Anderson - Will we keep him?
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:36 pm
What do you guys think we will do with Anderson in the offseason?
Right now, there seem to be a few options:
1. Let him walk.
This seems very unlikely, the city would be ticked off, and that would not do anyone any good.
2. Tag him as the franchise player.
This seems a little more likely than letting him walk, but I don't see why we would do that, because I don't think any team will give 2 1st round picks for him, and then we're stuck with 2 QBs being paid a lot of money, when we could get Anderson back for much less.
3. Sign him to the qualifying offer with the highest tender and keep him.
This seems pretty likely, we get Anderson back for a very decent price and if he falters next year, then it's not like we're paying him insane amounts of money.
4. Sign him to the qualifying offer with the highest tender and hope some team signs him.
I don't think this is the most likely, because I'm not sure any team would give up 1st and 3rd round picks for him, (maybe the Bears, Jags, Chiefs, etc.), but if some team really wants him and is willing to give up a 1st and 3rd round pick, I don't see how we can pass that up and sign Anderson instead. We would create playing time for Quinn (the guy everyone was excited about up until after week 2 - remember him?), and we could add more young players to our nucleus.
3 and 4 probably could go together because we would sign him, and then keep him if no one wants him, but give him up if we can get draft picks for him.
At this point, we have to hope for Anderson to keep playing at the same level, so we can get to the playoffs and up his value so we could possibly convince a team he's worth giving up a 1st and 3rd round pick.
What do you guys think?
Right now, there seem to be a few options:
1. Let him walk.
This seems very unlikely, the city would be ticked off, and that would not do anyone any good.
2. Tag him as the franchise player.
This seems a little more likely than letting him walk, but I don't see why we would do that, because I don't think any team will give 2 1st round picks for him, and then we're stuck with 2 QBs being paid a lot of money, when we could get Anderson back for much less.
3. Sign him to the qualifying offer with the highest tender and keep him.
This seems pretty likely, we get Anderson back for a very decent price and if he falters next year, then it's not like we're paying him insane amounts of money.
4. Sign him to the qualifying offer with the highest tender and hope some team signs him.
I don't think this is the most likely, because I'm not sure any team would give up 1st and 3rd round picks for him, (maybe the Bears, Jags, Chiefs, etc.), but if some team really wants him and is willing to give up a 1st and 3rd round pick, I don't see how we can pass that up and sign Anderson instead. We would create playing time for Quinn (the guy everyone was excited about up until after week 2 - remember him?), and we could add more young players to our nucleus.
3 and 4 probably could go together because we would sign him, and then keep him if no one wants him, but give him up if we can get draft picks for him.
At this point, we have to hope for Anderson to keep playing at the same level, so we can get to the playoffs and up his value so we could possibly convince a team he's worth giving up a 1st and 3rd round pick.
What do you guys think?