OT - La'el Collins (Signs with Cowboys)

[JoJoBoxer]

Thanks for repeating what I already wrote

Sorry, but I don't read every single post before responding, but ... great minds think alike?

 

[Toast88]

You're not a suspect until you've been arrested or an arrest warrant has been filed by the prosecutor. I believe the Richard Jewell crap in Atlanta 96 changed that process.

But it's worth noting just because you haven't been named as a person of interest doesn't mean the police don't think you're involved. Sometimes simply means they're still processing evidence and establishing probable cause.

That said, I have no idea about Collins' own personal situation. Neither does anyone else in the public.

 

[SERE Bear]

That is not actually true. There is a limit to how much an UDFA can make, so he is screwed even there.

Like I said before, I would push for a 1 year contract. Then I would get my money after the 1st year.

If he can get a 1-year contract (not sure if possible for UDFA), it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. He will hit free agency 3 years before everyone else. He will then make the big free agent money and will have a better chance of also getting the 2nd big free agent contract while he is still young.

The CBA requires a three year deal for UDFA

Chances are good he's going to just wait and enter next years draft. Otherwise he has to sign as a UDFA and the CBA already has a set salary for UDFA's.

He would only get the rookie min deal 3 years for $1.5 mil with a $7000 signing bonus. (that was 2014's numbers so maybe slightly higher).

Compare that to Will Sutton who was our 3rd round pick last year. He got a $588k signing bonus and signed a 4 year $2.5 mil deal.

That is a huge difference. I think if this blows over next year and he looks good at next years combine, he could end up a late 1st or early 2nd round pic and then end up with at least $750k in signing bonus and over $1 mil more in salary than if he signed undrafted.

 

[Omeletpants]

Sorry, but I don't read every single post before responding, but ... great minds think alike?

As long as you put it that way

 

[Pegger]

... great minds think alike?

So do lemmings....

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

They aren't even sure if it's his kid or not, they have to do a paternity test...which up to a couple days ago they have yet to do.

 

[bears26]

Alex Marvez
Retweeted
Ross Delenger - Source: Ex-#LSU OL La'el Collins has meetings planned w/ #Bills & #Dolphins, has heard from "almost every" #NFL team
8:01pm - 4 May 15

 

[bears26]

He is having dinner with Rex Ryan tonight

Rapoport -Rex Ryan is having dinner with La’El Collins tonight, an impromptu meeting, as @DellengerAdv said. Tune in to @BrettBuffington for details.

 

[fatbeard]

Collins would be a coup and he would instantly solidify the right side of the line and let Mills move to depth.

 

[Les Grossman]

I'm surprised no team threw a 7th round pick on him. At least that's keep him from picking his team.

 

[bears26]

I believe teams are alloted 100k in signing bonuses for undrafted free agents. I wonder if it can come down to what teams have an opening on the oline and what teams have the most bonus money left. No state tax might play into it too.

 

[SERE Bear]

I'm surprised no team threw a 7th round pick on him. At least that's keep him from picking his team.

Then he could have refused to sign and then he would be allowed into next years draft

 

[didshereallysaythat]

There is zero chance he get to the supplemental draft. There are rules that have to happen for him to eligible for it and he did not meet them. The commissioner cannot change the rules either, his hands are tied. They would have to go through the whole collective bargaining agreement for the rules to be changed.

That is not going to happen for one unfortunate person.

If I were him, I would only sign a 1 year prove it (his innocence) deal, then get a new contract for close to what I am worth.

I heard differently on the radio by hub on Saturday at like 10 am. He said that he could file grievance and get in the supplemental. I am not gonna get in a dick measuring contest right now on the rules. I am just going by what I heard.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

What would removing his name from the draft accomplished? Serious question. He would still be a UDFA either way, right?

Technically a team can sign you or I off the street.

 

[Les Grossman]

Then he could have refused to sign and then he would be allowed into next years draft

No, I don't think he be edible for next year's draft. He could refuse but then what?

 

[dafridge72]

He would only have been eligible to go in next years draft if someone drafted him and if he didn't sign with them for the whole year. The team would own his rights until the day of the draft then he would be back in the pool.. Cause he went undrafted now his a normal UDFA.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

I doubt he would have really sat out the entire year. That is career suicide and teams would question if he was still at the same level after sitting out a year with no game film. I don't think he would even be eligible for the combine again.

 

[dafridge72]

If he didnt come out say on twitter that if anyone drafted after 3rd round he would not sign with them, I have to believe some team would have drafted him on 3rd day....Especially a team with alot of draft picks that could roll the dice and take a chance.

 

[JPPT1974]

Keep in mind that he is not a prime suspect or a person of interest for that matter. For the timing that is. As he is meeting with police.

 

[dafridge72]

Coach Rex Ryan had dinner with LSU T/G La'El Collins in Baton Rouge, La. on Monday.
Without a first-round pick over the weekend, the Bills could hit a grand slam by signing Collins. He was viewed as a mid-first-round pick -- the Bills would have picked 19th had they not dealt their pick to the Browns -- before Collins got wrapped up in a murder investigation, even though he isn't viewed as a suspect. If this comes down to recruiting, there may not be a better head coach at it than Ryan. Collins is ready to start day one in the NFL at either tackle or guard.