Drew Rosenhaus, is seeking the richest contract in the NFL (1 Viewer)

[Keith Lewis]

Matt Maiocco of the Press Democrat says that Frank Gore's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, is seeking the richest contract in the NFL for his client.

From Matt Maiocco's blog:

As I reported a couple days ago, Gore is scheduled to earn $435,000 in base pay this season. If backup running back Maurice Hicks signs his one-year tender as a restricted free agent, the 49ers will pay him $850,000. So unless Gore and the 49ers reach a deal for the coming season, Hicks could be making nearly twice as much as Gore.

I've been told that Gore's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has informed the 49ers that he's not signing a deal for anything less than the richest contract in the league. (Rosenhaus has not returned repeated phone calls seeking comment.)

The 49ers need to pay Gore a nice sum of money, but they also can't put themselves in a position where a big contract would come back to haunt them. As much as everyone likes Frank Gore, you also have to consider that last season was the first time since his senior year of high school that he played an entire season without being limited by injuries.

As Maiocco has previously stated, even without a new contract, the 49ers can secure Gore for the next three seasons. Gore is under contract for the upcoming season, Gore will be a restricted free agent in 2008 and the 49ers can hold on to him with a high tender and in 2009, the team can franchise Gore. In 2008 and 2009, the team would receive draft picks as compensation should they lose Gore to another team.

While I do agree that Gore needs a nice salary bump, the fact that the 49ers actually do not have to give him another penny, I think it's absurd that Rosenhaus thinks Frank Gore should make more money than LT, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady just to name a few.

 

[stevegamer]

Not absurd - if you're Drew Rosenhaus. Of course, if Gore gets that kind of money, wait until you see what TO wants.

If that was his stance, I'd just tender him at whatever, and not bother negotiating. They don't 'need" to pay him anything - they may want him happy, but they can sign him for $X - I don't know what the number is.

This could get ugly - and it's a reason to bump up all 49er reserve running backs in dynasty.

 

[Drew RosenhausFan]

Its gonna happen

 

[3C's]

Not. A. Chance.

 

[dlptown]

With his potential risk of another knee injury, who would pay him that kind of money- especially with suspect hands and only one good year. Not going to happen.

 

[Gatorman]

Nice to see drew set the bar high. Not gonna happen though.

 

[Couch Potato]

Too long a history of injury. Too short a history of success.

Yes, he should be paid well after his showing last year, but the 49ers have every right to hedge their bets given Gore's past. They were in cap hell not too long ago thanks to the Donahue years, and they won't repeat those sorts of contract mistakes again this soon. The 49ers aren't so close to a championship that Gore/Rosenaus can get away with holding them hostage. No chance he gets the richest contract in the NFL.

 

[Z-Dog]

If I was Gore I would definitely hold out for a lot of $$$ - he knows as well as anyone else that he hasn't been healthy much, and his stock is highest right now. What's right for Frank Gore is to score a big signing bonus that will assure his future and his family's future.

What's right for Drew Rosenhaus is to score an enormous contract for a guy who basically had one great season, after not even being a high pick. Obviously, this runs directly contrary to the Niners' interest - except that they also want to win games, and Gore is a major part of their nucleus.

What might happen is that Gore gets a contract with reported numbers that make it the biggest contract in NFL history, but that the deal is actually something like Drew Brees' deal from last year.

The fact that the Niners have the rights to Gore, through one method or another, for a few more years does give them a bit of leverage, but let's be honest, Gore isn't going to carry the ball for the Niners for $450,000 this year, and mismanaging this situation could lead to bad blood and basically losing out on a very talented young runner.

 

[LHUCKS]

Go get that money for your clients Drew!

Best in the business.

 

[OoOBaby]

Go get that money for your clients Drew!Best in the business.

