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Safety Anthony Harris had no comment on if he will be participating in the #Vikings three-week voluntary virtual offseason program that began today. Harris has not signed his $11.441 million franchise tag and is seeking a long-term contract. Deadline to sign the tag is July 15.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) April 27, 2020
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I think no comment would be any player's reply if this buffoon asked "how's the weather up there?" Did anyone notice Rick cringe when Tomasson got on the presser late to ask a question?
It was the best possible answer he could give. Tomasson is definitely cringeworthy.
@"BarrNone55" said: I think no comment would be any player's reply if this buffoon asked "how's the weather up there?" Did anyone notice Rick cringe when Tomasson got on the presser late to ask a question?
I think there is a general "Oh shit, here we go again" vibe given off by everyone in the room when TomASSon asks a question.
If Ant wasn't happy, I wouldn't blame him. The team kept playing Sendejo when it was CLEAR (to me... and, I'm guessing, to Harris) that he was the better player. Money is nice... but I'm sure he would appreciate some respect, too.
@"pumpf" said: If Ant wasn't happy, I wouldn't blame him. The team kept playing Sendejo when it was CLEAR (to me... and, I'm guessing, to Harris) that he was the better player. Money is nice... but I'm sure he would appreciate some respect, too.They respected him enough to make him the starter, they respected him enough to consider him important enough to use the franchise tag on. They respect him enough to repeatedly say they want him back and that he is an important part of the defense. So at present other than paying him how would you propose they show him respect?
@"bigbone62" said:I'm saying that they can't undo what they have done. So, if he's less-than-thrilled to be part of the team, no one should be surprised. Obviously that can be smoothed over (and cash helps with that). But it's not exactly a sign of respect when they franchised him. It meant that they could squat on his career until they figured out what they wanted to do. Up to a certain date (not sure what it is/was) they could rescind their tender and cut him loose. But, after most of the FA money had been spent, what good would that do him?@"pumpf" said: If Ant wasn't happy, I wouldn't blame him. The team kept playing Sendejo when it was CLEAR (to me... and, I'm guessing, to Harris) that he was the better player. Money is nice... but I'm sure he would appreciate some respect, too. They respected him enough to make him the starter, they respected him enough to consider him important enough to use the franchise tag on. They respect him enough to repeatedly say they want him back and that he is an important part of the defense. So at present other than paying him how would you propose they show him respect?
@"pumpf" said:Agreed. I don't think players take being tendered or franchised as a sign of 'respect'. Its a fail safe for teams to keep talented players in the fold without exposing them to FA or committing before they are ready. It definitely favors the team not the player.@"bigbone62" said:I'm saying that they can't undo what they have done. So, if he's less-than-thrilled to be part of the team, no one should be surprised. Obviously that can be smoothed over (and cash helps with that). But it's not exactly a sign of respect when they franchised him. It meant that they could squat on his career until they figured out what they wanted to do. Up to a certain date (not sure what it is/was) they could rescind their tender and cut him loose. But, after most of the FA money had been spent, what good would that do him?@"pumpf" said: If Ant wasn't happy, I wouldn't blame him. The team kept playing Sendejo when it was CLEAR (to me... and, I'm guessing, to Harris) that he was the better player. Money is nice... but I'm sure he would appreciate some respect, too. They respected him enough to make him the starter, they respected him enough to consider him important enough to use the franchise tag on. They respect him enough to repeatedly say they want him back and that he is an important part of the defense. So at present other than paying him how would you propose they show him respect?
@"StickyBun" said:Eh this isn't always the case. Some guys get tagged strictly to negotiate a long term deal after the team has made all of their FA moves. There are a lot of times where a guy gets tagged then negotiates a nice long term deal a few months later. Personally, i'd like to see the Vikes negotiate a 3 year deal where the first year is around $9MM per year but the average is around where his tag amount is positioned. I think that benefits both players as who know how much Ant would have gotten given his age?@"pumpf" said:Agreed. I don't think players take being tendered or franchised as a sign of 'respect'. Its a fail safe for teams to keep talented players in the fold without exposing them to FA or committing before they are ready. It definitely favors the team not the player.@"bigbone62" said:I'm saying that they can't undo what they have done. So, if he's less-than-thrilled to be part of the team, no one should be surprised. Obviously that can be smoothed over (and cash helps with that). But it's not exactly a sign of respect when they franchised him. It meant that they could squat on his career until they figured out what they wanted to do. Up to a certain date (not sure what it is/was) they could rescind their tender and cut him loose. But, after most of the FA money had been spent, what good would that do him?@"pumpf" said: If Ant wasn't happy, I wouldn't blame him. The team kept playing Sendejo when it was CLEAR (to me... and, I'm guessing, to Harris) that he was the better player. Money is nice... but I'm sure he would appreciate some respect, too. They respected him enough to make him the starter, they respected him enough to consider him important enough to use the franchise tag on. They respect him enough to repeatedly say they want him back and that he is an important part of the defense. So at present other than paying him how would you propose they show him respect?There are certainly a lot of times where it's disrespectful, ie Cousins, LeVeon Bell, Von Miller, and I think Drew Brees several years ago.
Please someone disrespect me enough to give me a major major one year bump in pay with the potential of even more down the road,
Even then they probably had the discussion of getting some other positions addressed and sitting down for extensions with ant.
@"Akvike" said: Please someone disrespect me enough to give me a major major one year bump in pay with the potential of even more down the road,Even then they probably had the discussion of getting some other positions addressed and sitting down for extensions with ant.
This next contract will be the one and only time he has a chance to cash in big.
Eddie Jackson got 22 mil guaranteed at signing and 33 mil guaranteed overall.
Kevin Byard got 19.625 mil guaranteed at signing and 31 mil guaranteed overall.
Landon Collins got 26 mil guaranteed at signing and 44.5 mil guaranteed overall.
Tyrann Mathieu got 26.8 mil guaranteed at signing and 26.8 mil guaranteed overall.
Earl Thomas got 32 mil guaranteed at signing and 32 mil guaranteed overall.
Harris only has 11.441 mil guaranteed for the 2020 season.
He should definitely hold out for a better offer and more guaranteed.
He can hold out if he wants. Its just one less year he gets paid biggly. Lets say this turns into Trent Williams. He holds out this season and gets $0. He's still under contract and we trade him for what a 3rd-5th rounder and the new team pays him but thats $10M he doesn't put in his pocket. I think Harris played very well. I think he beat every expectation I've ever had for him but I also don't think he's some Tier 1 base your D around player.
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