All-Falcons Monday (Take II): Now White needs to prove it
Hey, Roddy! What's it feel like to be really, really rich? (Curtis Compton/compton@ajc.com)
(Welcome back to All-Falcon Monday! This morning I had a post on Falcons owner Arthur Blank. Later this afternoon I’ll file something on defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder – the real key to this season’s win total. And now . . . Roddy White, who just completed his first practice since his holdout. And a simple poll for you: Do you believe he’ll live up to the contract?)
FLOWERY BRANCH — Given his identity two years ago — a fizzled first-round draft pick with questionable work habits and excess of thumbs — Roddy White has made a remarkable transition into the elite group of NFL wide receivers.
Now the question is whether he can stay there.
Loading ...“No pressure,” White said this morning after his first practice, when asked if he felt he needed to live up to his new six-year, $50 million contract.
White’s a good kid. He’s the type that doesn’t lead you to believe he’ll let the money go to his head. That says a lot, especially given his position breeds prima donnas.
But proving he can play to the level of his contract will be a challenge. When an athlete’s salary skyrockets, so does the expectation level. So does pressure.
If White thought he heard boos before when he dropped a pass, imagine what he’ll hear at $8.3 million per season.
“I Just have to do what I’ve been doing the last two years — go out there, be consistent, make plays and set up scores,” White said. “The rest will take care of itself. I can’t go out there and say, ‘I have to catch 90 balls. I have to catch 100 balls.’ When you do stuff like that, you’ll be pressing. I don’t want to press. I just want to relax and play.”
Only four NFL receivers will make more than White this season.
If he can relax and play with that as a backdrop, it will be a step forward.
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Cow
August 10th, 2009
11:43 am
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SouthsideFalcon
August 10th, 2009
11:47 am
Finaaly we got him back in camp now I can rest at night knowing all of the peices are in place on the offense(except Harry Douglass). Lets get the D tightned up and get the divison and then the playoffs
Denver Bird
August 10th, 2009
11:48 am
dude couldn’t catch a cold for 2+ years – he sure didn’t seem to “feel any pressure” back then either..
Clayton
August 10th, 2009
11:49 am
One thing we need to remember too is if his production does drop we need to look at all the other offensive weapons that will be taking touches away from him. Norwood is supposed to be more involved along with Tony Gonzalez. Plus Jenkins will prob get more passes his way because of all the att paid to White and Gonzo.
TheManMike
August 10th, 2009
11:51 am
It is GREAT to know he’s back in there. I think the fans will need a little time to move past the hold out aggression but it will happen.
Now, with the addition of Booker (Whom i think was an excellent pick up) i think we are even better in the air.
BRING ON THE VAN GORDER STORY……..Love any news on our birds…
Sonny Clusters
August 10th, 2009
11:52 am
We was thinking that’s a lot of money but we wouldn’t want to catch a ball and get hit like some of those receivers get hit. If we was going to do it though the $8.5 million would make it more pleasant. We was also wondering if anybody ever knocked Arthur Blank down over there on the sidelines like that. We was remembering when that happened to some coaches standing over there and they went right down and it was hard to get up. Of course, sitting on a horse would make that less likely. They is so many things to blog about it sure is good of Jeff to keep this thing going today with all these Falcons blogs. We wasn’t so high on football until we got to liking Arthur Blank from Jeff’s blogs.
Jamaal=Bust
August 10th, 2009
11:54 am
Clayton that is true. I don’t expect Turner to get as many carries this season, nor White to have the % of balls thrown either. He’ll get 1,000+ yards again I believe but the TD’s will prolly come to Gonzo and Jenkins and the vets. White still has to work on his red zone game. But it’s nice to finally have the kid in camp, hopefully no Anderson jinx!
Daniel Bell
August 10th, 2009
11:54 am
I’m not worried about the number of passes coming his way, as long as he catches the damned thing when they do.
pd
August 10th, 2009
11:57 am
Thats a lot more money than I was expecting.
I expected $20m over 4 years.
FreeMikeVick
August 10th, 2009
11:58 am
If Vick were still on the team, Roddy would have caught 40 TD passes last year….Even then, Blank would still try to short change the Roddy…..
