“Staredown”
May 14th, 2019
It’s like the sheriff and the local cold-blooded criminal meeting in the dusty road just outside the saloon in the old west, two gunslingers ready to draw.
That’s essentially what the creator, curator and overall guru of Pro Football Talk, the great Mike Florio, said of high stakes game of chicken being played between Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht and Browns big shot John Dorsey.
If you believe speculation from a Browns beat guy, the Browns want Bucs stud defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. But what Dorsey doesn’t want is GMC’s bloated $13 million salary.
Nothing suggests the Bucs want to keep GMC, at least not at his current salary. Dorsey, of course, knows this and also knows as a result, he has Licht over a barrel if Licht decides to trade GMC.
Also the Bucs have to shed salary because they are in salary cap hell and currently don’t have enough bread to sign their full rookie class.
“The Browns are interested in him,” Florio said yesterday about GMC on his weekday morning show “PFT Live,” seen and heard on NBC Sports Network. It’s “a staredown between two franchises.”
The problem, as Joe pointed out, is Dorsey doesn’t want to pay $13 million to GMC this year. So for a trade to work, Florio hinted, a redo of GMC’s contract would have to be done. GMC allegedly wants guaranteed cash. Would he take less cash in a trade for two years of guaranteed money?
Those are among the many things Licht would have to hammer out with Dorsey and GMC’s camp.
Otherwise, it appears Dorsey and the Browns are ready to pounce the moment Licht tosses GMC out on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
May 14th, 2019 at 10:13 am
This is like the movie draft day. John Dorsey is Sonny Weaver and Jason Licht is forest gump the gm of the jaguars…..Browns are building a winner, the bucs have a team
May 14th, 2019 at 10:14 am
Trade for Duke and subsidize $3 million of McCoy’s salary for a year.
May 14th, 2019 at 10:15 am
Whatever it takes to get rid of him & his bloated salary.
May 14th, 2019 at 10:19 am
“Browns are building a winner, Gump tripped and fell down the stairs.”
FIRE LICHT TONIGHT!
May 14th, 2019 at 10:29 am
Yawn… wake me up Sept 8th @ 4:24 PM EDT.
May 14th, 2019 at 10:31 am
Thank you Licht for crippling this team for years to come. SMH!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 10:36 am
Pay $1 million per every sack he had last year. If he gets 13 sacks this year, than pay that next year. If he gets 4 sacks instead of 13, then pay 4 mill.
Get paid what you are actually worth!!
How hungry would the defense line be!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 10:49 am
Sooo how did Licht get this job again?
People in the NFL need to stop falling for the Bill Belichick tree.
May 14th, 2019 at 10:53 am
Otherwise, it appears Dorsey and the Browns are ready to pounce the moment Licht tosses GMC out on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
First of all……the Browns can “pounce” all they like but GMC has a say in where he goes and how much he will play for…..so, waiting for him to be cut is no guarantee on either count.
Second of all, there is no way to “subsidize” a player’s salary in the NFL….it is not like baseball….his contract goes with him to the new team in it’s entirety along with his cap situation…..unless there is a restructure.
May 14th, 2019 at 11:03 am
Why haven’t we just moved that $13m into a bonus and maybe add a year for cap purposes then he gets paid and with JPP in limbo we’ll at least have a proven DL who still has that “quick get off”? He deserves to be given 1 more chance to play for a winning team. Plus with our schedule being so screwy we’d have a veteran that will help out?
Go Bucs keep GMC!
May 14th, 2019 at 11:13 am
Y’all some funny MOs man,this dude had grand total of 17 tackles all of last season but people think it would be a bummer losing him. I think ima visit other teams sites just to find if this type lunacy goes on everywhere or is it just a Bucs fanbase thing..
May 14th, 2019 at 11:18 am
licht needs to get his sh!t together and do whats best for the team…..
GO BUCS!!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 11:21 am
Nobody on the planet with a modicum of intelligence wants to play her 13 million. A 9 year vet with all those, ahem, “glorious,” Pro Bowls and her own teammates didn’t vote y’alls favorite cosplay heroin to be a captain on a crappy 5-11 team. What more evidence do you freaking need?
