Long: Whether I stay with Dolphins 'on them'

Later, Jake. Nice having you here.

 

No way I want Jake back at anything more the 7-8M. He'll get more then that but hes not worth it at this point. Hes a very good LT but injury risk to much and past accomplishments have already been compensated for

 

It's actually on you Jake. Accept the 6-7M per season and you can stay and prove you are not declining and you can actually stay healthy. Heck, pressure them for 8M per season, that sounds like a reasonable middle ground. But it is definitely on you.

 

Bye Jake Long. Don't care where you go, as long as it's not here eating away 10+ million annually from our team. I was on board with taking him at #1 when he came out and he gave us a few great seasons. But he's not that Left Tackle anymore. Hasn't been for 2+ seasons.

 

Very hard to give any non-QB $10M+ per season. Especially one with an injury history.

 

Agreed and the same sentiment can be repeated in the Revis thread.

Also Long's "it's on the team" statement is ridiculous.

 

Bye bye, worst draft pick in team history...

 

Not even close. Regardless of what happens going forward, Miami got some all-pro years out of him. Thats always a win.

 

I hate to watch the team let a guy go who costed a #1 overall pick, but... I can't blame them if they do. Long doesn't seem geared to play in a zone-blocking scheme, and to top that off, he just can't stay healthy. In the end, I think he'll be more valuable to a different team.

 

lol Helloooo ignore list.

 

I liked Jake a lot more when he was actually playing well. The simple fact is he isn't but a after thought of the player he was the first two years here. I wouldn't mind giving him 6-8mil a year with some incentives to make more based on games played and performance. If he is asking for more than that I would say see ya. Sucks but I've never been for paying top $$ for under performing players regardless of our needs.

 

The Jets just freed up a bunch of cap space. It's a logical fit.

 

and the 1st round picks keep leaving the team nothing new good gm we have

 

I don't see any where in the link that says he is offered $6-7m. I haven't seen any where that Long wants $10-13m so is this conjecture?

 

You do NOT under ANY circumstance draft a lineman with the #1 overall pick. I don't care if he makes it to the HOF, it's still a stupid pick. I place it right there with drafting a punter/kicker #1.

 

Dumbest comment in forum history.

 

Jets are still at the cap and what do they do, sign Jake to a big contract and sit Ferguson ? I do not think so and nobody is paying healthy Jake Money to put him at RT.

I would pay him 7 mil, thats more then fair. IMO I seriously doubt is willing to pay Jake more then 7 mil next year no matter how badly they need him. This is a great draft for OT and once the teams close to the cap start letting players lose the next few weeks there will be some decent, healthy OT on the market.

I agree, its not on the team, apparently they have let him know their price so now, he tests free agency. He will be a Dolphin. If other teams are offering him about the same thing, even slightly more, it would be idiotic on his part to leave Miami.

 

Lineman: More important than QB's, and all other skill positions.

 

It does say " reportedly " the team is offering 6-7 million and no, I have not read anywhere but best guestimates on him asking for 10 million. No one is going to hear a word out of a team representative or Jake on the money end of things until the dust clears and the contract amount is made public.

 

you obviously know nothing about the 90s

 

Joe Thomas has added how many wins to the Browns again?

 

The same amount as a 1st round quarterback, speed receivers, and a top runningback.

 

You dont remember
Eddie Moore
Jamar Fletcher
John Avery

Dont ou ?

 

It seems more likely that he's not coming back. This opens up Lane Johnson for the 12th pick.

 

If a player signing a second contract with a team is a measure of success than there aren't all that many successful draft picks.

 

I would offer him 8 mill a year, he should not be asking for elite money at this stage, for the production he has given us over the past two years does not measure up to the salary he's been paid during said time, he should fairly come down a bit...

we're gonna need to sign a good right tackle in free agency if he leaves..can't afford a rookie right tackle and Jon martin as your bookends..

 

2005-2009 1st round pick are all gone if long walks your telling me we havent hit on a franchise keeper in that time frame

 

It's def not good, and a major reason why the mediocrity has continued..

 

Joe Thomas makes damn near all of their salaries combined.

 

Contextually, if they're leaving because they're not good enough to make the squad, then it is a measure of success.

 

Really? Worst in team history? Really? Really?

I will just throw a few names out there...

John Bosa
Lorenzo Hampton
Sammie Smith
Eric Kumerow
Yatil Green
John Avery
Jamar Fletcher
Ted Ginn Jr.

Jake Long might have regressed the past 2 years, but he was still the best in the game for his first 3...or close to it.

 

You may disagree with picking him #1, but Long is absolutely not the worst pick in team history. That is way too much hyperbole!

 

So obviously they are not worth any money either

 

Young'un, you're getting way in over your head with this bunch by trying to sway over the top one liners. Not only is it considered not good form, but it's more than a little condescending - till you've earned your stripes. A whole lot of us have been watching Dolphin games, offseasons, and drafts since before your Mama and Daddy started school. So, why don't you back up some of your one liners with some indication that your are thinking with hour brain, and not your fingers. In the meantime, we will cut you some slack because you a newbie here. This stuff didn't fly on the last board most of us were on together, and we don't want to see it get started here - again.

 

How can you reconcile it with the injury issues, like even a little bit?

 

None of those were offensive lineman taken #1 overall. Obviously Jake isn't the worst player they've drafted, but taking him in the spot they did was beyond stupid.

 

While I may disagree with your premise I understand what you are saying.

 

-The pick should have been Ryan
-I don't think Ireland is to blame on this one
-We can all thank Bill

There were many here that said Jake was going to man the position for a decade.
He doesn't deserve the money he's supposedly asking so the team should let him walk.
Pretty simple,the boy needs to stay healthy for a season before he goes demanding top 3 money.
If he doesn't come back to Miami(for fair wages) we can chalk it up as greed.