The Melvin Gordon Saga - Holdout Over

[Budsman]

Rivers on our running backs and Gordon's holdout:

"They're going to get a lot of work. It certainly is a deep position for us, and those guys all love to play and work hard. We love Melvin, but we're going to go with what we've got. It's a pretty dang good group."

https://thebiglead.com/2019/07/26/me...dout-chargers/

Sounds like Rivers just pumping up the guys he has there. Rivers wants to win now and he's going to talk up the teammates that are IN CAMP. Gordon doesn't like his veteran qb praising his backups then get to camp and play a kids game for 5.6 million dollars. Even from a football perspective he's being paid pretty damn good money. Gordon is being greedy and it's going to bite him in the arse.

[Topcat]

Sounds like Rivers just pumping up the guys he has there. Rivers wants to win now and he's going to talk up the teammates that are IN CAMP. Gordon doesn't like his veteran qb praising his backups then get to camp and play a kids game for 5.6 million dollars. Even from a football perspective he's being paid pretty damn good money. Gordon is being greedy and it's going to bite him in the arse.

Yep. Rivers's comments are really pretty mild in this day and age when rude tweet wars are common. If Gordon doesn't like it, tough....

[Formula 21]

Is this really a kid's game?

[Budsman]

Is this really a kid's game?

[jamrock]

"If a team decides to use its option, the player can face substantial fines for refusing to report to camp on time and/or at all. Players can be fined up to $30,000 per day of training camp missed and a fine equal to one week's regular season (1/17 of P5 Salary) check for any preseason games missed.

The Fifth-Year Option is intended provide teams with more security when it invests a valuable first-round pick on a player."

https://frontofficenfl.com/2017/03/27/nfl-rookie-contracts-explained-fifth-year-option/

Thanks for that topcat

[jamrock]

That doesn't apply to Gordon because he already has the 4 years of service required to qualify for free agency. Its that 5th year option for first rounders that kills him.

Thanks formula 21

[Big Dog]

I'm stealing this post from another Charger board:

ust perusing the NFL.com article regarding Zeke's holdout, and I stumbled upon this nugget that I was totally unaware of, primarily because players under contract haven't held out since the new CBA has been in place in 2011:

• Every day Elliott misses training camp going forward could cost him $40,000 (should the Cowboys choose to impose daily fines). While it's the first day of Cowboys camp, it's also a day closer to Aug. 6, which is the reporting deadline to acquire a year of service toward free agency. The service time is not accrued if a player fails to report to his squad at least 30 days prior to the first game of the season.
  
  www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001037281/article/jerry-jones-on-ezekiel-elliott-hes-a-nonreport

Maybe, just maybe, there is a good reason why players under contract haven't held out???

A player only needs 4 accrued seasons to qualify for free agency which MG3 already has, so he can sit until week 10 and still reach free agency next year ... that's why he will hold out into the season and Zeke will NOT ...

[La Costa Boy]

You can bet that Tom has a list of low hanging fruit on other teams rosters. Whether by trade or by the waiver wire, he will make a deal if Gordon keeps this up.

[JOJAX85]

Sounds like Rivers just pumping up the guys he has there. Rivers wants to win now and he's going to talk up the teammates that are IN CAMP. Gordon doesn't like his veteran qb praising his backups then get to camp and play a kids game for 5.6 million dollars. Even from a football perspective he's being paid pretty damn good money. Gordon is being greedy and it's going to bite him in the arse.

Social media is ALWAYS looking to start a fire just because there are materials to burn. Gordon completely overlooked the part where Rivers said, "We love Melvin." What is Rivers suppose to say about the guys that are actually there?? "We have GOT to pay Melvin, because everybody here is complete garbage!" Go cry in your sandbox, artist formerly known as 28.

[Topcat]

A player only needs 4 accrued seasons to qualify for free agency which MG3 already has, so he can sit until week 10 and still reach free agency next year ... that's why he will hold out into the season and Zeke will NOT ...

Correct. Zeke is going into year 4. Next year is his option year, so he's a year behind MG3:

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/ezekiel-elliott-18952/

[Topcat]

Social media is ALWAYS looking to start a fire just because there are materials to burn. Gordon completely overlooked the part where Rivers said, "We love Melvin." What is Rivers suppose to say about the guys that are actually there?? "We have GOT to pay Melvin, because everybody here is complete garbage!" Go cry in your sandbox, artist formerly known as 28.

Yep, Mel, you dug yourself into this pit...let's see if you can be man enough to climb out of it real quick like and redeem yourself...

[JOJAX85]

Yep, Mel, you dug yourself into this pit...let's see if you can be man enough to climb out of it real quick like and redeem yourself...

Agreed. In my opinion, the second that news broke that Zeke was holding out, Gordon should have had a long look in the mirror. Zeke will get 13 to 14 million over four years. Gordon won't. If 10 million and 3 years is on the table, I scoop that up in a minute and go to the media and claim it was all about the guaranteed money. That is the absolute Max he is going to get.