The problem is that kendal was given up front money and a base salary reduction instead of being cut! Last year he didn't have a problem with that. He was hurt a he might not have been able to play. Fast forward. Now he's out performed his base salary and wants a payday here or somewhere else. Too bad. If he thought he was worth 3 million in 2007. He should have signed a 1 year deal. But he assumed that his production was going to be less this year
He did. He had to restructure because of cap problems. That's been my whole point with this. This year they are under the cap and have the money and all he wants is to get back what they had already given him.
Kendall took the easy money in guaranteed cash in a restructure last season and now that he's realizing his worth and seeing the end of his career is nearing he's trying to hold the team hostage for some more guaranteed cash because they didn't address the line in the draft or in FA.
Funny thing is that when C-Mart Does it or Chrebet does it they are great team players Yet when Kendall does it it's 'Fk him'. That's BS on the Jets FO & Jets fans part. Ironically if it wasn't for Kendall (and the O-Line), C-Mart wouldn't have had his last great season. Give the Man his $$$...
I said the same thing with Curtis that I'm saying with Kendall, they take the restructure because it's guaranteed money they might not ever have seen on their current contract. Now Kendall wants more 1 year later. It's the name of the game, but a guy that's on the downside of his career can only get it to work when he's all they've got.
hah. an additional 3 million in guaranteed money is what they call "paycut". you signed the contract, pete. dont act like you didnt know what would happen once you took the additional 3 million. you agreed to do this, now stop complaining.
Big difference.. Curtis Martin did it, and if he didn't, he wasn't going to be cut.... So he wasn't forced into it. Kendall was because he knew the alternative was worse. Martin went to the JETS and offered.. huge difference. No way you give this guy the money. No f'ing way. He took the bonus last yr to restructure, and now he wants the salary back too? No way. Honestly, I don't think he even wants the money... he just doesn't like camp mangini ,and wants to be let out of his deal.
Ever see those commercials that will give you up front money if you sign over a legal settlement that has installments? That is what Kendall did.... and now he wants out. Sorry you whining sniveling little piece of green snot..... it doesn't work that way.
This is football today. There are few guarantees in contracts and teams will struggle to stay under the cap. Any number of players have taken cuts, either willingly to help make something happen or under duress because they just don't have the leverage. If the system is problematic, it's the role of the NFLPA to deal with it in negotiations. With Kendall, it's gotten to the point that it isn't the limited amount of money that really is the issue but all the guys who will be in line with their hands out because they are either unhappy with their contract (Brandon Moore has spoken out...) or feel that now that they have cap space, they should get some of their cuts back. Tannenbaum is trying to manage the cap and keep space open for either upgrades or to re-sign and keep players who are most critical to their success. I may not love the system or the choices that are made as a result of it, but Tannenbaum is doing the right thing for the team long-term.
He didnt take a cut He took money up front with less on the back end. Cmart did it Cherbet did it alot of players do that it helps the team in terms of cap space and puts cash in the players pocket. It really is a win win. The problem is that Pete sees all the money being given out to line men lately and he wants more. If Cmart restructured, rushed for 1500 yrds then turned around and threated a hold out if he didnt get more base salary then he would be a cryin bitch too! And dont think Pete is stupid either. back when he did this odds were that he wasnt going to play the following year. He wanted the guaranteed money because he didnt believe he would be back
It amazes me how the media has not said word one about last years restructure, and the fact that he has already received that money.
LOL that would mean they actually have to report. I mean writing negative pieces about a disgruntled whiner sells papers and is a whole lot easier. I am consistenly amazed by the differences in writing from say Gross, Rock and Hutchinson versus Cimini, Canolizaro etc. etc.
Angry Kendall deserves better from Jets Sunday, August 5th 2007, 4:00 AM Jet blues Do you think the Jets should give Pete Kendall a raise? Yes No Most Recent Columns * Quit thinking & just quit already * Former Niners' coach dies * Suspension suspense * Dog days of summer may go on * Goodell must sack QB immediately with suspension * Short gain * Nuts and dolts Pete Kendall hurt his back in the Jets' loss to the Chargers in the eighth game of the dismal 2005 season. They had already lost Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler for the season. They pulled Vinny Testaverde off the couch weeks earlier and he got hurt against the Chargers. So did Wayne Chrebet, who suffered a career-ending concussion. The season was over at 2-6. The next week the Jets were in Carolina with Brooks Bollinger at quarterback. They would lose, 30-3. Kendall, who had moved over from left guard to play out of position at center with Kevin Mawae injured, took one for the team and played against the Panthers with his bad back. In fact, he took three injections for the team. Three needles to get him on the field. "I took three shots to play in the Carolina game," Kendall said. "Two before the game and one at halftime. Then I had to get shot up before every game for probably the next six or seven weeks. I took about 10, just in my back. I've always had to get something numbed up - a finger or wrist. That's just part of the business. To me, playing with a back injury, I don't deserve a medal for it, but I don't think every guy who ever played would do it either. "I remember in Carolina after I was shot up the first time - I can't go. They said, 'Can we try again?' I said, 'Yeah.' I just look back and that obviously wasn't the right decision to have made. I just felt this obligation to my coaches and my teammates to go do the best I could. Ultimately, it was used against me. They asked me to take a pay cut." This is the ugly side of the NFL. You would think the Jets would take care of Kendall, a good player and one of the team leaders. They never have to worry about getting phone calls at 3 a.m. from the police, which is probably worth the extra $1million he wants by itself. In a league where mug shots have replaced team pictures, the Jets should embrace Kendall instead of alienating him. Instead of taking care of Kendall, they are picking on him. They got so childish they assigned him to the rookie dorm at camp, although they switched it when he protested. He was clearly being punished for skipping the offseason program and speaking his mind about his contract. Eric Mangini says the dorm assignment was a mistake, but this is a coach who micromanages everything, right down to the Mozart songs being played at practice. Here's the hypocrisy of the NFL: the Jets had no problem cutting Kendall's money after a bad 2005 season when he had three years left on his deal, but now claim they can't restore his money after a good year because he has a contract with three years left and it would set a bad precedent. That's ludicrous. You can't have it both ways. Kendall did not play well in '05. He was hurt, the team was bad, he started the final nine games out of position. He had just finished the second year of a five-year contract he signed with the Jets after the Cardinals let him go. Curtis Martin led the NFL in rushing for the only time in his Hall of Fame career in Kendall's first season with the Jets. Kendall made $3million in each of his first two years. He was due to make $3million in the third year and $4.5 million in each of the last two years. When the Jets reworked his contract after the 2005 season, they added $300,000 to his '06 pay and then cut his salary to $1.7 million this year, $2 million in 2008 and added on an additional year at $2.3 million in 2009. None of that money is guaranteed. Kendall insists when he reworked the deal with GM Mike Tannenbaum, they had an understanding that the Jets would get him back to the $3million level if he played well in 2006. Kendall did his part in the Jets' revival under Mangini. He started 14 games and played between left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson and center Nick Mangold, the Jets' rookie No.1 picks. Kendall was a mentor to both and the Jets admit he had a very good season as they made the playoffs. Kendall then asked the Jets to bump him back to the $3million level this year, minus the extra $300,000 they gave him in 2006. That means he wants a $1 million raise, getting him to $2.7 million, a bargain considering the way the market has exploded for guards the last two years. "Mike has agreed I have a rational case, a reasonable request," Kendall said. The Jets won't give him the money and, to this point, won't cut him. Mangini is alternating him with the first team in practice. Maybe they are waiting for a guard to get hurt at someone else's training camp to give them leverage in making a trade. Nobody needs to throw Kendall a benefit. He is 34 years old and making $1.7 million. He has played 11 years in the NFL. Still, everything is relative. The salary cap is $109 million. The Jets should take care of their own. He had their back. They should have his. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2007/08/05/2007-08-05_for_petes_sake.html?print=1