FALCONS SORRY
August 10th, 2009
12:00 pm
JEFF SHULTZ! YOU DONT NEED TO BE CALLING RODDY WHITE NO KID! HE IS A MAN! A MAN THAT WILL MAKE MORE MONEY IN THIS ONE SEASON THAN YOU WILL MAKE IN YOUR WHOLE CAREER AT THE AJC OR MANY OF THE HATERS ON HERE WILL EVER MAKE DOING ANYTHING! HE DONT HAVE TO PROVE HIM SELF TO YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN HIS PAY CHECK! YOU NEED TO SHOW HIM SOME RESPECT BECAUSE HE EARNED IT BY WORKING HARD IN LIFE TO MAKE SOMETHING OF HIM SELF! MAYBE YOU ARE NOT JEALUSS OF THE MONEY! MAYBE YOU ARE UPSET BECAUSE HE IS STILL YOUNG BETTER LOOKING AND GOT SO MUCH MORE HAIR ON HIS HEAD WHERE IT COUNTS! DO NOT LET THESE HATERS TEAR YOU DOWN RODDY! YOU ARE NOW GETTING PAID WHAT YOU DESERVE AND YOU WILL BE MAKING EVEN MORE MONEY WHEN THE AJC IS COMING UP TO YOU TO KISS YOUR SUPPER BOWL RING IN MIAMI COME JANUARY! TAKE US WITH YOU TO DISNEY WORLD RODDY!
Mac
August 10th, 2009
12:02 pm
I think he’s played to that level for two years, so there’s really no reason to do anything but keep doing what he’s done. Right?
The Big Maru
August 10th, 2009
12:03 pm
SUPPER BOWL?
Are we talking about Roddy White or Grady Jackson?
Pi$$onaDawg
August 10th, 2009
12:03 pm
Vick without going to jail would not throw 40 TD pass in his entire career. Too much money for nothing.
marcus
August 10th, 2009
12:06 pm
white should be compensated and hopefully he will honor and live up to the demands of his contract. the nfl’s bargaining system opens the door for players like white to hold out. why is it that a rookies should make more money than establisehd players anyway. the nba may not be perfect in their “one and done rule” but they got it right in regards to salaries. players should earn their money at the next level. the nba took lumps over the years, doling out huge bonuses and salaries to players who had premium college careers. but the fact is; success in college, does not automatically translate to stellar nba/nfl, or mlb careers. will the roddy white’s of professional sports honor their contracts? probably not! what incentive do they have?
slick
August 10th, 2009
12:08 pm
Sorry PD, but that what the Falcons are paying Jenkins. You can’t expect your #1 WR to catch twice as many balls for twice as many yards as your #2 WR and make the same money.
Jay
August 10th, 2009
12:10 pm
I think the Falcons overpaid for White. He isnt the 5th best receiver in the Nfl. I would take Fitzgerald, Steve Smith, Moss, Reggie Wayne, Burress (once he can play again), Jennings, Andre Johnson, myabe Bolden, and before last year you could also make the case for Ocho Cinco and Roy Williams.
Good news about football contracts is that they are usually back-loaded and not all of the money is guaranteed. So if need be we can get out of this deal.
SKYROCK
August 10th, 2009
12:10 pm
@ FreeMikeVick
YOU NEED DRUG REHAB!!!
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August 10th, 2009
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Reid Adair
August 10th, 2009
12:19 pm
Roddy White will be fine. He showed his potential in 2007 and 2008 once the Falcons had a quarterback (or three, as was the case in ‘07) who was able to run a passing game.
Better late than never. After his back-to-back 1,200 yard-plus season (first time in Falcons HISTORY that has been done by a receiver), Dimitroff should have had an extension as an off-season priority.
B. Daytona Bronzebest
August 10th, 2009
12:23 pm
Roddy White better live up to his contract. I mean, Coach Smith kicked Harry Douglas in the knee… I mean, Douglas was unfortunately injured… so White needs to step up…
J
August 10th, 2009
12:24 pm
Hey roddy, roddy, hey roddy, hey roddy, roddy hey roddy!!!!!!!!!!!