Actually Drew is mostly hype. His contracts are usually flashy big numbers, but come up far short in terms of guaranteed money.Just look at Stallworth's deal, basically got a 1 year, 3.6mil contract. He should have fetched far more in just guaranteed money alone. A back loaded contract that the client never see's doesn't do them much good. TO lost truckloads of money. Drew should have told him to shut up and play hard. Instead he told him he was underpaid and he'd get him a new contract. When really he just created a PR nightmare and TO lost most of his endorsement deals. Drew came to TO after the SB, telling him he’d get him a big bucks deal that he deserved. Woops.I also think he failed Javon Walker trying to play hardball with the Packers. Again he told Javon he'd get him a new deal, he was vastly underpaid, and he'd get him the money. He misses training camp, comes in and gets injured (which might, or might not be related). Drew runs around parking lots at stadiums promising the moon, and usually coming up far short. He'll go steal players who just signed deals telling them what a horrible job his former agent did and he'll get them their rightful payday. While he's not a horrible agent, he's no where close to the best in the business.

 

[Otis]

Gore deserves a big payday, absolutely no doubt about that. Richest contract ever? No way, not yet.

 

[Chase Stuart]

If I was Gore I would definitely hold out for a lot of $$$ - he knows as well as anyone else that he hasn't been healthy much, and his stock is highest right now. What's right for Frank Gore is to score a big signing bonus that will assure his future and his family's future.What's right for Drew Rosenhaus is to score an enormous contract for a guy who basically had one great season, after not even being a high pick. Obviously, this runs directly contrary to the Niners' interest - except that they also want to win games, and Gore is a major part of their nucleus.What might happen is that Gore gets a contract with reported numbers that make it the biggest contract in NFL history, but that the deal is actually something like Drew Brees' deal from last year.The fact that the Niners have the rights to Gore, through one method or another, for a few more years does give them a bit of leverage, but let's be honest, Gore isn't going to carry the ball for the Niners for $450,000 this year, and mismanaging this situation could lead to bad blood and basically losing out on a very talented young runner.

 

[JZilla]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

 

[LHUCKS]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

 

[JZilla]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

He's in his prime, and THIS SEASON will dictate his contract.Sit out this season and be treated like a one-year wonder. Meanwhile the hapless 49ers STILL hold your rights. The 49ers own him until '09 if they want to. I'm just saying, two seasons of what he did in '06 will kill. One season does him no good. He becomes a RFA NEXT year, the 49ers can match any offer, and they can even choose to franchise him after that. They have all the leverage. No way he sits out, and if he does, Rosenhaus is an idiot. Frank, seriously, probably cannot think for himself.

 

[Sinrman]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

Sure, he could. As could any player. But in the end, I think it hurts him a lot more long term. He had one excellent season. And equally important, he stayed healthy. As the article said, for the first time since HIGH SCHOOL that he could do that. No NFL team is going to take a risk on signing him to a monster contract until he can prove consistency (in staying productive and healthy). If he can do it for a second straight season, or maybe very close (like only miss a game or two at most), THEN perhaps the 49ers should look into signing him long term.If he sits out, he proves what? That he stayed healthy and productive for one season, and then sits on his butt doing nothing? What GM in their right mind would want to deal with that? What GM in their right mind is going to even entertain a contract even close to what Drew Rosenhaus says?

 

[LHUCKS]

Sit out this season and be treated like a one-year wonder. Meanwhile the hapless 49ers STILL hold your rights. The 49ers own him until '09 if they want to.

I didn't realize they had him through '09.

 

[Chase Stuart]

Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

Do you really think that Olandis Gary was a stud for a season on the same order of Frank Gore's 2006? Gore just had one of the greatest 40 rushing seasons of all time. He was an absolute stud. Olandis Gary wasn't in the same league as Gore's 2006 season.

 

[Chase Stuart]

I won't argue with anyone that says the 49ers have all the leverage here or that Gore has an ugly injury past. But the people saying "Gore has only done it for one year" are crazy.

How many RBs can you name that have had a season like Gore and then not been awesome? You've got two guys: Jamal Lewis and Mike Anderson, and neither were bad. How many guys have had a season like Gore and went on to be awesome? Sanders, Simpson, Tomlinson, Smith, Payton, Brown, Dickerson, Faulk, Holmes.

We're looking at the downside of Gore's career being Jamal Lewis, the middle being something like Mercury Morris or James Brooks, and the upside being a HOF RB.

He's got no negotiating power and an ugly injury sheet, but the one year wonder talk makes no sense at all.

 

[LHUCKS]

I won't argue with anyone that says the 49ers have all the leverage here or that Gore has an ugly injury past. But the people saying "Gore has only done it for one year" are crazy.How many RBs can you name that have had a season like Gore and then not been awesome? You've got two guys: Jamal Lewis and Mike Anderson, and neither were bad. How many guys have had a season like Gore and went on to be awesome? Sanders, Simpson, Tomlinson, Smith, Payton, Brown, Dickerson, Faulk, Holmes.We're looking at the downside of Gore's career being Jamal Lewis, the middle being something like Mercury Morris or James Brooks, and the upside being a HOF RB.He's got no negotiating power and an ugly injury sheet, but the one year wonder talk makes no sense at all.

I don't know how anybody who watched Gore run can utter one year wonder...the guy is a workhorse.

 

[alg]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension - and ostensibly his contract year with the 49ers. He loses 250-300,000. Not much when you are jockeying for a 10-15m signing bonus + salary.

Based on those numbers he would be nuts to play a full season. By the time 2009 comes around he would be used goods, and the 49ers would have secured the best of his career for peanuts.

To conclude, the 49ers have virtually no leverage, because Gore is not making the kind of money an NFL player cannot walk away from. And if they try to play hardball with him, they poison the well and end up with a major need at RB, and a public relations nightmare. Besides, of course, costing them perhaps a significant shot at improvement...even winning.

 

[JZilla]

I won't argue with anyone that says the 49ers have all the leverage here or that Gore has an ugly injury past. But the people saying "Gore has only done it for one year" are crazy.

How many RBs can you name that have had a season like Gore and then not been awesome? You've got two guys: Jamal Lewis and Mike Anderson

Well THERE'S a vote of confidenceThat guy surely deserved the richest contract in the league

Hey Gore's a stud and I know it. He just has no leverage to hold out at this point. To get that kind of contract, because of his current circumstance, he has to do it again. Then he can dictate his own salary. Not now. He was a third round pick for a reason, and now is where he deals with that. ####, Willis McGahee owes every penny he's made to Gore's unfortunate injury history.

 

[JZilla]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension

Sure, he can report late and sit the bench, then get a nominal salary offer which the 49ers can probably match. Or he can play, tear it up again and break the bank. Good thing you're not his agent.Drew Rosenhaus is posturing for next year and at how many of YOU are biting.

 

[Chase Stuart]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension

Sure, he can report late and sit the bench, then get a nominal salary offer which the 49ers can probably match. Or he can play, tear it up again and break the bank. Good thing you're not his agent.Drew Rosenhaus is posturing for next year and at how many of YOU are biting.

I don't see how the economics justify Gore playing under his current contract.If he sat out the year, reported late and recorded zero carries in 2007, he would easily get an offer which would include a $10M signing bonus/6+ year deal. I don't see how that's nominal. If he gets hurt, he'd make little money the rest of his career. He can literally do nothing outside of work out and get $10M coming to him in 12 months. The market for a stud 25 year old RB with no wear and tear would be incredible.Just my

 

[LHUCKS]

I wonder how much he can make in the canadian league?

He would destroy it and I'm sure he could make more than 450K...I'd give the finger to the Niners if they don't bump his pay this year...substantially.

 

[LHUCKS]

The jets reworked Cotchery's deal and he's not even near Gore's league.

 

[JZilla]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension

Sure, he can report late and sit the bench, then get a nominal salary offer which the 49ers can probably match. Or he can play, tear it up again and break the bank. Good thing you're not his agent.Drew Rosenhaus is posturing for next year and at how many of YOU are biting.

I don't see how the economics justify Gore playing under his current contract.If he sat out the year, reported late and recorded zero carries in 2007, he would easily get an offer which would include a $10M signing bonus/6+ year deal. I don't see how that's nominal. If he gets hurt, he'd make little money the rest of his career. He can literally do nothing outside of work out and get $10M coming to him in 12 months. The market for a stud 25 year old RB with no wear and tear would be incredible.Just my

If if ifI say Rosenhaus gambles on him tearing it up again, which he likely will. We all agree the guy is a stud. STUD stud. Even if he gets hurt halfway through the season with a "typical" RB injury.. if he was studlike in those first 8 games it enhances his position considerably. Right now sitting out does not help him at all.One thing to keep in mind, and I know this is a real factor. The 49ers are a terrible franchise. De Bartolo is long gone and the current York ownership has shown nothing but ineptitude. So who knows how they'll handle it. I would not be surprised to see a "temporary" solution invoked, but I would be SHOCKED to see a long-term deal set between the tool Rosenhaus and these particular idiots, at this point. A well run franchise would handle this now, and I know that.

