Another Darren Howard Rumor

GumboBC · 04-19-2005, 05:55 PM

This is taken off of another Saints' board. The guy who posted this supposedly works in some capacity for the Saints. I've read this guy's posts for the past 3 or so years and he seems to be credible. But: TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. A RUMOR!!

PS --

JKool -- See, it can be made to work.

Good afternoon guys,

I dont want to be one of these "I have a source but cant tell you" guys but I felt the people had a right to know whats going on.

I dont know if it is a smokescreen or what, but apparently New Orleans is saying they have a contigency plan should Darren Howard not be traded Saturday.

That plan will be to sign him to a 6-year $33 million with a $14 million bonus that is two-tiered into two 7 million payments with a base salary of 804k in year 1.

Darren gets paid the same, but his cap number gets lowered to about $1.9 million.

The second portion will be written up as a roster bonus that will be triggered in April of 2006 giving them trade flexibility next year.

Again, not sure if they are using this as a threat, or if this is indeed true. Nevertheless, I hope this eases some people's minds about the team being left under the bus should Darren not be dealt this weekend.

;)

04-19-2005, 05:55 PM	#1
GumboBC Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,616	Another Darren Howard Rumor This is taken off of another Saints' board. The guy who posted this supposedly works in some capacity for the Saints. I've read this guy's posts for the past 3 or so years and he seems to be credible. But: TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. A RUMOR!! PS -- JKool -- See, it can be made to work. Good afternoon guys, I dont want to be one of these "I have a source but cant tell you" guys but I felt the people had a right to know whats going on. I dont know if it is a smokescreen or what, but apparently New Orleans is saying they have a contigency plan should Darren Howard not be traded Saturday. That plan will be to sign him to a 6-year $33 million with a $14 million bonus that is two-tiered into two 7 million payments with a base salary of 804k in year 1. Darren gets paid the same, but his cap number gets lowered to about $1.9 million. The second portion will be written up as a roster bonus that will be triggered in April of 2006 giving them trade flexibility next year. Again, not sure if they are using this as a threat, or if this is indeed true. Nevertheless, I hope this eases some people's minds about the team being left under the bus should Darren not be dealt this weekend. ;)
GumboBC Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,616