Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles has made no secret that he would like a new deal with the team.
In a sign that he’s likely to get one, Coles showed up to the Jets’ voluntary off-season training program on Monday. The Star-Ledger reports that the deal he’ll make with the team won’t necessarily be a new contract this year, but it may be an assurance that he’ll get a new contract next year if he stays healthy, or that the team will let him seek a trade.
Last year the Jets had a veteran who was similarly unhappy with his contract. In that case, they ultimately traded the veteran, guard Pete Kendall, and their offensive line struggled without him all season. The Jets may have decided to be more flexible in their dealings with Coles than they were with Kendall, as they learned last season that a team can continue to pay the price for an unhappy veteran even after he’s gone.
Defensive tackle Dewayne Robertson still hasn’t reported for off-season conditioning, and it’s still not clear whether he’ll be traded or released, although it is clear that he won’t stay with the Jets unless he agrees to a pay cut.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:22 am
But isn’t part of Coles’ issue is that “secret agreements” was in place already and that he was assured a new contract sometime over the last 2 years? Why would he now show up for workouts under the principle that “assurances” have been made for a new contract or trade now?
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March 25th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
” The Star-Ledger reports that the deal he’ll make with the team won’t necessarily be a new contract this year, but it may be an assurance that he’ll get a new contract next year if he stays healthy, or that the team will let him seek a trade.”
Or it might be a phat stack of cash money, under the table.
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March 25th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Or it might be a phat stack of cash money, under the table.
Yes, he needs money for that 30,000 square foot mall in Jacksonville.
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March 25th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Maybe Coles is suffering from post-concussion syndrome and forgot that he’d decided not to report for the offseason conditioning program. Whatever his rationale, if he’s taking Mangini and Tannenbaum at their word, he should rethink his options.
As for Dewayne Robertson, the man Herm Edwards once termed “a bowling ball with knives,” perhaps the Jets should try dealing him to the Chiefs.
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March 26th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I don’t know why Coles would be satisfied with a promise of a new deal. Isn’t that what this whole things about, that the team made promises to him and they were never kept. Plus look at the Pete Kendell situation, he was supposed to get a new deal(according to Kendell) and look how that situation played out. IMO the Jets need to be a little more straight forward about contracts.
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