 

[JZilla]

Just to add though.. Frank Gore is NOT going to play for the CFL





CFL

 

[LHUCKS]

Just to add though.. Frank Gore is NOT going to play for the CFL

I don't think he will either as I was being fecetious, just pointing out how ridiculous it would be for him to play for 450 this year...it's not going to happen.

 

[QUEZILLA]

If something happened to Gore or Nate Clements SF would be screwed.

 

[Z-Dog]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

Sure, he could. As could any player. But in the end, I think it hurts him a lot more long term. He had one excellent season. And equally important, he stayed healthy. As the article said, for the first time since HIGH SCHOOL that he could do that. No NFL team is going to take a risk on signing him to a monster contract until he can prove consistency (in staying productive and healthy). If he can do it for a second straight season, or maybe very close (like only miss a game or two at most), THEN perhaps the 49ers should look into signing him long term.If he sits out, he proves what? That he stayed healthy and productive for one season, and then sits on his butt doing nothing? What GM in their right mind would want to deal with that? What GM in their right mind is going to even entertain a contract even close to what Drew Rosenhaus says?

Hey, were you watching this offseason? You know, the one in which Visanthe Shiancoe, backup TE, got something like $18 million? The one in which average guards got Hutchinson money? If Gore was on the market he would've been paid, and how. If Gore sits out he proves that he's not going to play for $450k. That's it. What GM in his right mind would want to deal with that? I'd say virtually all of them. Gore did something last year that was historic. I'll bet there's a long line of GMs who'd be happy to pay the man. But ask yourself this: what do the Niners prove by taking a hard line? That they're jerks who want to shaft their best players? That even though they had the most money under the cap they will only pay free agents, not their own draft picks? That hard work, sacrifice, and toughness are not rewarded in San Francisco?

 

[GroveDiesel]

Yeah, but Gore would have to sit out for TWO seasons just to become an UFA. Do you really think that ANY team in the NFL would give huge bucks to a 27 year old that has had one great season, one healthy season, that was three years prior, and is a guy that hasn't been working out with a team for the most part of over two years? I seriously doubt it.

Rosenhaus was on top of the NFL agent world a couple of years ago. Now he's about at the bottom. Players have realized that he's a fraud and that he's done a better job making a name for himself than putting money into their pockets.

 

[T Man]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

Because sitting out gets him nowhere. If he sits out, he is still under contract for a year when he returns. If he wants to play hardball, he should sit out until week 11 and play the last six games. That satisfies his contract and makes him a likely RFA next year. He can then refuse to sign the tender until late and do the same thing.The problem is that he has only one good season under his belt - unlike some of the players mentioned previously. And he has a history of injury. Also, he was a late round pick -- meaning that he has not received any significant money (of course, that's relative) to "holdout" without a paycheck.Of course that conflicts with his other problem, which is that he may be "too old" by the time he can hit the open market. My thought is that he gets SF to sign an extension which pays him some guaranteed money NOW, gets him some extra cash via yearly roster bonuses. (protecting SF from injuries and one time wonder). Maybe Gore feels that the gesture to pay him more now (when the team doesn't have to) is enough to accept something in the Lamont Jordan range.

 

[todd2006]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

Sure, he could. As could any player. But in the end, I think it hurts him a lot more long term. He had one excellent season. And equally important, he stayed healthy. As the article said, for the first time since HIGH SCHOOL that he could do that. No NFL team is going to take a risk on signing him to a monster contract until he can prove consistency (in staying productive and healthy). If he can do it for a second straight season, or maybe very close (like only miss a game or two at most), THEN perhaps the 49ers should look into signing him long term.If he sits out, he proves what? That he stayed healthy and productive for one season, and then sits on his butt doing nothing? What GM in their right mind would want to deal with that? What GM in their right mind is going to even entertain a contract even close to what Drew Rosenhaus says?

