Don't Be a Tool

If LT wants a huge contract...he aint gonan get it from the Saints.  I havnt looked at their roster, but Super Bowl teams tend to have a hard time holding onto talent, let alone acquiring expensive new talent.  Plus, between Thomas, Bush, and that other dude, I think theyre fine.

Dolphbucs wrote:

but how would he do on a team where the passing threat is so great that the rushing attack gets less attention by defenses?

Like, say, the Chargers?

I just have 3 responses for the various points brought up in this thread:

1) LT isn't leaving to find more money.  He's set on money.  He wants a ring.

2) He doesn't make sense on the Saints because he would play the Pierre Thomas role, and they are only paying Pierre about $300,000 per year, which is essentially zero in NFL terms.  In fact, I think the far more likely Charger RB to go there would be Sproles... it makes a LOT more sense for the Saints to cut Bush and his $10M/year contract and pick up Sproles at say $4M.

3) LT is in a lose-lose situation.  I don't quite understand why he is asking the Chargers to cut him rather than offering to restructure his contract down to market value.  He's going to take a huge pay cut wherever he goes, and he has just as good a chance to win a ring with the Bolts as any other team.  He needs a new agent frankly.


As a Chargers fan, I'd rather cut LT than pay him $7M per year for a measly 2 ypc average... there are much more important players on this team that need to be re-signed.  On the other hand, I have no problem paying him $2-3M per year to be a short yardage back, which is essentially what he'll be anywhere else if he leaves.

tycoon912 wrote:

3) .... He's going to take a huge pay cut wherever he goes, and he has just as good a chance to win a ring with the Bolts as any other team. ....

Honestly, the Chargers are like the Saints of football.  Every offseason theyre touted as one of the best teams, and every year they disappoint.  I think the train sailed away on the Bolts when they hired a Turner.

LT is going to be a back up somewhere, and it ain't gonna be in New Orleans. He's going to the team that he once said had no class. New England. Of course, he will say that he loves the opportunity, and the he can't wait to play for such a  classy organization as New England. And everyone knows that he's a class act, so if he says they're classy, then New England in Classy.

Honestly I don't know where he would go. Maybe Seattle? Cleveland? Houston? There are teams that would want him, but it's not going to be New Orleans.

tycoon912 wrote:

As a Chargers fan, I'd rather cut LT than pay him $7M per year for a measly 2 ypc average... there are much more important players on this team that need to be re-signed.  On the other hand, I have no problem paying him $2-3M per year to be a short yardage back, which is essentially what he'll be anywhere else if he leaves.

he already restructured his contract last season. teams are just fine underpaying players so there is nothing wrong with over payed players refusing to restructure for less money, after all the franchise was willing to sign him to that back loaded contract knowing how old he would be during these more expensive years.

is there a spot for him on any of the legitimate contenders? the patriots are about the only team i can think of but that's just because they recycle players every year. wouldn't that be fun to see LT in a patriots uniform? if he's smart he'll ask for permission to have his agent shop around and if he can't find a team that he likes then he can re-do his contract at a reduced rate. i doubt the chargers would allow that but he's a legend there so maybe they'll allow it.