Safeties say Dolphins wouldn't pay top dollar Aaron Wilson
In two instances over the past few days, the Miami Dolphins made a run at free agent safeties.
And now that Antrel Rolle and Ryan Clark have signed with the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers, respectively, both are speaking out and saying the Dolphins were unwilling to pay them top dollar.
Rolle signed a five-year, $37 million deal with the Giants.
“The budget that they were willing to spend on a saftey was a little bit lower than what I was looking for,” Rolle told WQAM radio, per the Palm Beach Post. “Miami would have been nice just for the fact that it’s home. But I don’t think anyone would sell themselves short just to stay in their hometown, especially when you have someone like the Giants making such a great offer and giving me such a great opportunity.”
And Clark told Fox 31 in Denver that the Dolphins' offer didn't meet his expectations.
"It came down to the inability for us to agree on a deal," Clark said. "They offered what they thought was fair, but in the end I didn’t agree.”
The Dolphins cut Gibril Wilson recently and need a starting safety.
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Rolle isn't worth what the Giants gave him and I didn't want Clark in Miami. I'm glad the FO didn't throw too much money at these guys. I wonder if they will turn to the CFL for a safety.
Florida has no income tax so the Dolphins offered a lower ammount of money but the players didn't relize it would have come out to more cause now they have to pay taxes on it. Shows how smart NFL players are.
In addition to no state tax in Florida, the NY area is more expensive overall than Miami. Some of these athletes just don't realize how much they;'re actually losing when they make the choice of where to sign.
Guys who make that kind of money don't care about "cost of living" you and I worry about that. They could sign for a team in Iceland and afford the commute. Secondly, once you hit that bracket, you have a guy who has guys who do your taxes. They in turn make sure that you net out to still have millions of bucks every year even after state, local, federal, Intergalactical, and every other tax imaginable. "Tax shelters" were not invented by the $12/hr guy, So what it comes down to is the idea that a number is tied into the teams interest; period, not on how much the guy ends up with. These guys want to feel the love and adornment from the team, coach, front office, and the fan base. They have played in different stadiums and been the opposing team when the "home" team's crowd is so deafening that they couldn't hear themselves think. So it is deeper than money in that sense. After so many millions, there's only so much less or more you're gonna have after agent's, taxes and all that. Now there is one exception to this rule in the NFL, Detroit. However, typically they get great players through the draft not because they enticed them over from another NFL team.
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Mar 10, 2010
09:51 AM
So they are mad Miami didn't overpay? Sounds like a smart move to me.