J
August 10th, 2009
12:25 pm
roddy is to matt, what plax was to eli.
Powder Springs Jacket
August 10th, 2009
12:30 pm
I think that Roddy White needs to give about 25% of his new contract money to Matt Ryan…really, if it was Byron Leftwich, Kyle Boller, Chris Simms, Vince Young or any other mediocre QB throwing him the ball, I seriously doubt if he would have accumulated the stats he did last year.
nhe
August 10th, 2009
12:30 pm
pd………4 yrs/20mil is Michael Jenkin’s contract…………why did you expect Roddy would settle for that?
Sonny – were you absent in school when they taught tenses?
Alex H.
August 10th, 2009
12:31 pm
Jeff…great article as usual and look forward the the VanGorder blog. I think Roddy will live up to the contract. Five days and counting until “toe meets leather” as the great Al Ciraldo would say. Go Falcons!
Jeff Schultz
August 10th, 2009
12:31 pm
TheManMike — VanGorder on the way (after I eat something).
Reid — I think TD/Falcs knew this was coming. But the other side of the table had to be a little more realistic about what he was going to get. (See: not $10 mill)
J — Hopefully Roddy won’t shoot himself.
Singletary
August 10th, 2009
12:32 pm
Clayton is right. RW shouldn’t be expected to be more than a balanced offense needs (assuming our defense steps up.) However, now that he’s been paid “up front” a lot of guaranteed $$$, I do expect him to 1/ work triple time for the rest of camp to catch up, and 2/ contort his body to reel in anything within his wing- and leap-span. And no, this is NOT an underhanded jibe about the Denver game. He already “manned up” about that one. If he’d pulled that one in with toes dragging, he’d be considered super-human, (Rice-like?). No hard feelings, RW, I’m looking forward to that next backflip in the end zone.
Tiwas
August 10th, 2009
12:42 pm
Great to have RW in camp. Holdouts in final year of contract is typical for elite players so there wasn’t a real concern he wouldn’t get the contract extension. This showed me he wanted to be here because he could have played without an extension, had a great season, and signed elsewhere next year. I hope the OL continues to improve an allow Matt Ryan time to throw downfield. I still think we need another big back in camp to take some pressure off Mike Turner. Where’s Duckett?
some sense
August 10th, 2009
12:43 pm
Probably just fannin’ the flames, but can somebody, anybody pour a shovel full of dirt on the illiterate, imbecilic FALCONS SORRY.
Cow
August 10th, 2009
12:44 pm
MOO!!
Geo
August 10th, 2009
12:44 pm
Roddy is back! Barring any injuries, I believe this Falcons offense will be on of the most productive in the history of the franchise.
Matt Ryan – 3500+ yds & 25+ TDs
Roddy White – 1300+ yds & 10+ TDs
Tony Gonzales – 1000+ yds & 8+ TDs
Michael Turner – 1400+ yds & 15 TDs
Go Falcons!
Reality
August 10th, 2009
12:45 pm
Cow is more intelligent, articulate, and capable of better reasoning and cogent thoughts than that retard Falcons Sorry.
Chris
August 10th, 2009
12:47 pm
Powder Springs Jacket – Do you remember 2007? I know we try and forget about that circus of a year, but Roddy put up pretty similar numbers with people like Leftwich, Harrington, and Redman. I put all 3 of them behind most of the people that you named.
Roddy White definitely has already proven he is worth this money with his last 2 years of play. I just hope that he can keep it up for 6 years.
Khao$
August 10th, 2009
12:48 pm
Powder Springs Jacket, Byron Leftwich was one of the three quarterbacks that threw to Roddy White when he had his first 1000 yard season. And Chris Redmon…and Joey Harrington. So yes, he did deal with mediocre quarterback play before Matty Ice came on board and he put up major numbers.
Sam
August 10th, 2009
12:53 pm
When someone brings up Mike Vick, all I can wonder is how they have time to man the drive-through and post to a blog at the same time? It’s like if I told my children that Paris Hilton is role model. It would just show the world how dumb I am.
