bonus. so what, he goes to Cincinnati and they offer him $600K? Carl, take the lesson of another guy who thought he was the indispensable player, Shawn Barber............... He didn't get the Redskins to budge. He went to Philly and they didn't budge. And now he is on the market again and likely to get a similar contract once more................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Yeah... Powell had been playing 5 years before he got his first NFL sack this year. Now he's looking to cash in big. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Use Powell's allotted money add it to the offer for Gardener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 I don't know if this is good or bad but I can't help thinking another hole has been drilled into the bottom of the good ship HMS Snyder. (HMS=Hit My Ship) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Hey...the last thing this team needs to do is cave (cabbage) in to low rate back-ups who think more of themselves than the league does. Powell isn't finding a better deal anywhere else, and he's not going to find a starters job either. He's a reserve plain and simple, and he'll find a similar allotment of money waiting on him wherever he goes. In this day and age of NFL FA, organizations or either paying starting money at a particular price or reserve money which is rather standard. Powell's getting the latter. And...as for the rather tough negotiations with our FA, this may happen all year. The feeling around the league is that Snyder will overpay for people he wants. The players know it, the agents know it, and they league knows it. The best thing that could happen is to have the Redskins balk at player's asking price and simply let them walk for perceived "greener pastures". One offseason of that and that notion will have to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRock Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Powell won't get a huge contract in FA. He will be highly disliked for testing it after his mediocre season when he has to come back to the Skins for "the" deal that was originally offered to him. Maybe this can be a good thing, we can offer him less money when he comes back and he'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 While it would create a hole in an area where we don't need one, if Powell leaves I suspect he could be replaced with a 3rd or 4th round player in this year's draft. Add the F.A. to the mix and other than Marv Lewis getting a woody for him, I'd be shocked if he manages to get a substantially higher offer than we've made. His agent should have read some of HBC's Sun Tzu before he tried to negotiate this contract. His client has ZERO leverage this year. Solly Cholly Don't let the doorknob hit you in the (Mark) Boutte on your way out. We've still got Del the funky homosapien Cowsette to provide some depth anyway. The downside (or upside if you're Navy Dave) is this almost forces us to trade down in the first round to pick up an additional third rounder if we can't replace him with a reasonably priced F.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 if the Times is saying he's going to test FA, I'm guessing the ink is already on the paper and he's signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkiteer Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 I guess half a season does make a player great and worthy of a starters salary. He's only pulling this crap because he's w/ us. His agent knows that we need DT's in the worst way and they are trying to play their trump card. He wouldn't even be considered as a starter for 3/4 of the teams in the league. Looks like Big Daddy won't get cut at this rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Man, the Times just can't wait to report this stuff. I can just picture Jody, Rick, and whatever other Skins-hating bitc$$$ they have there - smiling their a$$es off when they are typing this $hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stricknine Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 See ya Carl...make sure you show 'em you celebratory somersault for when you get a sack...that trick has got to be worth a couple hundred thou. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted February 27, 2003 Author Share Posted February 27, 2003 look, as I mentioned on another thread, Powell is using what he views as probably his ONLY big opportunity to stick an NFL team up for a decent bonus. the guy did nothing in Indy and Chicago. at least nothing that shows up on the stat sheets. his career numbers are what a player like Hugh Douglas puts up in 8 games :laugh: at 6'2 and 272 Powell is limited physically in what he can do and will never be more than the top backup off the bench to spell the starters on a spot basis. I refuse to get weepy over the loss of that kind of player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennSkinsFan Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Our front office has transfored in my opinion and it is abotu time. I am glad to see that they are not overpaying for Gardener and creating a cap nightmare, and not oover paying for a DT that really has proven little. We shoudl all be happy. We complained about the careless spending and now they are not doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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