Doozinbrah Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=1999620&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233 Updated: Feb. 25, 2005, 12:38 PM ET Hitch: Washington needs cap space By Len Pasquarelli, ESPN.com INDIANAPOLIS -- The Washington Redskins and New York Jets are in serious trade negotiations and, if a deal is consummated, it would have the teams' top wide receivers changing uniforms, ESPN.com has learned. Under terms of the trade proposal, the Redskins would send unhappy wide receiver Laveranues Coles to the Jets, the franchise with which he actually began his career. In return, Washington would get four-year veteran wideout Santana Moss. League and team sources, here for the annual predraft scouting combine, confirmed the discussions. While the parameters of the trade appear to be in place, and each club seems satisfied with the terms, there remain several hurdles. Foremost among them, as reported Thursday by ESPN.com, is that the Redskins must first create salary cap room to absorb the hit they will take in a Coles trade. But one team official said on Friday morning that, if he were a betting man, he would wager that the trade eventually is completed. Coles MossJets coach Herm Edwards, asked on Friday if he would be interested in being reunited with Coles, who spent the first three years of his career in New York, declined comment, citing NFL anti-tampering rules. "Man, I'm not going there, OK?" Edwards said, laughing. "(Coles) is under contract to another team. I don't want the commissioner coming after me." The Jets clearly feel, though, that Coles is the better receiver of the two. The Jets did not want to let Coles escape in 2002, but the terms of the restricted free agent offer sheet to which the Redskins signed him, a seven-year deal worth $35 million and including a $13 million signing bonus, were too prohibitive to match. Washington, which has decided it will move Coles, who has complained about the lack of verticality in the Redskins' defense, covets Moss' explosiveness. Moss, 25, was the Jets' first-round choice in the 2001 draft and the former Miami (Fla.) star has been a productive playmaker when healthy. There have been times, however, when Moss has missed time with hamstring and knee injuries. In four seasons, he had 29 starts in 51 appearances, with 151 receptions for 2,416 yards and 19 touchdowns. His best season came in 2003, when he posted 74 catches, 1,105 yards and nine scores. He is entering the final year of his original rookie contract and is scheduled to earn a base salary of $448,000 in 2005. Washington will seek a contract extension with Moss before completing any deal for him, but that should not be a problem. Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for Moss, has worked with Redskins owner Dan Snyder on several contracts in the past and the two men have a strong relationship. Before the Redskins can complete any Coles trade, though, they must first carve out a considerable amount of cap room. The salary cap math involved in the Coles' mess: If Washington trades the wide receiver, whom they signed as a restricted free agent in 2003, forfeiting a first-round draft choice to the Jets in that transaction, they face a cap impact in excess of $9 million. Continued... Hitch: Washington needs cap space (Cont.) Efforts to have Coles bypass a $5 million deferred signing bonus due him on April 1, a move that would have dramatically decreased the cap hit, seem to have fallen apart. Coles originally had agreed to forfeit the $5 million, but only as part of an agreement that he would be released, and able to choose his next team. The Redskins don't have the cap space sufficient to afford the $9 million charge that would accompany a Coles trade. But offensive tackle Chris Samuels, whose cap charge for 2005 is $9.5 million and who is due $6.5 million in base salary and bonuses, can provide desperately needed room if he agrees to a new deal. Samuels, 27, is agreeable to an extension but the numbers must be right before the five-year veteran, a first-round pick in the 2000 draft, signs off on a reworked contract. As of Thursday afternoon, despite accelerated negotiations between the Redskins and Samuels' agent, an accord was not imminent. Agent Jimmy Sexton in January sent the Redskins a contract proposal that was rejected by Washington officials. A month later, the Redskins would love to strike a deal based on those January figures. Problem is, with the big-money contracts already signed during this offseason by Walter Jones of Seattle and Indianapolis' Ryan Diem, the financial landscape for offensive tackles has been altered. Jones received a signing bonus of $16 million on a seven-year contract with total value of $52.5 million. Although he is one of the better left tackles in the league, Samuels does not rate in Jones' elite class. But Samuels still will merit a contract with a signing bonus close to what Jones received, with a per-year average of at least $6 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 oh man, Lenny wants us to get creamed by the cap here. What if it doesn't happen? Will he mention anything about a hitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Well that was unbiased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonMagicJuan Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 man i believe in our front office, something will be done and something that will help us with our cap situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Uh Lenny EVERYONE but you are reporting the jets will eat the $5 million roster bonus Sour grapes Lenny that once again you were duped... I mean scooped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Loki Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 "The Jets (and my fat ass) clearly feel, though, that Coles is the better receiver of the two..." What a jerk. I'm hoping Len gets around to throwing the words 'oleaginous' and 'porcine' into one of his articles. I think I might keel over from the irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Alot of that is regurgitated blather from the last three or four days. It appears new developments indicate that Coles WOULD be willing to forgoe the bonus payment if traded back to the Jets. At least..that's what the radio is reporting. Lenny is just reassembling previous stories.... cobbling them together... and releasing them in an effort to further "heckle" the Redskins FO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Not only is Lenny late to the party, but he will have to admit he was wrong about us taking a 9 mill hit. I won't hold my breath on that one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas-Born Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Lets say it goes through...what happens next year when Moss is a free agent. We need to get an extension out of this guy. CONTINUITY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Lenny actually thinks people will believe Dan Snyder and Joe Gibbs completed a deal and then will go: :doh: Crap we forgot about the cap! Lenny Sexton feed you some bad info... let it go and move on... or is it the Gibbs story from last year all over again... you are looking like a fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm holding my breath until it's officially reported that the Jets are eating Coles' bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsChick36 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 What do you expect from Len? I have never seen or heard him be unbiased!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas-Born Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Lets say it goes through...what happens next year when Moss is a free agent. We need to get an extension out of this guy. CONTINUITY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I got a bad feeling we're eating LC's full signing bonus. Say goodbye to Pierce and Smoot, my friends. Thanks, LC. Prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I got a bad feeling we're eating LC's full signing bonus. Say goodbye to Pierce and Smoot, my friends. Thanks, LC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Originally posted by Doozinbrah [Moss] is entering the final year of his original rookie contract and is scheduled to earn a base salary of $448,000 in 2005. Washington will seek a contract extension with Moss before completing any deal for him, but that should not be a problem. I like the sounds of the contract he's got now. This guy's cheap. (But, I wouldn't pull the trigger unless I've worked out a longer contract.) Sounds like a lot of lawyers are going to spend a lot of time, preparing a lot of paperwork, before 'closing day'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Love how Lenny posts Moss's career numbers which are watered down by his being injured in the first 2 rather than his last 2 seasons which are more indicative of his explosiveness. Also love the shot at the Skins FO for not agreeing to Samels proposal last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDane Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I can't dump on Pasquarelli right now. See, I just ate at least 4,000 calories worth of barbecue and chocolate cake. So I know exactly what Pasta feels like six times a day. * Oh, whoops, I said I wouldn't go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Originally posted by TheDane I can't dump on Pasquarelli right now. See, I just ate at least 4,000 calories worth of barbecue and chocolate cake. So I know exactly what Pasta feels like six times a day. * Oh, whoops, I said I wouldn't go there. :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stainbck Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 i dunno guys, from the sounds of it (this report and some others) the jets might not eat the bonus. if they don't and we're only doing this because of samuels cap space i don't like it so much.... i liked it before, but now consider me worried... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 its just typical pasquerelli taking his shots at our FO for a cheap pop cuz the media hates washington...i think its gotten rather old by now, but the lard ass wont stop till he keels over and requires quadrupel bypass heart surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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