if this drags out for a long long time then I might worry, but I know the falcons brass will take care of roddy and get the deal done before the season starts, hopefully before the pre-season even starts up.

I wouldn’t mind us giving him 6-8 mil a year on a 4-5 year contract with 20 guaranteed. I’m not yet convinced he’s worth 10 a year yet, one more year of production would have been nice. I personally think it’s pretty weak he’s holding out though. His agent should know…historically we always pay our key guys well, plus we are under the salary cap by quite a bit, so he’ll get his. Roddy, if your reading this, please just get into camp, you’ll get paid, and this year is way too big for the organization for you to start off like this….come on man your better than this.

Also, this makes me even more mad we traded Laurent Robinson for virtually nothing!

Love me some Roddy, but damn.

1) He should play out his original contract, because realistically, he didn’t play well for the first couple years, and was earning a ton of money for under-producing.

2) He’s matured into a great WR, and as a team staple, he should be compensated.

I tend to think that it’s some combination of the two. However, I also think that in a situation like the NFL, where you’re golden one day and garbage the next, if behooves the players to go out and make sure they’re under contract. He may in fact have one more year of contracted payment right now, but if he doesn’t get that contract now, and then he tears his ACL or something, he’s got no earning power past February. I understand completely the way he feels in that regard.

But maybe this allows up to further evaluate HD’s potential. I know it’s only his 2nd year in the league, but given the snaps he could be a real playmaker. I could see sliding into the #1 role before Jenkins. No matter what, I think it works itself out. I’m looking forward to seeing how Falcons mgmt handles this. In New England, this is when guys get sent elsewhere. Maybe swap him for Boldin , who knows…

who are some of the 8-10M guys? I’ve never really keep up with salaries and I would have never thought Jennings would be on that list. Just to see how Roddy compares.

I can’t help but see some irony in that our receiving corps and offensive line were both inept and regarded as dog meat (no pun intended!) before last season. The media and fanbase quickly forgot about these deficiencies as the Falcons surprised us. Our inept, underachieving, ball-dropping Roddy White winds up in the Pro-Bowl of all things! Even Jenkins showed promise. Maybe Ryan’s accuracy and timing had something to do with this! As much as I loved Vick, his accuracy was not one of his stronger suits (though I think if he puts the time in (no pun intended once again) he can become an accurate productive QB once again, but I digress. I hate it when players sit out but I can’t fault them. Unlike other sports, most of their contracts are NOT guaranteed which forces the players to get the money while they can. They are one injury away from being cut and disposed like a worn out jock strap. I would like to see more before giving up the big money, but I think Matt Ryan is a big part of our receiving corps success (what else changed??). The Falcons will get a deal done in short order.

roddy white overrated the reciever with 1,300+ yards overrated and he wasent even ranked in the top five recievers in the league so matt ryans 3000+ yards minus 1300 yards equals sad falcons what im saying is roddy is our best reciever by faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!! ok so he will get his deal or who ever gives out the contracts shall die ok im just warning you

I think not showing up to camp is a statement about his maturity and his intent. Sure he does deserve to be paid, but if he values that over practising to win a championship then his goals are out of wack.

To actually have players talented enough to holdout in the first place.

they wil pay him a decent amount of money and he will be in camp soon. trust me. these guys are not stupid. Arthur will pay him and Dimitrof will determine what the amount will be. If this gets to be a drawn out process I will be very surprised.

let Jenkins and Douglas start… Douglas is special. White wants $10m, let him sit this season out.

I see Roddy showing up to training camp before too long. Because the reality is that the team holds all the cards at this point. Should they decide not to pay him, he’ll have to show up because he can’t afford to keep giving free money to the team.

Say he plays out this year, and they don’t agree on a new collective bargaining agreement then he is only a restricted free agent and we can match any offers. If the league does agree on a new collective bargaining agreement then we can franchise him.

While I’d like to see a new deal worked out so that our offense can get into synch. I could see him getting Greg Jennings money, but not Larry Fitz. Also, Jenks was also a first round pick, it would be interesting to see what he could do as a #1.

I mean he wants an extension after all.So he wants to be here and obviously the Falcons want him too. .I don’t hold it against him. I don’t even think it shows immaturity. Holding out is the best leverage an NFL player has. He doesn’t want to go into his last year knowing his future earning potential is up in the air. He could play out the string and walk presumably. I don’t know what he makes now and don’t really want to know but it sounds like he could be making a whole lot more if he gambled his health and production hold up this year.

I don’t want to disparage Roddy, because I’ve seen few to no signs that he’s not a good teammate, but I never doubted for a second that he’d want his money and make it well known.

For those of you saying let Douglas and Jenkins start, here’s a follow-up question: who goes in the slot? Unless Aaron Kelly makes the team and immediately emerges, there’s not a whole lot of depth to slide up the chart. We’ll end up paying Roddy, but I hope it’s done so that he’s not chewing up a massive amount of cap space.