NFL offseason thread

Mike Klis: Broncos final offer made at 11 a.m. Deadline to accept put at 1 pm. Termination papers drawn up shortly thereafter. Dumervil accepted at 1:25. New contract emailed to Magid 1:31. He got it at 1:32. Magid said a number was wrong. Broncos fixed it, sent back. Broncos emailed fixed number to Magid at 1:40. He said he got it at 1:42. Magid scanned, printed, reviewed signed sent to Elvis. Elvis signed, faxed at 1:53, according to Magid. Broncos say it didn't show up til 2:06.

The Duke: “The bottom line is our offer didn’t change from 11 o'clock, or 1 o’clock Eastern to the time they decided to take the deal. By the time they decided, they did not give themselves enough time to send the signed documents back to beat the 2 o’clock deadline."

 

Bingo. Dumervil at a South Beach Kinko's. Magid in Philadelphia. What a colossal fuck-up.

 

STATEMENT FROM DENVER BRONCOS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS JOHN ELWAY:

“For the last week, Elvis Dumervil and his agent were aware of our desire to change the financial terms of his contract to ensure he would remain a Denver Bronco. After numerous conversations with both Elvis and his representative, we submitted our final contract proposal to Elvis today at 11 a.m. MDT. Based on our previous discussions, we believed our offer was fair and were hopeful it would resolve this matter.

“Due to the procedural elements that were involved in executing the new proposal, we imposed a 1 p.m. MDT deadline for a decision, one hour before the NFL’s waiver wire at 2 p.m. MDT. Our deadline was clearly communicated to Elvis’ representative.

“At 1 p.m. MDT, we were informed by Elvis’ representative that he declined our offer. We then prepared Elvis’ termination notice to officially file his release with the NFL office.

“At approximately 1:25 p.m. MDT, however, we were informed that Elvis changed his mind and accepted the same contract we proposed nearly two-and-a-half hours earlier. Although we expressed our concern regarding the time constraints, we were assured that the signed documents would be submitted to us before the league’s waiver deadline.

“We did not receive the documents from Elvis by the league’s deadline and were forced to release him shortly before 2 p.m. MDT.

“Due to this situation, there are now salary cap implications associated with this transaction that we must consider with regard to potentially re-signing Elvis. At this moment, we are discussing all of our free-agency options to determine what’s best for the Denver Broncos.”

 

Who gives a crap? It's called negotiations. The Dumervil camp was given a drop dead final offer at 11 a.m. MDT and they had two hours to take it or leave it.