Titans Willing to Match Any Deal Collins Receives

I would lose a little sleep if we lost KC. I know he didn't have an incredible year by any means, but if we lose him that officially puts us in the 'teams who need a starting QB' category, which isn't one you ever want to be in

 

I think you missed his point.. read his post over again. He's saying that if some team makes a 10M/year offer for Collins don't expect the Titans to match it.

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This kinda scares me, I am hoping they figure there will be no big offers, which you would think to be true, but in todays market I can never tell

 

damn....at this time last year, imagine the laughs this thread would have gotten. What a difference a year makes. Hell, I was even like, "so what" when we signed him to another year last offseason. Now we're talking about giving him whatever anyone else is willing to give him? I'll say it again...Dayummm...

 

that has to make ole VY feel great...

 

Bud Adams you are the reason we have VY.

 

We are willing match what any other teams has to offer KFC is a joke. We know darn well no one is going to offer this old horse on the steps of the glue factory squat. He'll be back.

 

I'm having fun watching the aging QB market drop... a few weeks ago we were talking about a 2 year deal for warner being worth 18-20 million. Now we're seeing that Warner is asking for 12-16 million, and the team isn't offering that yet. I could see us paying Kerry 10-12 million for 2 years, easy.

 

Um...

Your numbers have to be off. Franchising Cassell costs the Pats 14mil which is the AVG of the top 5 QB's...meaning some are making MORE than that. Almost as relevantly is that there are few QB's in free agency who can legitimately come in and lead your team into the playoffs. At the moment, Garcia and Collins are it. Garcia is coming off a 2 year contract that paid him $15mil...or 7.5/yr avg. Kurt Warner is asking for $14-16 to be a top 5 QB (again, your numbers must be a bit off). The club wanted to give him 8-10mil. Sounds like they're already up to about $12mil.

So there is a market to boost his price up to the $10mil mark...but that doesn't mean it will. The Jets don't sound like they definitely want to bring in a vet like Collins...which would be a great sign for us. Two other factors...Collins wants to go out on top winning a SB. His best chance of that is probably here if he wants to start. I don't think money is THAT much of an issue. His contract will also be worth more than the #'s on it due to Tenn's not having a luxury tax. And perhaps most importantly, he really knows the system and can perform well in it.

It's in both of our best interests to work this deal out...but I don't think I'd give him $10mil/yr. Even if someone offered him $10mil/yr...I'd let him weigh going to Chicago for 10mil or staying here where he knows the offense, likes the atmosphere, gets the benefit of the luxury tax, and can write his songs...for $7.5mil. I don't think the extra couple of mil will be worth giving up a chance at a SB.

Gut