Hey, were you watching this offseason? You know, the one in which Visanthe Shiancoe, backup TE, got something like $18 million? The one in which average guards got Hutchinson money? If Gore was on the market he would've been paid, and how. If Gore sits out he proves that he's not going to play for $450k. That's it. What GM in his right mind would want to deal with that? I'd say virtually all of them. Gore did something last year that was historic. I'll bet there's a long line of GMs who'd be happy to pay the man. But ask yourself this: what do the Niners prove by taking a hard line? That they're jerks who want to shaft their best players? That even though they had the most money under the cap they will only pay free agents, not their own draft picks? That hard work, sacrifice, and toughness are not rewarded in San Francisco?

Once a player signs a contract, it's done. I don't care if Gore manages to become unstoppable and scores 40 TDs, leading the 49ers to a Superbowl win. The team is under no obligation to sign him to a new contract and the player should live up to the contract.If the shoe was on the other foot (Gore has a huge contract, gets hurt, can't play ever again), do the 49ers get to say "we want to renegotiate your contract and get back that guaranteed money we gave you a few years back"? Of course not.I do recognize the value of "good business" with your players, but there is no obligation to pay someone extra for doing their job that they're already paid to do. It's why there's a contract in the first place.Personally, and this is a bit more extreme, but I feel that if a player holds out, the year they sit should push back the contract a year. Meaning, if Gore sits out in 2007, his $450,000 he was to earn this year becomes his salary for 2008... and his salary for 2008 becomes the salary for 2009... and so on. Players should not be allowed to sit out of a season when they've signed a contract unless they can show legal fault on behalf of their employer.It's a business.

 

[T Man]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension

Sure, he can report late and sit the bench, then get a nominal salary offer which the 49ers can probably match. Or he can play, tear it up again and break the bank. Good thing you're not his agent.Drew Rosenhaus is posturing for next year and at how many of YOU are biting.

I don't see how the economics justify Gore playing under his current contract.If he sat out the year, reported late and recorded zero carries in 2007, he would easily get an offer which would include a $10M signing bonus/6+ year deal. I don't see how that's nominal. If he gets hurt, he'd make little money the rest of his career. He can literally do nothing outside of work out and get $10M coming to him in 12 months. The market for a stud 25 year old RB with no wear and tear would be incredible.

Just my

But that market will be for Michael Turner. Gore would be 28 and has serious wear and tear given the knee reconstructions. And, he won't b e free next year as SF will tender him at a 1 and 3.Gore must strike it now, because when SF loses his rights (assuming he is not franchised), he will be 29 with a significant history of injury. But SF has his rights for this year, and next year. This is Gore's dilemna.

So he has to be reasonable, which it sounds like Drew won't be. An extension that pays him some now, with roster bonuses to protect the team from injury would be ideal for both parties. Gore may not feel that he is paid like a top 5 RB, butSF doesn't have to do it. Bbut by doing it makes Gore happy and tells the rest of the team that SF will take care of their own.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension

Sure, he can report late and sit the bench, then get a nominal salary offer which the 49ers can probably match. Or he can play, tear it up again and break the bank. Good thing you're not his agent.Drew Rosenhaus is posturing for next year and at how many of YOU are biting.

I don't see how the economics justify Gore playing under his current contract.If he sat out the year, reported late and recorded zero carries in 2007, he would easily get an offer which would include a $10M signing bonus/6+ year deal. I don't see how that's nominal. If he gets hurt, he'd make little money the rest of his career. He can literally do nothing outside of work out and get $10M coming to him in 12 months. The market for a stud 25 year old RB with no wear and tear would be incredible.

Just my

Seriously, no wear and tear. That could possibly be the .....

Actually, I'll stop before I go insulting a mod. You do realize however, he was a 3rd round pick for a reason. What was that reason? Oh yeah, serious wear and tear on his knees.

And for those saying that there'd be GM's lining up to sign him to whatever deal he wanted, well, we'll just say it's good that you're a FANTASY GM and not a REAL GM.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

The statement of intent by Rosenhaus shows he is interested in advertising Drew Rosenhaus, not in working for the best interest of his client. That said, he has made a living off of the old P.T. Barnum axiom.

 

[twistd]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

What was the market for RBs this offseason? Gore did an excellent job this last year, but as many have pointed out, he has a history of injury problems. The Niners are not going to be held hostage because Gore holding out is the piece that keeps them from winning the Super Bowl. If Gore holds out for the season, on his agents advice, what will he get in the aftermath? Are the Niners inclined then to pay him this astronomical salary he wants? Does he then become that valuable to other teams? The NFL is a 'what have you done for me lately' league. You hold out for a year and teams move on. There is a crop of runners coming into the league this year. There will be a crop coming in next year. The Niners would be nuts to sign Gore to a Tomlinson type contract after just one successsful year.

 

[Righetti]

well deserved.. kid earned it

 

[Black Box]

I think what is being overlooked here is the relationship between Gore and the Niners. He was a very risky pick at the time given his knees, and yet the Niners took a chance on him (with the first pick in the 3rd round.. much higher than expected at the time), and gave him a shot. He also came out early, if I recall, because he needed the $$ to take care of his grandma or something when staying for his senior season would have undoubtedly raised his draft stock. Gore took the opportunity, and ran with it. I don't think Gore can overlook this fact, and I think I remember him saying how grateful he was his rookie year.

On the flip side, he was drafted in Nolan's first year as coach. He is his running back.

Ergo, something will get worked out here. Not the richest in the league... well, maybe in funny contract money, but I think an extension will get done.

 

[TheFanatic]

Frank Gore can't afford to sit out this season. He knows it, Drew Rosenhaus knows it, the 49ers know it. This will be a huge story next year but right now it's nothing. Bad blood = bull####. The aforementioned parties also know this is a business. Another year of similar output and it's a different story. Hell, Olandis Gary was a stud for a season.

why can't Gore sit out the season?the wear and tear isn't worth 450K.

Sure, he could. As could any player. But in the end, I think it hurts him a lot more long term. He had one excellent season. And equally important, he stayed healthy. As the article said, for the first time since HIGH SCHOOL that he could do that. No NFL team is going to take a risk on signing him to a monster contract until he can prove consistency (in staying productive and healthy). If he can do it for a second straight season, or maybe very close (like only miss a game or two at most), THEN perhaps the 49ers should look into signing him long term.If he sits out, he proves what? That he stayed healthy and productive for one season, and then sits on his butt doing nothing? What GM in their right mind would want to deal with that? What GM in their right mind is going to even entertain a contract even close to what Drew Rosenhaus says?

Hey, were you watching this offseason? You know, the one in which Visanthe Shiancoe, backup TE, got something like $18 million? The one in which average guards got Hutchinson money? If Gore was on the market he would've been paid, and how. If Gore sits out he proves that he's not going to play for $450k. That's it. What GM in his right mind would want to deal with that? I'd say virtually all of them. Gore did something last year that was historic. I'll bet there's a long line of GMs who'd be happy to pay the man. But ask yourself this: what do the Niners prove by taking a hard line? That they're jerks who want to shaft their best players? That even though they had the most money under the cap they will only pay free agents, not their own draft picks? That hard work, sacrifice, and toughness are not rewarded in San Francisco?

This is a very important point here. Brady, LT and Manning all signed contracts in years that were leaner in terms of salary cap space than this year. Every team has a boatload of cash to spend. The 9ers have more than anyone else (at least before signing clements). Rosenhaus is looking at the deal clements got and wants something similar for his client. A ridiculous signing bonus, a extremely large overall number but is heavily backloaded so he looks great and the team will not be too strapped because the guy will never see the last couple of years of the contract. Does anyone really think that clements is going to see $80 million? No way. He'll be lucky to see $50 mill.

I see one of two things happening here. Gore gets something similar to Clements but a little lower (say $18 mill signing bonus and a total of $60 mill), or he gets a nice 7-8 million one year deal so he isn't playing for peanuts but still has to prove himself and gets the big $$ next year.

