John Fennelly, Lead Writer
Some notes from around the net….
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk asks out loud if JPP would have gotten a long term deal had he not blown a finger off in that July 4th fireworks mishap:
A five-year, $60 million offer had been on the table, which Pierre-Paul never would have accepted. At $14.813 million for 2015, Pierre-Paul would be eligible for a franchise tag of $17.775 million for 2016. That’s a two-year haul of $32.588 million, an average of nearly $16.3 million….A long-term deal for Pierre-Paul would have had to average roughly that same amount, with more than $32.588 million fully guaranteed at signing. So five years and $82.5 million would have been the magic…