May 14th, 2019 at 11:27 am
GMC needs to wake up….I don’t know if it is him, his wife or his agent (probably not agent)…he is not the first old vet with a high salary cap # that had to bow to the market place….he has already been paid !….the guy is out of touch with reality…which is a reflection on him
May 14th, 2019 at 11:36 am
Not sure why the Browns would want a losing presence with no sense of urgency in their locker room. But please take him!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 11:42 am
Hey !…I was scrolling through Craigslist and there was a ad for a full sized Batman….tough times in the Bat Cave 😉
May 14th, 2019 at 11:49 am
Shocking that she-mc has no value and made worse by another bad contract of licht weight!!!!!!!!!!!!! Word on the street is that licht weight will have to shell out 4-5 million of guaranteed cash just to get she-mc off the books!!!!!!! Venezuela’s Economy thinks that licht weight has done a terrible job!!!!!!!!!! When will the local media hold him accountable??????????
2019 will reveal answers to the sheep, that the “real” fans already know!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 11:50 am
He will 813,we fans want it fast but behind those closed doors sometimes it’s in the team’s best interest to play the waiting game.
May 14th, 2019 at 11:53 am
We will know if this has all been media and fan hype when the next OTA comes along.
If McCoy shows up, it has all been hype. Of course, media will claim the team made peace with McCoy to cover their butts, but the truth will probably be that there were never any real issues.
May 14th, 2019 at 12:04 pm
I am concerned with #93 injuries …I know he has been playing with some
May 14th, 2019 at 12:05 pm
Will be interesting to see how this Browns team does with such a splashy offseason.
Not sure wtf we could get for McCoy but I just want to move on lol
May 14th, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Also Realist I saw your write up the other day – appreciate.
I think we agree in general this has been a Glazer problem and a lack of accountability in the front office in terms of who is in charge of a team building vision. The rhetoric may be different but that’s the basic problem.
Mark Dominik + his coaches = simply horrible hires.
Hiring Lovie = horrible. Hiring a HC then having him hand pick a GM and then keeping that GM but firing the HC = wtf in gods name are we doing from any long term vision standpoint lol and that’s on the owners
May 14th, 2019 at 12:21 pm
@lord of corn
The sheep will not want to hear this, But this team needs a multi-year rebuild!!!!! It needs a plan and to stick it out!!!!!!! every year its been like the higher ups think this team is close and makes bad temporary moves that hurt even more the following year!!!!!! But every year is a prove it or lose it, every year the philosophy changes!!!!!!!!! I would love to see Joe hold a poll, if the fans would be for a 2-3 year rebuild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t hate the current coaching staff, I just think that they will have too many obstacles and the strength of the staff is here for a very short time and will check out if they don’t “win now”!!!!!!!!!!!!
2019 will reveal answers to the sheep, that the “real” fans already know!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 12:22 pm
And I would answer more, But it is very difficult being under JBF heavy moderation that has been almost a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 14th, 2019 at 2:54 pm
@bucs realist…. problem with a 2 to 3 year rebuild is BA will be here 2 to 3 years.
May 14th, 2019 at 3:17 pm
This is very very easy , Browns have Cap for two years and would do 20 guaranteed for a third if Licht had the salability!! Your getting the best or second best off the snap tackle in football , Dorsey do you want to be better , you can be way better talent wise, vet wise and depth wise right now !!! Gerald the Browns May have accumulated the most talent in the NFL , you make this an Allstar team where young guys will look up to you and you get 20 mil guaranteed and the most accurate passer in the NFL!!! Gerald Cleveland is much more talented than us !!! The thing is is that it’s just a great situation for all involved and brings the most value to all three parties !!!
May 14th, 2019 at 3:18 pm
Dorsey is doing his team a disservice by not pulling the trigger and trying to win the dance !!!
May 14th, 2019 at 3:40 pm
Licht fell off the Belichick tree right on his head, rotted on the ground for a bit, till the brain was truly toast, then Lovie hires him
May 14th, 2019 at 4:30 pm
@Realist … ” I would love to see Joe hold a poll, if the fans would be for a 2-3 year rebuild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t hate the current coaching staff, I just think that they will have too many obstacles and the strength of the staff is here for a very short time and will check out if they don’t “win now”!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Realist, you’ve outdone yourself (with the exclamation points too). No poll needed … Bucs ARE in Year 1 of a 2-3 year REBUILDING. Bucs defense is undergoing a major scheme change AND personnel change to accompany that. Our S/Ts has already been completely turned over. Bucs’ offense has had some significant turnover already, just not as much as the defense. More would come IF we could afford it. I understand that the term RELOADING has been bantered about, but if it looks like, quacks like & walks like a duck, IT’S A FRIGGIN DUCK.