Herschel Talker
August 10th, 2009
12:53 pm
Pi$$onaDawg likes men
MiltonDawg
August 10th, 2009
1:04 pm
Well Roddy finally got what he wanted after his pouting fest. Now, live up to it and remember what happened to the 98′ Jamal Anderson. Will insurance cover our loss if he’s injured at all?
mitch
August 10th, 2009
1:05 pm
Falcons Sorry–that’s the dang truth.
Pi$$onaDawg
August 10th, 2009
1:05 pm
Herschel Talker likes girls! He wears their panties and sits at their table when the Men are out back at the Bar-B-Que having a beer. How is that Appletini HERschel?
GO DAWGS
August 10th, 2009
1:10 pm
Falcons Sorry is retarded and has a man crush on Vick
Marie
August 10th, 2009
1:11 pm
Hey Falcons Sorry,
If the Falcons are such a sorry organization then how the heck will Roddy be celebrating a Super Bowl win in Miami next year with the AJC (Jeff and Mark) kissing his ring? Falcons Sorry you got some splaining to do??? Keep it coming dude, keep it coming.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
August 10th, 2009
1:24 pm
GO DAWGS, calling Falcons Sorry is an insult to retarded people everywhere.
We overpaid White cause the dude has an orangish-yellow 300 with a mural of a falcon painted on it. He couldn’t get rid of that thing. That should have been worth 1 million per in negotiations.
Sonny Clusters
August 10th, 2009
1:24 pm
We was noticing that this blog is more personal than one about baseball except they talk underpants. We was always wondering why they did that and asked Jeff once but he just ignored it and we was thinking it must be hard to come up with 3 blogs everyday and not talk underpants in there somewhere. We was not sure Jeff could pull it off with 3 Falcons blogs today but we is working on the 2nd one now. Jeff was always our favorite writer when we was playing ball together back in school and nothing has changed except Jeff (check out that picture). We was wondering if Arthur Blank will be coming back to the blog soon.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
August 10th, 2009
1:27 pm
And I agree with COW
SirReal
August 10th, 2009
1:28 pm
I like the fact that we can move on now. I’m salivating to see what the offense is gonna do.
Sidenote: is anyone else concerned that Brent Grimes is the only player in the secondary that keeps getting spotlighted. Nothing against Grimey but…
Falcon57
August 10th, 2009
1:35 pm
Well I’m glad Roddy’s back in the fold!! I’m sure the rest of the team is as well. As far as his production goes, first off I truly hope he works on the dropped passes but even with the addition of TG I still think he’ll have close to as many overall yards as this past season. He probably won’t have as many receptions with TG in the fold but will get more YAC due to the opposing defenses not being able to double team him as often. So, approx same yards receiving with less touches. Sounds fine to me!!! Can’t wait!!!!
Cow
August 10th, 2009
1:36 pm
MOOOOOOOOOOO MOOOOOOOOOO MOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Jeff Schultz
August 10th, 2009
1:41 pm
So I just came back from lunch. Saw Tony Gonzalez, Roddy White and Michael Turner sitting at one table. I considered putting a ball on the table, just to see who would grab it first.
Hunter
August 10th, 2009
1:42 pm
BANG!! BANG!!
That stupid cow is now ready for the butcher.
safari
August 10th, 2009
1:44 pm
AJC, please implement an auto reject comments if the poster has more than 50% total characters in CAPS.
DUCK
August 10th, 2009
1:46 pm
QUACK!!
cowboy fan
August 10th, 2009
2:00 pm
I hope Roddy doesn’t drop any Balls !!~!! but I know he will !! Some advise Roddy take the stupid gloves off and you might actually feel the ball and catch it !!!
Willie
August 10th, 2009
2:03 pm
I really love FALCONS SORRY. God bless him; he makes me laugh every time with his nonsense!
harleyman
August 10th, 2009
2:03 pm
Hey Schultz-
Are you gonna ask Van Gorder about the Petrino move he pulled when he coached at Ga. Southern? The Falcons new management seems to have better character judgement, but they let this one slip through the cracks.
sidslid
August 10th, 2009
2:06 pm
Probably didn’t hurt that the all-time king of dropped passes, Bob Hayes, was inducted in the Hall of Fame this weekend.
