Franchise Tag prices (Runyan discussion)

General_Failure · March 22, 2006, 03:41:59 PM

This is not a superbowl year any way you slice it. As of right now the defense is still questionable, there's no punter, and McNabb is still going to wind up on his ass. Having Runyan back doesn't solve every problem, but it would help keep McNabb clean.

Wingspan · March 22, 2006, 04:40:28 PM

if runyon isnt back...it better mean they will trade up to get Brick Ferguson

PoopyfaceMcGee · March 22, 2006, 05:09:09 PM

Quote from: Wingspan on March 22, 2006, 04:40:28 PM
if runyon isnt back...it better mean they will trade up to get Brick Ferguson

There is no way in hell they could do that without trading their whole draft away, and then some.

Rome · March 22, 2006, 06:02:23 PM

Ummm... I don't care what Runyan wants. He's the anchor of the line, not some stillupfronty third receiver like Randle El.

Pay the motherfarger what he wants, whatever he wants.

PoopyfaceMcGee · March 22, 2006, 06:09:21 PM

That's a nice theory, but if the Eagles were even considering that to be true, it'd be done already.

Rome · March 22, 2006, 07:23:30 PM

I was simply giving my opinion in response to IGY's post, FF. You break the bank to keep certain guys. Since Runyan keeps Donovan alive and kicking, you do what you need to financially to keep him there.

Got that straight?

PhillyPhreak54 · March 22, 2006, 09:38:23 PM

From Spads:

QuoteGuys, offers are NEVER posted on a team web site. IF there was an offer, the leak came from the agent. Teams don't mention anything until something is official, and the Jets are likely waiting for that ... I think the Eagles have a real shot at retaining Runyan, by the way.

That is the closest he's come to saying he'd be back. And it jives with what Runyan was saying before he left - that he'd go get an offer and come back to the Eagles with it.

They gotta re-sign him.

BigEd76 · March 22, 2006, 10:35:10 PM

According to CSN, the Jets are seriously considering an offer but nothing has been made yet, and his first preference is still to remain an Eagle...

Smizzy · March 23, 2006, 12:18:52 AM

Jets | Team makes offer to Runyan
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:38:06 -0800

Adam Caplan, of Pro Football News and Injury Report, reports the New York Jets met with free agent OT Jon Runyan (Eagles) Wednesday, March 22, and made a contract offer to him. The two sides are expected to continue negotiations Thursday, March 23.

Feva · March 23, 2006, 05:23:43 AM

Time to throw that sig away.

PhillyGirl · March 23, 2006, 07:37:03 AM

Quote from: Smizzy on March 23, 2006, 12:18:52 AM
Jets | Team makes offer to Runyan
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:38:06 -0800

Adam Caplan, of Pro Football News and Injury Report, reports the New York Jets met with free agent OT Jon Runyan (Eagles) Wednesday, March 22, and made a contract offer to him. The two sides are expected to continue negotiations Thursday, March 23.

INteresting, considering THIS article has actual quotes from Runyan himself. Nice try, Smizzy.

QuotePosted on Thu, Mar. 23, 2006
A little deja vu for Runyan after meeting with Jets
By LES BOWEN
bowenl@phillynews.com

Jon Runyan's meeting with the Jets yesterday reminded him of the last free-agent visit he made, 6 years ago.

"It was almost a mirror image of when I came into Philadelphia," Runyan said yesterday. "It was a pretty good setup, a new coach trying to turn things around."

As impressed as Runyan was with new Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and new coach Eric Mangini, he left Long Island without an offer.

"They were just trying to feel me out, see if what they'd heard about me was true," said Runyan, whom coach Andy Reid credited with giving the Eagles' offensive line a tougher, nastier edge when the right offensive tackle arrived from the Titans in 2000.

Runyan said he has no other visits planned now, and not much has changed in his talks with the Eagles. Runyan's agent, Ben Dogra, has not returned calls from the Daily News.

"We're trying to limit ourselves to the East Coast for family reasons," Runyan said. "That kind of puts the handcuffs on me a bit."

Runyan is in no particular hurry to sign, he said, but he figures most teams will want to have their line situations sorted out going into the April 29-30 NFL draft.

Dallas' release of 10-time Pro Bowl guard Larry Allen Tuesday threw a new wrinkle into the free-agent market for offensive linemen. Allen is 34, but still plays at a reasonably high level. It's unclear whether the Eagles have any interest in signing him. Allen's agent, Marvin Demoff, did not return calls from the Daily News.

Also unknown is the Eagles' interest level in Eric Moulds, the 32-year-old wide receiver who has been given permission by Buffalo to seek a trade. Some observers feel the Bills will have to release Moulds anyway, assuming he continues to resist restructuring his contract, and that no trade is likely. Moulds' agent, Harry Henderson, did not return calls from the Daily News.

Seabiscuit36 · March 23, 2006, 07:50:47 AM

well it was Les Bowen in that article.

PhillyGirl · March 23, 2006, 07:53:00 AM

Yes, it was.

However, it was Runyan's quote.

PhillyPhreak54 · March 23, 2006, 08:25:22 AM

LIke last year they let a player test his worth on the open market (Trotter).

And they re-signed him.

So maybe tonight when I wake up, there'll be some good news much like last year.

rjs246 · March 23, 2006, 08:27:52 AM

Using Trotter as an example is a little silly. He is the ONLY example of a free agent who they let test the market and then brought back and that was only because he accepted a huge paycut to be there. If Runyan gets an offer he likes, he's gone.