Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

he plays with real heart

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

He's better than Reggie Bush, and he should be paid accordingly.

If they swapped contracts, all would be OK.

PT should be making Bush money and Bush should be making PT money.

I say make PT happy, and if it costs us Bush, that's fine with me.

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

I dont' know.....I mean yeah thus far in his career bush hasn't lived up to his contract...but we all know he has it in him...he just has to find it and if he ever does then we could be saying Chris Johnson eat your heart out!! Question is will he ever find it?

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

After 4 years I'm pretty sure Bush won't suddenly find it. He is what he is, a great scat back and should be paid accordingly, which is about 1/4th his current salary.

PT is much closer to a franchise RB than Bush is, and should be paid accordingly, which is approximately what Bush makes now.

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

I don't blame Thomas for asking. He absolutely has the ability. He runs downhill and is great out of the backfield. My only question is his durability. First of all, the Saints are not a run first offense. He's only getting 12 to 18 touches a game, which isn't going to change with Bush on the roster, and he still hasn't been able to stay healthy. In my opinion, the offense wouldn't drop off that much if Hamilton was the back getting 12 to 18 touches and working Bush in. It's just the way the offense is set up. So, if he wants "bell cow" type money, I think he's going to have to get it elsewhere.

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

hes not that 25 carry back, hes tough and i want pt here. but 44.8 mil. seems like agent looking for his big payday.

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

Wow, what would you do if your the "General Manger". lol
Tough, i rather see Pt get bush's money.

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

somewhere around 30 mil. with 10 up front.

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

Real world: Bush got a second pick overall, superstar contract. Yes, it was a mistake. Accept it and move on. He is NOT the measuring stick for all future contracts.

PT, or 'FF', (or whatever we are calling him) needs to get with his agent and look at what RB's with similar production and touches are making

Give him a big one year deal, and then next year you are re-negotiating with Bush anyway, so now you decide who gets what.

More real world: PT had 793 yards last year, 625 the year before. That's not a 6 million dollar back

Re: Pierre Thomas holdout
 

Hopefully this is just a little posturing by his agent during a slow time of the year. I can't see any team giving him that kind of money.