I think the addition of Gonzalez will help running game in that linebackers and free safeties are going to have to respect him over the middle. Even bad Kansas City teams had solid running games, and me thinkgs Tony had something to do with that.
mike jay
August 10th, 2009
2:10 pm
Jeff,
Will you please make it a new policy to just delete any post in all caps. Keep up the good work!
Wounded Cow
August 10th, 2009
2:12 pm
MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Mac
August 10th, 2009
2:13 pm
Cow was just grazed.
cutter
August 10th, 2009
2:18 pm
Jeff Schultz- If you had put a ball on the table with those players they would have said,”Hey Hey, the balls go in the bag boy.”
Vince Burchfield
August 10th, 2009
2:19 pm
Hot Rod made several huge catches last year. If he blows a knee out this year, at least all the blood, sweat, and tears PAID off. These guys get one shot to change their whole world with big bucks. Every team has thrown millions at total busts. Roddy ain’t one of them. Look back at his college numbers…many records. He’s a good guy with no fear. I’m fired up for my Falcons.
mitch
August 10th, 2009
2:24 pm
Sonny Clusters–me, too.
Harpie
August 10th, 2009
2:24 pm
To FALCONS SORRY : Man, what are you ON – or is that just pure rage? It’ll be a miracle if you and the people you come into contact with are still alive tomorrow….
dbird1
August 10th, 2009
2:33 pm
Hey FreeMikeVick I think it’s time to get over it. Vick is gone…forever. Vick would not have thrown 40 TD passes in the last 3 years. Matty Ice i 100 times the QB. I was a Huge Vick fan. I have moved on and so should everyone els. we are better without him. we would still be 9-7 if vick was still here. Get a life.
wondering about the idiots
August 10th, 2009
2:33 pm
JS,
Nice article on Rodman, looking forward to the BVG blog, as well. Hopefully, he’s found his niche and will not ‘jobhop’ as he did a few years back.
Wondering if FALCONS SORRY is as idiotic as he sounds, or just jerking your chain. Also wondering if his ‘SUPPER BOWL’ has gravy mixed in with the potatoes, and if he should double up on the Ritalin.
All evidence points to a ‘yes’.
PMC
August 10th, 2009
2:34 pm
There is only 18M of guarenteed money. Yes. He’ll live up to it. Matt Ryan is his QB they already have a repore. Tony G is going to force a decision on who to double and Michael Jenkins has proven he can also go 68 yards for a TD.
This was a solid fair deal for all parties and it only took 8 days of training camp, there are teams that don’t have thier rookies signed yet. Well done everybody.
Panties in a wad
August 10th, 2009
2:35 pm
Way overpaid for Roddy(but hey good for him) but at least he’s in camp in the first week. No drama to drag through.
CORRECT!!
August 10th, 2009
2:36 pm
PISS OFF FALCON SORRY!!!
Poacher
August 10th, 2009
2:37 pm
Uh-oh, Wounded cow you better start hobbling!
Ron Mexico is coming up behind you and he’s looking mighty happy!
wondering about the idiots II
August 10th, 2009
2:37 pm
Free Mike Vick,
You must either be Dog Killer’s agent or the brother of the team killing SOB. Oh, wait his brother’s in prison, too. Probably doesn’t have email capability.
Go back to your black panther cave and take your friend FALCONS SORRY with you, you racist jerk.
wondering about the idiots III
August 10th, 2009
2:39 pm
Nice job, TD! A team builder who knows his business, only took 44 years!!! Great job, looking forward to another nice season.
FALCONS SORRY
August 10th, 2009
2:40 pm
ALL OF YOU CAN WARSHIP AT MY FEET. JUST LIKE YOUR GONNA DO WHEN MICHAEL VICK COME BACK AND LEAD US TO A SUPPER BOWL WIN. I LOVE TO TASTE MIKE VICKS MAN GRAVY.
wondering about the idiots III
August 10th, 2009
2:41 pm
Sidlsid
Nice Bob Hayes reference, and totally accurate. Man, could he fly though.
FALCONS SORRY
August 10th, 2009
2:41 pm
I LIKE TO WEAR PANTIES.
