{"id":1593,"date":"2009-08-06T06:57:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/06\/white-wants-fitzgerald-money\/"},"modified":"2010-06-06T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T16:57:06","slug":"white-wants-fitzgerald-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/06\/white-wants-fitzgerald-money\/","title":{"rendered":"White wants Fitzgerald money."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-falcons\/roddy-white-talks-take-109396.html?cxtype=rss_sports_82014\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-falcons\/roddy-white-talks-take-109396.html?cxtype=rss_sports_82014', 'ajc');\" target=\"new\">ajc<\/a> contract talks with Roddy White are not going very well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> White, who is under contract for the 2009 season, wants a contract in the financial neighborhood of Arizona\u2019s Larry Fitzgerald, who recently signed a four-year $40 million deal. The Falcons apparently are not willing to go that high.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As I wrote over the weekend, I think it is fair to make a case that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/roddywhite\/profile?id=WHI472686\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/roddywhite\/profile?id=WHI472686', 'White');\" target=\"new\">White<\/a> should get Top 10 WR money, but I just cannot see <a href=\" http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/larryfitzgerald\/profile?id=FIT437493\" target=\"new\">Fitzgerald<\/a> money.  If I were White I would try to get everything I could too, but he also needs to be somewhat realistic.  In another year or two he may be considered a Top 3 receiver, but until he starts matching Fitzgerald reception-for-reception and TD-for-TD I hope White\u2019s camp does not do something completely stupid.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-falcons-fans\/2009\/08\/02\/roddy-white-holdout\/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_falcons_fans\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/atlanta-falcons-fans\/2009\/08\/02\/roddy-white-holdout\/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_falcons_fans', 'article');\" target=\"new\">article<\/a> make the case that White is actually statically comparable to Fitzgerald over the last couple of years.  I would make the case that Fitzgerald has been much more consistent over his five years vs. White\u2019s four years.<\/p>\n<p>For Falcons fans there is some good news.  It looks like Atlanta does have some <a href=\"http:\/\/life.atlantafalcons.com\/lofiversion\/index.php\/t3853679.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/life.atlantafalcons.com\/lofiversion\/index.php\/t3853679.html', 'leverage');\" target=\"new\">leverage<\/a> in contract negations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Falcons do have some leverage in that White could eventually cave and play without a new deal \u2014 and be tagged with a franchise tender next season or sign a long-term deal at some point before then. Should the NFL and the NFLPA not complete a new labor pact, making the 2010 season an uncapped year, White also would be a restricted free agent because he has less than six years of service. That would allow Atlanta to cripple his mobility by requiring interested teams to give up at least a first-round pick in order to sign him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope this one does not get ugly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the ajc contract talks with Roddy White are not going very well. White, who is under contract for the 2009 season, wants a contract in the financial neighborhood of Arizona\u2019s Larry Fitzgerald, who recently signed a four-year $40 million deal. The Falcons apparently are not willing to go that high. As I wrote &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/06\/white-wants-fitzgerald-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">White wants Fitzgerald money.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,29],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2886,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}