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Any news/rumors on Ty Law? (1 Viewer)
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Tackling Dummies
Footballguy
Arizona is the only other team that I have seen mentioned that Shick did not list.
The Jacket
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Chiefs
Patriots
Cardinals?
Seahawks?
Law playing it cool
<Jul. 13> Law isn't sweating the fact that he still hasn't found a home for 2006. The free-agent cornerback is training with famed track coach Bob Kersee and waiting patiently for the right offer to roll in.
The Chiefs and Patriots appear to be Law's main suitors, but Kansas City GM Carl Peterson hasn't changed his stance regarding the cornerback's financial demands (believed to be $10 million in guaranteed money).
"We have an interest in Ty Law," Peterson told The Kansas City Star. "But obviously, it has to be based upon economics.
"To this point, we certainly haven't been able to get together with his representatives on a contract, and we also note that no one else has, either. Sometimes patience is difficult, but it is also a pragmatic thing to do."
Law told the paper there's a chance he might not sign by the start of training camp. The 32-year-old is looking for a deal on par with the league's elite corners and wants to go to a team that has a legitimate chance to reach the Super Bowl.
Good old ESPN's Rumor Central.
Chiefs
Patriots
Cardinals?
Seahawks?
Law playing it cool
<Jul. 13> Law isn't sweating the fact that he still hasn't found a home for 2006. The free-agent cornerback is training with famed track coach Bob Kersee and waiting patiently for the right offer to roll in.
The Chiefs and Patriots appear to be Law's main suitors, but Kansas City GM Carl Peterson hasn't changed his stance regarding the cornerback's financial demands (believed to be $10 million in guaranteed money).
"We have an interest in Ty Law," Peterson told The Kansas City Star. "But obviously, it has to be based upon economics.
"To this point, we certainly haven't been able to get together with his representatives on a contract, and we also note that no one else has, either. Sometimes patience is difficult, but it is also a pragmatic thing to do."
Law told the paper there's a chance he might not sign by the start of training camp. The 32-year-old is looking for a deal on par with the league's elite corners and wants to go to a team that has a legitimate chance to reach the Super Bowl.
Good old ESPN's Rumor Central.
CB Law likes Chiefs, Pats with camp near
Rick Dean
7/17/2006
In less than two weeks the Kansas City Chiefs will board a chartered airplane and make the short flight to the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. From there it's about a 50-minute bus ride to River Falls, Wis., their summer training camp site since 1991.
As they prepare for their departure on Thursday, July 27, and first practice the following morning, the Chiefs have several issues to address. Foremost among them is will first-round draft pick Tamba Hali be among the passengers heading north? Might Ty Law be on the manifest?
The Law question could be the toughest to answer. The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback cost the New York Jets around $6 million last year when he came back from a significant foot injury and intercepted a league-high 10 passes for Herm Edwards' team. The Jets couldn't afford him for a second season.
Having proven he can still play at age 32, Law's asking price this year is expected to be even higher, and right now the Chiefs consider it too pricey.
But Edwards, now the Chiefs coach, said this week that the Chiefs still have a shot at Law, a player with whom he developed a strong working relationship last year with the Jets. But Law won't join a team until right before or shortly after the start of training camp, Edwards predicted.
Law, currently working out in St. Louis with track and field coach Bob Kersee, said this week the Chiefs and the New England Patriots, the team he helped take to two Super Bowl titles during his 10 seasons there, were the teams he might be most interested in joining. Both, he said, are teams that could contend for the NFL championship this year.
Chiefs president Carl Peterson confirmed this week that the club is about $8 million under the NFL salary cap, but it isn't going to throw all that money at Law. The NFL rookie signing pool this year will cost the Chiefs about $3.4 million, and Peterson likes to keep about $2 million in reserve to sign new players when injuries knock others from the active roster.
Moreover, Peterson would like to extend the contracts of at least two current Chiefs, Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez and middle linebacker Kawika Mitchell, before they expire at the end of the 2006 season. Extending those contracts now would count against the 2006 cap.
The Chiefs have yet to sign any of the eight players they drafted in April, though that's hardly cause for alarm. Among first-round draft picks, only top choice Mario Williams has signed a contract, the terms of which were agreed upon before the Houston Texans took him with the top pick.
Peterson this week said negotiations with Brian Mackler and Jim Ivler, the agents for top draft pick Hali, were going "very well" and that he was hopeful Hali would report to River Falls on time or soon after the camp's opening.
http://cjonline.com
Rick Dean
7/17/2006
In less than two weeks the Kansas City Chiefs will board a chartered airplane and make the short flight to the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. From there it's about a 50-minute bus ride to River Falls, Wis., their summer training camp site since 1991.
As they prepare for their departure on Thursday, July 27, and first practice the following morning, the Chiefs have several issues to address. Foremost among them is will first-round draft pick Tamba Hali be among the passengers heading north? Might Ty Law be on the manifest?
The Law question could be the toughest to answer. The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback cost the New York Jets around $6 million last year when he came back from a significant foot injury and intercepted a league-high 10 passes for Herm Edwards' team. The Jets couldn't afford him for a second season.
Having proven he can still play at age 32, Law's asking price this year is expected to be even higher, and right now the Chiefs consider it too pricey.
But Edwards, now the Chiefs coach, said this week that the Chiefs still have a shot at Law, a player with whom he developed a strong working relationship last year with the Jets. But Law won't join a team until right before or shortly after the start of training camp, Edwards predicted.
Law, currently working out in St. Louis with track and field coach Bob Kersee, said this week the Chiefs and the New England Patriots, the team he helped take to two Super Bowl titles during his 10 seasons there, were the teams he might be most interested in joining. Both, he said, are teams that could contend for the NFL championship this year.
Chiefs president Carl Peterson confirmed this week that the club is about $8 million under the NFL salary cap, but it isn't going to throw all that money at Law. The NFL rookie signing pool this year will cost the Chiefs about $3.4 million, and Peterson likes to keep about $2 million in reserve to sign new players when injuries knock others from the active roster.
Moreover, Peterson would like to extend the contracts of at least two current Chiefs, Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez and middle linebacker Kawika Mitchell, before they expire at the end of the 2006 season. Extending those contracts now would count against the 2006 cap.
The Chiefs have yet to sign any of the eight players they drafted in April, though that's hardly cause for alarm. Among first-round draft picks, only top choice Mario Williams has signed a contract, the terms of which were agreed upon before the Houston Texans took him with the top pick.
Peterson this week said negotiations with Brian Mackler and Jim Ivler, the agents for top draft pick Hali, were going "very well" and that he was hopeful Hali would report to River Falls on time or soon after the camp's opening.
http://cjonline.com
T Man
Footballguy
I disagree that he is just trying to skip camp. My thought is that he is hoping that camp will show a major need for a CB (or an injury). In other words, the delay is not to skip getting in shape, it is more premised on increasing the market value.
I look for him to sign sometime in the first two weeks of camp. Not sure if KC sill use Herm's defense from the Jets, but I would guess they would.
If that's the case, since he knows KC's system and NE's system already, he can afford to wait to see if the supply and demand aspect increases his value.
In any event, I predict an overhyped contract spouting a huge $$$$$ value, but one that essentially is a one year contract.
I look for him to sign sometime in the first two weeks of camp. Not sure if KC sill use Herm's defense from the Jets, but I would guess they would.
If that's the case, since he knows KC's system and NE's system already, he can afford to wait to see if the supply and demand aspect increases his value.
In any event, I predict an overhyped contract spouting a huge $$$$$ value, but one that essentially is a one year contract.
