Merman
04-26-2007, 02:37 AM
If you haven't noticed Tom Condon is Brady's agent. The same agent that negotiated the contracts for Peyton and Eli Manning, Alex Smith and Drew Brees.
POSTED 11:11 p.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 11:59 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2007
IS LEN CARRYING CONDON'S WATER?
We came across an interesting item on ESPN.com on Wednesday night regarding the Raiders' ongoing deliberations at the top of the draft.
Per Len Pasquarelli, the Raiders have not made an offer to agent Tom Condon for quarterback Brady Quinn. Len doesn't name his source, citing only someone "close to Quinn."
Is that person Condon? And could it be that Condon's disclosure to Pasquarelli is aimed at further reducing the potential pressure that could result from Quinn realizing that an offer had been made?
This sentence makes us particularly leery: "Oakland officials might feel that Condon would quickly accept a solid proposal, since his client is the least likely of the three prospects under consideration to be chosen with the top pick," Pasquarelli writes.
WRONG!
Condon would never accept a "solid proposal." He wants each and every client to stuff his face at the owner's trough of cash. In our view, a "solid proposal" that would get Condon to bite quickly would amount to the deal given to No. 1 pick Mario Williams in 2006, plus 10 percent or so. Condon knows that anything less than that would be used against him by other agents in recruiting.
The root of the problem, as we pointed out earlier in the day, is that Quinn would want to quickly accept a solid proposal, even if it was worth the same (or evenless) than what Williams got a year ago, since the real question is whether Quinn is being offered more by the Raiders than what he'd get if he were picked at a spot lower than No. 1.
And it could be that the disclosure regarding the Adrian Peterson injury (scroll up) is aimed primarily at Quinn and his family, since this will tend to make them more confident in the reality that the Browns will take Quinn at No. 3.
Which in turn will make Quinn and his family less likely to push for Condon to make a deal at No. 1 that would be good for Quinn, but bad for Condon.
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POSTED 11:11 p.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 11:59 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2007
IS LEN CARRYING CONDON'S WATER?
We came across an interesting item on ESPN.com on Wednesday night regarding the Raiders' ongoing deliberations at the top of the draft.
Per Len Pasquarelli, the Raiders have not made an offer to agent Tom Condon for quarterback Brady Quinn. Len doesn't name his source, citing only someone "close to Quinn."
Is that person Condon? And could it be that Condon's disclosure to Pasquarelli is aimed at further reducing the potential pressure that could result from Quinn realizing that an offer had been made?
This sentence makes us particularly leery: "Oakland officials might feel that Condon would quickly accept a solid proposal, since his client is the least likely of the three prospects under consideration to be chosen with the top pick," Pasquarelli writes.
WRONG!
Condon would never accept a "solid proposal." He wants each and every client to stuff his face at the owner's trough of cash. In our view, a "solid proposal" that would get Condon to bite quickly would amount to the deal given to No. 1 pick Mario Williams in 2006, plus 10 percent or so. Condon knows that anything less than that would be used against him by other agents in recruiting.
The root of the problem, as we pointed out earlier in the day, is that Quinn would want to quickly accept a solid proposal, even if it was worth the same (or evenless) than what Williams got a year ago, since the real question is whether Quinn is being offered more by the Raiders than what he'd get if he were picked at a spot lower than No. 1.
And it could be that the disclosure regarding the Adrian Peterson injury (scroll up) is aimed primarily at Quinn and his family, since this will tend to make them more confident in the reality that the Browns will take Quinn at No. 3.
Which in turn will make Quinn and his family less likely to push for Condon to make a deal at No. 1 that would be good for Quinn, but bad for Condon.
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