Chauncey Gardner Johnson could miss remainder of Season with Torn pec (1 Viewer)

[renegadewa]

Sucks. I’m still mad we traded him.

I'm not.

From every indication he was asking the Saints for way more money than they were willing to pay him and he was going to hold out before the Saints traded him.

Mickey Loomis told him......................"seeya kid"!

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

CGJ should’ve taken that deal with the Saints that they had. Now he may turn into the Demarcus Cousins of the NFL.

Like this couldn't have happened with the Saints.

 

[jasonsw]

The situations are relatively similar actually. Saints offered Chauncey a long-term deal that was reported to be annually 10-11M per year, he turned it down and created problems in the locker room leading to be traded. He didn't get a long term deal in FA and will now have to hit the market yet again coming off of an injury.

Pelicans offered DeMarcus Cousins a generous multi year contract considering he was coming off of a torn achilles, and he turned it down for basically a vet minimum contract with Golden State and then tore his ACL in the next offseason after finally recovering fully from the achilles.

Sucks for both guys, I am a fan of them both, but there are risks involved when you turn down long-term money. Chauncey is probably feeling it more, Cousins had already made a ton of money before all of that went down.

Edit: For what it's worth I don't think Chauncey is in danger of going through what Cousins did, he's still 25 and hasn't had any career threatening injuries. It's just unfortunate because he'll likely be looking at taking another 1 year deal in 2024 offseason instead of a long-term deal.

He is probably never going to get that long term deal now. In 2025 he will be entering year 7. It's doubtful any one will give him longer than a 2 year deal. Probably just first year guaranteed.

Safeties don't get paid well compared to many NFL positions. Look at MW he was top of the line FA just last year, he got only a 4 yr/52 million dollar contract, if I remember only half of it Is garaunteed.

 

[BreesIsMyFather]

One guy I will truly miss. He added a whole new spark to the defense....

 

[ric weatherford]

CGJ should’ve taken that deal with the Saints that they had. Now he may turn into the Demarcus Cousins of the NFL.

What was the deal the SInts offered him ?