VY's Future

by AGRIFF on Dec 3, 2009 3:39 PM CST Comment 13 comments

I know that we are just a little more than half way through the season but Lets look forward to the offseason. Vince is in line to get some extreme cash but he's not the only one: Kieth Bulluck, Lendale White, Bo Scaife, KVB, and Crumpler among others. Assuming we keep 2 of those players we will still be low on cap space in dealing with free agency and the draft. So lets say Vince keeps up his streak of good play should we try to renegotiate his contract to loosen up some more cash or should we not risk anything and accept the current contract and not risk a dispute?

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Waht should we do about Vinces contract?

A. renegotiate for less money

34 votes

B. Keep the current conract

55 votes

C. release Vince

4 votes

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I vote renegotiate

VY already mentioned he was willing to do this earlier this season. I would approach it from an incentives standpoint I think. lower the guaranteed money since he has only played at this level consistently for half the season and let the incentives push him to continue or improve upon his current level of play.

by bullrider73 on Dec 3, 2009 4:02 PM CST reply actions

Vince was also in a different position earlier in the season.

If he keeps playing like he is now, he ain’t renegotiating, nor should he.

by SuperHorn on Dec 3, 2009 5:47 PM CST up reply actions

If vince stays consistent

we win….right now his qb rating is at 90…which ranks him at 13th among starters. It would b higher if they didnt lump in the New England game

..and he is winning… he is what we want him to be…what esle do we want? go VY!!.

by zero defects on Dec 3, 2009 6:45 PM CST reply actions

Incentives

Good point bullrider73. Incentives have had a good track record in the past that seems to be the way to go if we renoegotiate.

AGRIFF

by AGRIFF on Dec 3, 2009 9:08 PM CST reply actions

What about...

…the talks of an uncapped year next year? If they decide to go uncapped next year I believe that Ed renegotiate everyones contract , including vy. I don’t want to see the uncapped because you would then begin to have unproportional teams like the Yankees with all if the great players they have all at once. That makes one juggernaught team…kind if like an older madden when u would drop all of the other teams good players and sign them or have a fantasy draft.

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by nathangouge on Dec 3, 2009 9:40 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I don't know, Nate

The prospect of an uncapped year both excites and scares me. The bottom line about VY is that he is due a big bounus THIS YEAR and I’m afraid that if we don’t renegotiate our ability to do much of anything in the free agent market (if we do anything at all) will be significantly derailed.

AGRIFF

by AGRIFF on Dec 4, 2009 6:17 AM CST reply actions

without a cap

no one knows what’s going to happen, and i hope we don’t find out. i still say that if the cap stands a renegotiation is a must. even though vince has looked very impressive in 5 games, his cap number for next year will put him up with manning and brady and no one else. that’s just not right. instead of the 14 mil cap hit, the titans should look to get it down somewhere in the 8-10 range. hopefully vince will understand why this has to happen and it wont be a big problem getting a new contract.

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by hal41605 on Dec 4, 2009 11:38 AM CST reply actions

Disagree.

When they signed that contract, the stipulation wasn’t that he had to be a top 3 quarterback to get that money. They knew what they were getting into, and certainly they also understood that he was a project. Right now, he’s playing like a top 10 QB. I can guarantee that if they knew that Vince would have been playing at this level when they initially negotiated the contract, they still would have executed it.

If he continues to play at this level, he’s got them by the balls, because what are they going to do, roll the dice on another draft pick who they will still have to pay a large contract, even if it is a little smaller? Start Kerry Collins? If Bud can make some sort of a reasonable argument as to why he should lower his contract like to clear some cap room for Bulluck, then maybe it happens. But, Bud is cheap. They’re not going to push the cap limits (if there is one) anyways, so I think that argument will largely irrelevant.

This is a brutal sport. Everyone is in awe of what these players make, but you need to remember that the time period is so short. He needs to capitalize while he can.

by SuperHorn on Dec 4, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions