Franchise Tag prices (Runyan discussion)

[rjs246]

If this doesn't happen tonight it's not happening.

By the way, if they do resign Runyan it takes this offseason from a C- to a C. If it doesn't get done the grade gets dropped to an F+.

[Feva]

If this doesn't happen tonight it's not happening.

By the way, if they do resign Runyan it takes this offseason from a C- to a C. If it doesn't get done the grade gets dropped to an F+.

That's being generous.

[rjs246]

The plus is for the fact that they signed a defensive lineman who actually weighs more than their linebackers.

[SD_Eagle5]

Runyan deciding between Jets, Eagles

Offensive tackle Jon Runyan is expected to decide in the next couple of days as to whether he will sign with the New York Jets or return to the Eagles next season.
Ben Dogra, the agent for Runyan, said in an e-mail message that his client was in negotiations with both teams last night. Runyan visited the Jets' practice facility in Hempstead, N.Y., on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Eagles had not made Runyan an offer during the first week of free agency and initially declined to discuss whether they wanted him back for a seventh season.
Now, however, it appears as if they want to keep the right tackle. Runyan signed a six-year deal worth $30.5 million with the Eagles in 2000 and never missed a game during his six seasons with the team.
Runyan, 32, said he wants to remain close to his home in Mount Laurel, and his first choice is to play for the Eagles if he considers the contract negotiations fair. The Eagles have enough money under the salary cap to retain him, so now it's just  matter of how their offer compares with what the Jets are willing to pay him.

Runyan could be close to deal
Jon Runyan's free-agent journey could be over today.
Sources close to the situation indicate that Runyan's agent, Ben Dogra, spoke with both the Eagles and the Jets yesterday about a deal for the 32-year-old right offensive tackle. Neither Dogra nor Runyan could be reached for comment, but indications were that Runyan expects to make a decision soon.
Runyan, an Eagle since 2000, doesn't want to move his family from South Jersey and has stated a preference for either signing with the Eagles or with a team nearby. His only free-agent visit has been with the Jets, earlier this week.
Runyan isn't the force he was the last time he hit free agency, but he is a tough, durable player, who has started 144 successive regular-season games. That was the league's fourth-longest current streak at the end of the 2005 season.
Going into free agency, the Eagles might have been poised to let him walk, since they expected to sign center LeCharles Bentley, and thought they'd be strong enough inside to then move right guard Shawn Andrews out to tackle. But Bentley signed in Cleveland, and the Eagles might now be more reluctant to move Andrews.

[SunMo]

if there's a decision to be made it's because he is trying to decide between taking the money with the Jets or staying with the Eagles for much cheaper.  if the money was close, there wouldn't be a decision to be made.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Well, he did say he would take a hometown discount. So hopefully they are pretty close.

Caplan said on EL yesterday that he heard he could be had for 4 years $16M and a $5M SB. That certainly jives with the market value of a RT so far. Tom Ashworth just got a similar deal from SEA yesterday and he is younger by like 5 years.

[ice grillin you]

the eagles dont really deserve runyan...if i didnt love the team so much id actually root for him to leave....like sun said they are obviously low balling him because they know he wants to come back so bad...not a way to treat someone whos been so loyal and productive for you...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Don't deserve him? Please. As much as I want him back and like Runyan, this is a business. And Runyan has said that himself. Do I wish he was already re-signed? Yes. Do I wish it was done earlier/ Yes. It's very frustrating.

But this is going just like he said he thought it would and what he said the Eagles told him to do.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Did anyone else hear that Runyan IS at the NovaCare complex this morning?

[Wingspan]

every team in the division has a need at the tackle spot. and other than dallas, are all local. why havent any of them even sniffed at runyon yet?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Washington doesn't have a need (Samuels and Jansen). And New York has Kareem McKenzie (a big signing last year) at RT. They would need a LT because Petitgout sucks.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Baltimore hasn't shown any interest, so it's down to the Jets and the Eagles.

I think that if the Eagles are dicking him around with money, he's a Jet today.

[terpseagles]

I just don't get it.  Either sign the guy (and include the $$ they took from him w/ the paycut), or pull him aside and quietly tell him to take the Jets offer, thank him and wish him well.  He's earned at least that by far. 

Leaving him out there like this isn't the way to go. 

[ice grillin you]

still think theyll get it done as they know the fanbase is going to erupt if he walks...and as little as they care about the fans in general in this case i think they will acquiesce because it will be real ugly if he dips

[Rome]

Runyan weighing options
<Mar. 24> Runyan is expected to decide in the next couple of days whether he'll remain with the Eagles or sign with the Jets. According to the New York Daily News, the free-agent right tackle is leaning toward taking the Jets' offer.
"Coach [Eric] Mangini and his staff made an excellent impression on Jon," Runyan's agent, Ben Dogra, said in an e-mail. "Philly has been home for Jon for a long time, and that makes it a difficult decision for him."

Runyan, who visited the Jets on Tuesday and Wedneseday, has said he would prefer to remain in Philly, but he doesn't want to sell himself short on what will likely be his last NFL contract. The 32-year-old is the only player who has started for the Eagles at right tackle in the last six seasons.