Sonny Clusters
August 10th, 2009
2:42 pm
We was imagining that Jeff put that ball down in front of them boys and they’d want some money to autograph it. Then, Jeff would have to pay ‘em and you know he’d turn it in on his expense account and you know what would happen then. We was hoping Jeff would just walk on by them boys and not put a ball down on the table. That’s be like walking by Arthur Blank on top of Trinity and putting some sugar cubes down and see which one would go for it. When we was playing ball together back in school Coach always said it was not nice to have temptations and if you had ‘em it was best to try to walk ‘em off before game time.
Pete
August 10th, 2009
2:44 pm
Listening to White speak today at his first interview was alarming. He talks like an uneducated dope, and our stupid culture pays these 8 year old IQ’s millions per year.
There’s truly no hope left for our lost, fallen world. Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering today, losing everything they worked hard for.
Then you look at this.
Pathetic.
Jam
August 10th, 2009
2:44 pm
Reading these comments really show how little people know about PRO football. It’s a business first. Its not what you are worth, it’s about what you can negotiate, let’s face it ryan is not realy worth was he is getting paid but his AGENT was able to negotiate that for him. we as fan need to stop worring about what the players get paid. instead we need someone to negotiate better prices for beer, tickets, ex….. something thats affect you directly. stop worring about someone else’s pocket!
I Am Right
August 10th, 2009
2:50 pm
No wonder free agents didn’t want to sign with ATL in the past, the “fans” are horrible. Just look at this blog as an example. Very little football discussions, just a bunch of nonsense. I suspect it is due to the low football IQ of “fans” here. I will go visit some other blogs, maybe I will at least come across some half way intelligent discussions.
MO Zack
August 10th, 2009
3:08 pm
Ryan is not worth what he’s getting paid? Yeah, at the start of the season he wasn’t! The Falcons drew gold signing Ryan to a six year contract instead of three. Then they went and got him another weapon for the next three of four total years of his contract. Leaving two years to groom a replacement TE and all the while bolstering your defensive and offensive lines. Sorry Jam, pro sports are probably the only employer who actually pays the worker near what he is worth. Whether YOU think they deserve it or not. Put it this way. Think of all the years these players and their parents put in time, energy, and money and the sacrifices they made for their children to get this far. They are worth it. If the teams- as you say it- overpay, then that is up to the GMs and CEO’s believe what that player is worth.
Sonny Clusters
August 10th, 2009
3:09 pm
You Was Right, Be sure and try the DOB blog if you want some intelligence throwed your way. The fans that blog there are mostly the same. You will be a good fit. Jeff pretty much is the smartest writer left at the AJC and if you can’t blog with Jeff you was probably not cut out for blogging. When we was playing ball together back in school we would been glad to have you on another team but back then we was a lot meaner than now.
Sal
August 10th, 2009
3:15 pm
Herschel Talker for President.
Reid Adair
August 10th, 2009
3:21 pm
Jeff, does anyone really know Roddy White was asking for $10 million a year – or is that just speculation?
It also still doesn’t address the fact that they waited so long to start negotiating.
Volman
August 10th, 2009
3:26 pm
Mr. Schultz, any Twitter updates from David Pollack?
EMILIO
August 10th, 2009
3:28 pm
FALCONS SORRY – In defense of FALCONS SORRY, please understand Mr. Falcons’ Sorry is NOT a moron because of lackluster prose and grammar skills. He is potentially moronic because of his positions!
DHD
August 10th, 2009
3:40 pm
FALCON SORRY broke his “caps lock” key after it locked. Maybe he can buy a new one as soon as he gets his stimulus.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
August 10th, 2009
3:50 pm
You are right, Ryan is not worth what we paid. He gets a lot less than what he was worth. His salary covers just what he provided on the field. He deserves another 10 Million for the peach of mind he provides off the field.
CORRECT!!
August 10th, 2009
3:51 pm
Where’s the A1…..I heard someone shot a cow.
MightyQuinn
August 10th, 2009
3:55 pm
First of all, I am beginning to believe that FALCONS SORRY is actually a white racist putting up posts to humiliate intelligent black people everywhere. (The 2:40/2:41 posts almost certainly were). I mean, has he REALLY not figured out that its not the SUPPER BOWL? C’mon. Either that or its Jeff Schultz inflaming the situation to get more hits and thus more money for the AJC. I call on the NFL commisioner to investigate SUPPERgate! Care to come clean before you’re called to Congress to testify, Jeff? Or are you not going to talk about the past?
AtlBirdawg
August 10th, 2009
3:56 pm
Does anybody know the details of RW contract? When 1st reported he was the 2nd highest paid receiver in the NFL, then the 3rd, now he’s the 5th. It seems that if only $18 million is guaranteed then this is a contract loaded with incentives. If that is the case he deserves every bit of what he ends up getting paid but at $18 mill for 6 years that’s only $3 mill/yr guaranteed. That is a bargin for a receiver of his caliber. He may not be the best WR in the NFL right now but he has all the talent needed to be the best and I could only think of about 5 WR who I think are better than RW at this point in his career. He also is entering the prime of a NFL WR career. Good signing, Go Falcons!!
Hamburglar
August 10th, 2009
3:56 pm
Roddy White had back-to-back 1200 yard seasons with Chris Redman, and a rookie (albeit a very good one), throwing him the ball. I think he deserves to get paid, and should be expected to at least duplicate his numbers.
The first thing he needs to do, of course, is realize those are the expectations. He does that, and the rest takes care of itself.
Jam
August 10th, 2009
3:56 pm
mo zack im only saying that who are we to worry about what someone is getting paid. and for the record puting in hour’s to be good at a sport, is not more than puting in hour’s to be good in any career. who are we to say what anyone should or should not be paid.
gcs
August 10th, 2009
3:56 pm
CONGRATULATIONS, Roddy. Not only have you earned a bunch of money but now you have earned the right to be booed whenever you drop a pass. You have earned the right to be criticized if you do not live up to expectations. You have earned a new place under the microscope.
Reggie
August 10th, 2009
4:03 pm
I love my falcons but signing white for that amount of money is absurd. Roddy White isn’t worthy of being the third highest paid receiver in the league. He isn’t even the third best receiver in the league barely top 10. So now we get to see if he can hold on to the ball in crucial situations this year now that he gets paid like one of the best . Good Luck
Paddy
August 10th, 2009
4:07 pm
Hey guys don’t fall for Falcon Sorry and the game he is running. He is a race baiter. Don’t let him catch you.
FALCONS SORRY
August 10th, 2009
4:08 pm
I’m sorry I keep supporting Mike Vick. I just wish I was a woman so my thoughts about hime wouldn’t be considered homosexual. P.S. I have a small man part.
Nativebird
August 10th, 2009
4:09 pm
All the management-haters say with the NFL no-guarantee contracts that ALL contracts are essentially 1 year contracts. Well if that was indeed the case, the owners would have the right to renegotiate with the players each year including the bad years, which they dont. If players really want 1 year contracts, then they would have to be willing for their pay to go DOWN after the bad years, as well as up after the good years. Which is not the case, so shut up about the “1 year contracts” nonsense.
Mike Franklin
August 10th, 2009
4:10 pm
$8.3 million per season. That is sweet… especially bearing in mind that he doesn’t have much to do except manage to catch a funny shaped ball that is thrown at him.
$8.3 million a year.
Mr. White, you had better catch those balls thrown to you and some that weren’t! But to be honest, after this horrid display of loyaty and personal pomp, my guess is that next year, you’ll be playing somewhere else.
tupac elliot
August 10th, 2009
4:16 pm
I can believe the Falcons gave in……..oh well….they really showed raddy boy…..so, who’s next? who will they p3ss off now regarding money……? Oh well, lil boy roddy…..EARN YOUR MONEY and you will EARN my respect bac,……..
FALDAWGS
August 10th, 2009
4:18 pm
hey is marvin harrison retired if not do u think he would be a great fit i mean he can catch the ball what would be wrong with signing him!!!!!
tupac elliot
August 10th, 2009
4:20 pm
Dont drop any !!!!! Especially like you have done in the past, for first downs, in the end zone….in big games…. you need to take care of buisness!