chicago trades for skins FB

saintz08 · 03-30-2004, 01:27 AM

my question is: if we really wanted this guy then why didn\'t we jump in trade negotiations?

ESPN\'s John Clayton reports the New Orleans Saints were willing to give a draft choice to reacquire FB Bryan Johnson after the Washington Redskins matched their four-year, $4.12 million restricted free agent option sheet. Instead, he was traded by the Redskins to the Bears for a sixth-round draft choice. The Saints might have been willing to give the Redskins a fifth for Johnson, but restricted free agency rules prohibited a matching team trading a player back to the team that signed him to an offer sheet.

03-30-2004, 01:27 AM	#7
saintz08 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,020	chicago trades for skins FB my question is: if we really wanted this guy then why didn\'t we jump in trade negotiations? ESPN\'s John Clayton reports the New Orleans Saints were willing to give a draft choice to reacquire FB Bryan Johnson after the Washington Redskins matched their four-year, $4.12 million restricted free agent option sheet. Instead, he was traded by the Redskins to the Bears for a sixth-round draft choice. The Saints might have been willing to give the Redskins a fifth for Johnson, but restricted free agency rules prohibited a matching team trading a player back to the team that signed him to an offer sheet.
saintz08 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,020