Joe Banner
Joe Banner
Joe Banneris a former front office consultant for the Atlanta Falcons, former chief executive officer of the Cleveland Browns, and former president of the Philadelphia Eagles...
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We've been clear that the choices are to play under this contract or not. I'm not sure he still believes that, but we've said from day one those were the choices on the table, and he had to make a choice between one of the two things. That's not going to change.
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We've been aggressively trying to extend his deal, ... We like him. We think he's a valuable member of our team.
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Brian is a valuable and important part of the team. We've made it clear we want him here, and he's also made it clear he wants to stay. Hopefully, at the right time, we can get a deal done with him.
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Andy will basically figure out where we go from here, ... He indicated to T. O. that he'd talk to him later this week and give him a more definitive status report.
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Normally I'd say the player is not likely to just pass up getting paid. But in this case, you really can't say. This isn't a very predictable situation.
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This is an effort to set a positive tone as we move forward,
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We are going to have to see what happens throughout the year. We are already convinced that Brian is a very good football player and a very valuable member of our team. Hopefully at some point, we can translate that into a contract that we both feel comfortable with.
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I have no problem with anything Brian said. We are already convinced Brian's a very good player and a very valuable member of our team. He wants to be here and we still want him here and we remain optimistic it will work out.
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He still wants to be here, we still want him to be here, and in the end we think it will have a positive (resolution).
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Certainly this will help knock that down quite a bit.
answer
Does this make us a better team? If the answer is yes, then we make the move. If the answer is no, we don?t.
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The next priority is to extend as many players as we can during the season.
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It is patently irresponsible in this day and age to question the motives behind a policy driven by and recommended by security experts,
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The beauty of having cap room is you have flexibility. You make your moves based solely on the best interests of the football team. When you don't have cap flexibility, sometimes you have to make moves based on the cap. Whether it's at the end of training camp with cuts, or pursuing free agents, we've always had the opportunity to do what's best for the team.