Are Faine and Goodwin Free Agents?
There has been a lot of debate about this. Yesterday I posted that Faine is under contract through 2009 but another poster posted links stating that Faine is a free agent.
I'm guessing that, somehow, Faine managed to void two years of his deal. How? I can't explain it.
Here's our offensive linemen who are under contract for 2008 as of February 11, 2008 according to the NFL Players Association website...
http://www.nflpa.org/Resources/ActivePlayerSearch.aspx
<table class="tableDisplay" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Your search returned the following players:
</td></tr><tr><td>
Player Name</td><td>
Position</td><td>
Team</td><td align="right">
Compensation</td></tr><tr><td>
Alleman, Andy</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">370000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Brown, Jammal</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">752500.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Bushrod, Jermon</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">370000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Duckworth, Tim</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">295000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Evans, Jahri</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">445000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Faine, Jeff</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">863750.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Stinchcomb, Jon</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">1650000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Strief, Zach</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">445000.00</td></tr></tbody></table>
Note the presence of Jeff Faine and the absence of Goodwin.
Here's the list of offensive lineman who are under contract for 2009 as of February 11, 2008...
<table class="tableDisplay" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Your search returned the following players:
</td></tr><tr><td>
Player Name</td><td>
Position</td><td>
Team</td><td align="right">
Compensation</td></tr><tr><td>
Alleman, Andy</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">460000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Brown, Jammal</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">2465000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Bushrod, Jermon</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">460000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Duckworth, Tim</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">385000.00</td></tr><tr><td>
Faine, Jeff</td><td>OL</td><td>NOS</td><td align="right">1026246.00</td></tr></tbody></table>
Once again, note the presence of Jeff Faine and the absence of Goodwin.
Jammal Brown is the only Saints lineman who has a contract for 2010.
Maybe the players union doesn't know what is going on and we do. I doubt it but it is possible. Maybe Faine managed to void two years of his contract. :dunno: