http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/02/nnamdi-asomugha-agrees-with-49ers/ Another sign that the CB market has collapsed at this point. Nnamdi Asomugha wound up taking a 1 year deal at less than most of the other FA CB's this season. He went for his best shot at a ring instead.
Very overrated CB. Teams could just run at the Raiders all day long - they had / have a horrible run defense.
as much as i agree with the trading of revis,i am starting to think he might end up resigned at a manageable number. his agents have to see what the new market is. the mario williams deals are just gone now
Apparently it was zero guaranteed and all incentive based the rich get richer (referring here to the niners, rather than Nnamdi). All we can hope Is that it helps cool Revis' expectations but I doubt it will.
it's a maximum of 3 million. He's unlikely to get all that, and the 49ers gave him no guaranteed money. Fantastic deal for SF, I assume other teams were offering similar non-guaranteed deals and he just went for a shot at a ring. Asomugha just hasn't been any good the last two seasons, so no one wanted to give him much.
It seems strange that SF would sign him if they thought he was scrub at this point though. Cheap is cheap but 1$ is too much for a scrub.
What's strange? It's not guaranteed. Any team would jump at this, I have to think. They bring him into camp. If he can't perform like an NFL-caliber corner, they can simply cut him. If he can play, they got a solid corner on the cheap. $1 is not too much for a scrub. Teams bring in training camp bodies all the time that they don't expect to make the roster. It doesn't cost much.
Yeah he was definitely over rated in Oakland, and while he was/is a very good corner, there's no way in hell anyone should of mentioned him in the sane sentence as Revis.....it wasn't even close IMO. I remember watching Oakland/San Diego highlights back when Asomugha was a Raider, and SD would just line up Vincent Jackson on the opposite side of Aso or in the slot and torch them while Aso would "shut down" SD's 2nd/3rd WR. No way that BS happens with Revis......it doesn't matter if its Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Steve Smith, TO, Moss, White, Ocho, anyone lined up outside, inside, this side, that side, on Mars, etc ...... Revis will follow that fucker and shut his ass down without Safety help. Asomugha is definitely a very good cover corner......but NO WAY IN HELL IS EVEN ON REVIS' PLANET. Sent from my LG-P999
So does this mean Revis finally realizes he isn't getting 16M (that's been the number thrown around) and that he will settle for something more realistic?
It's strange because the 49ers are one of the 3 or 4 teams with a real shot at a Super Bowl next year. For anybody else taking a blind shot on somebody like Aso would be productive. For the 49ers it is shutting off other options going into camp. They have to think he's worth the risk, maybe even a bargain at the price.
You are underrating how terrible the Eagles' defensive system has been He ain't Revis but he isn't a scrub either
he is worth it for any team he's worth it. Everyone knows what he's capable of. I don't think a single team would say no if Ben Dogra approached them with this offer. He could definitely help SF's CB situation it was combination of the Eagles scheme and a decline in Asomugha's performance. I agree, he isn't an great CB but he could definitely start for a lot of teams. He was pretty great while in Oakland, though.
No one was picking Baltimore going into last season (or atleast they werent one of "3 or 4 teams") as a SB favorite with Suggs hurt. Atleast 1 team has gone from last in division to winning the division each year for the last 10 straight years. Seattle was not even close to being a team picked to make noise in the playoffs last season. San Francisco was a team no one thought could challenge for their own division, let alone a SB two years ago. Arizona went to a SB looking like shit majority of the year, barely winning the worse division in football a few years back. Etc, etc, etc There is no way anyone could say that only 3-4 teams have a legitimate shot at a SB going into any season. This is the NFL. Can't forget that. Sent from my LG-P999
In each year there are 3 or 4 teams seen as the favorites to go to the Super Bowl. That's what I was saying. The 49ers are one of those 3 or 4 teams and I don't think they're signing anybody unless they project the person to help them out a lot in the 2013 season. There are about 20 teams that could have signed Aso for the season on a "if he helps us we're great and if he doesn't it's no loss" basis. I don't think the 49ers are in that group though. They have such a good shot at the final four that they can't take major chances along the way. Major chances are for the teams that only have a puncher's shot anyway.
Ok I get what your saying.... I actually look at it as a low risk, high reward signing......similar to when they signed Moss last year, except Aso has never had locker room issues and is a hi character player. The Niners weren't stacked at CB to begin with, so at worse he doesnt have a significant impact, but the potential is there for him to be an upgrade over Rodgers.
