Peter King of Sports Illustrated has learned the Jets offered cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha a three-year, $30-million deal -- salaries of $8 million this year, $10 million in 2012 and $12 million in 2013. So the Jets, now paying Darrelle Revis $11.5 million a year over four years (there are three phony years on the end of that deal), would have capped Asomugha out at $10 million a year. Stunning because the Jets wanted Asomugha so bad, and because they offered $10 million a year over three years in real money, but not surprising because the Jets didn't want to give another corner more than Revis gets ... and set the stage for both corners combining to make 20 percent of the team's salary cap in the coming years. Interesting that the mega-market for Asomugha never developed. "I never believed the numbers people were throwing around about me,'' Asomugha told King at Eagle camp Friday. He was right: Some team may have offered more than Philly's $12 million annual deal, and King hears one team did. Source: Sports Illustrated
Houston may have been the team that offered more than Philadelphia for Nnamdi.....but the Eagles have a lot better chance to win now. And Asomugha was willing to take less to play for a contender.
Houston can win. They just need the defense. Nnamdi would've helped that defense. But, whatever the case. It's over and done with now, and it was reported to begin with that he wanted nothing to do with Houston, right?