Rosenhaus will want to avoid option 2 because the 9er coffers won't be as fat next year. He wants the big K this year.

 

[commisholio]

I can't see Gore sitting out for a whole year on a contract dispute - by all accounts, the man loves the game of football and has a team-based attitude. It would be extremely out of character for him to play that kind of hard ball. The 49ers have said they want to renegotiate his contract and they will IMO. Frank will make a nice payday, but not the kind of $$$ that Rosenhaus is talking IMO.

 

[Chase Stuart]

He can sit and report with 4 to 6 games left to advance his pension

Sure, he can report late and sit the bench, then get a nominal salary offer which the 49ers can probably match. Or he can play, tear it up again and break the bank. Good thing you're not his agent.Drew Rosenhaus is posturing for next year and at how many of YOU are biting.

I don't see how the economics justify Gore playing under his current contract.If he sat out the year, reported late and recorded zero carries in 2007, he would easily get an offer which would include a $10M signing bonus/6+ year deal. I don't see how that's nominal. If he gets hurt, he'd make little money the rest of his career. He can literally do nothing outside of work out and get $10M coming to him in 12 months. The market for a stud 25 year old RB with no wear and tear would be incredible.

Just my

But that market will be for Michael Turner. Gore would be 28 and has serious wear and tear given the knee reconstructions. And, he won't b e free next year as SF will tender him at a 1 and 3.Gore must strike it now, because when SF loses his rights (assuming he is not franchised), he will be 29 with a significant history of injury. But SF has his rights for this year, and next year. This is Gore's dilemna.

So he has to be reasonable, which it sounds like Drew won't be. An extension that pays him some now, with roster bonuses to protect the team from injury would be ideal for both parties. Gore may not feel that he is paid like a top 5 RB, butSF doesn't have to do it. Bbut by doing it makes Gore happy and tells the rest of the team that SF will take care of their own.

Gore was born in 1983.

 

[dickey moe]

 

[Snotbubbles]

I don't understand all the guys saying Gore has only done it for 1 year. Here goes a guys career numbers:16 | 39 292 7.5 1 | 7 44 6.3 1 |14 | 84 316 3.8 3 | 17 160 9.4 0 |16 | 46 190 4.1 4 | 11 101 9.2 0 |16 | 93 479 5.2 2 | 15 112 7.5 0 |Before he did this:

LaMont Jordan, the top free-agent running back on the market, signed a five-year deal worth $27.5 million -- including a $7 million signing bonus -- on Thursday. Jordan will receive $11million in guaranteed money and $17.8 million over the first three years of the contract, including $15.7 in bonuses.

The money is out there for Gore. The 49ers better take a page out of the Eagles book and lock him up long term under todays salary numbers so that by 2008 his deal will look like a bargain.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

But ask yourself this: what do the Niners prove by taking a hard line?

I wouldn't call declining to make Gore the richest player in the NFL "taking a hard line."I'm sure the Niners will offer him more than $450K. The question is whether Rosenhaus is serious about his demand.

 

[LHUCKS]

The statement of intent by Rosenhaus shows he is interested in advertising Drew Rosenhaus, not in working for the best interest of his client. That said, he has made a living off of the old P.T. Barnum axiom.

That's right. You may not like him but he got paid a lot of money to do that Jack in the Box commercial.Link to other agents getting advertising dollars??

 

[Chase Stuart]

But ask yourself this: what do the Niners prove by taking a hard line?

I wouldn't call declining to make Gore the richest player in the NFL "taking a hard line."I'm sure the Niners will offer him more than $450K. The question is whether Rosenhaus is serious about his demand.

I'm sure neither side is serious about being the worst paid or best paid player in the league. I'd imagine he'll end up with a very nice contract.

 

[derek19]

As a niner fan, I would love to see Gore get the big contract he's worth. He's worked hard for it. But I also understand why the 9ers don't want to give him the big contract, yet. I do believe if gore has another stellar year and stays healthy, he will get his contract.

Go niners..

 

[jurrassic]

This is what the 49ers get. They really put themselves in a precarious position by signed Clements and Lewis to so much money. Mutiny is upon them.