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he is still agreeing on a contract. tryin 2 get more money His girl friend doesn't want him go. Any other questons? Um because he doesnt have a contract and cant practice without one. He has no contract as the team won't agree to pick up most of the tab of his apt. He doesn' t realize that this isn't USC and he isn't anything special anymore. The Arizona Cardinals are at an impasse, for now, with first-round quarterback Matt Leinart, the tenth overall pick in the draft who was expected to be drafted higher than that.
Some league insiders believe that Leinart is being screwed by the bad deal signed by linebacker Ernie Sims at No. 9 and the average contract given to quarterback Jay Cutler at No. 11. Sims is represented by agent Todd France, who also represented last year's No. 9 pick, cornerback Carlos Rogers of the Redskins. Because, as some league insiders believe, France did a bad deal in 2005 for Rogers, Sims and France were forced to work off of that same bad deal in the same slot in 2006, since the last thing France could do was bad-mouth the contract he negotiated for Rogers a year ago.
As a result, the Cardinals are offering (we're told) a six-year deal with relatively low guarantees and light backside payments.
Another factor that's emboldening the Leinart camp is that the Titans gave quarterback Vince Young a premium deal at No. 3. The thinking is that Young got an "owner's deal" driven by Bud Adams' desire to get Young into camp -- and to stick it to Texans owner Bob McNair by taking care of the Houston native on whom McNair passed. Adams still lives in Houston, and he moved the Oilers to Tennessee a decade ago.
We're also picking up indications that the situation could get ugly. Agent Tom Condon's new partner at CAA, Ben Dogra, isn't afraid to stage a long holdout to get the deal he wants. Dogra did it with Vikings tackle Bryant McKinnie in 2002, and we've heard rumblings that he would have done it with Raiders safety Michael Huff if the Raiders had insisted on a six-year deal for the seventh overall pick. Our guess is that the developing symbiosis between Condon and Dogra could prompt Condon to take a hard line.
Another thing we're hearing is that Leinart believes that Cardinals coach Dennis Green told Leinart when he was drafted that he'd be paid like the star that he is -- that the Cards would "shock the world" with the package given to the No. 10 pick.
But that's not the package on the table, and it appears that the two sides could be digging in for a protracted holdout.
BTW, Pro Football Talk Rumor Mill (linked below) is the best source for NFL gossip anywhere. He probably doesn't want to play for the Cardinals! He's probably busy making a movie with Paris (Hilton). it could be that matt thinks he is some big shot and the he dosent have to go to camp. his agent, tom condom, is trying to sucker AZ into giving him #1 overall pick money because that's what pick he would have been last year!!!
don't you love those slimy agents?!?!?!?
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