Pro Football Talk says Taysom isn't signing his tender sheet (1 Viewer)

[Piper Aydair]

Taysom Hill won’t sign tender soon, but will participate in virtual offseason program
Posted by Mike Florio on April 19, 2020, 7:20 PM EDT

Taysom Hill won't sign tender soon, but will participate in virtual offseason program - ProFootballTalk

The deadline has passed for any other team to sign Saints quarterback Taysom Hill, a restricted free agent, to an offer sheet. But Hill remains unsigned, because he hasn’t signed his one-year, $4.7 million tender offer.Per a league source, Hill doesn’t plan to sign the one-year contract any time...

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The comments are basically telling Taysom to take a hike. What's going on?

 

[jasonsw]

Sounds like he is leveraging for money. Don't blame him he has a kid on the way, 30 years old in football and hasn't been paid yet.

 

[OutlawSaint]

No biggie, lets just sign him to a fair 3-4 year deal.

 

[BG4L]

He's going to have to sign unless they are talking an extension, giving him a longer term contract. He really wants a long term deal more than anything, besides being Drew's successor.

 

[Super44]

It ultimately may boil down to what happens this week in the draft. Saints make a bold move for a QB, Hill’s place with the Saints will potentially be greatly diminished. Things could get dicey with him. We shall see.

 

[TribuneUK]

He can't go anywhere else or do anything football related until that tender is signed.

 

[sammymvpknight]

No biggie, lets just sign him to a fair 3-4 year deal.

What’s fair?

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

What’s fair?

Now that’s a tough one....

 

[SAINTSFAN]

He can't go anywhere else or do anything football related until that tender is signed.

Yeah, I think he wants a long term deal, but the Saints have the final say. $4.6 million for what he does right now is a great contract. However, if he truly is the QB of the future, he will want some security and the Saints will have some incentive to lock him up. As someone said, the draft will dictate that.

 

[No2DC]

Yeah, I think he wants a long term deal, but the Saints have the final say. $4.6 million for what he does right now is a great contract. However, if he truly is the QB of the future, he will want some security and the Saints will have some incentive to lock him up. As someone said, the draft will dictate that.

A 2-3 12-15 mil year should be okay. But we can't afford to pay him QB money right now. Like you said, we can put in snap related incentives that put him close to 7 per yer (which is decent backup QB money).

 

[saintmike23]

I’d rather let him tough it out than sign him to a long term deal. But I think he’s going to sign because it’s still more money than he’s ever played for.
We need two primary attributes in a QB: chemistry with Michael Thomas and the ability to consistently make multiple reads very quickly. We don’t know enough about Taysom Hill to offer him a long term deal.
I liked him as a play last year enough to advocate for him as the starter but now I’m having doubts. I’d rather take a chance on a younger player.

 

[Saint Greg]

This value is so tough he’s better off playing out the season at 4.6 which is probably more than his career earnings and signing long term next year. What do you pay a guy that had 150 rushing yards, 230 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns last year. Probably no more than his tender. What do you pay a good backup QB? Probably no more than his tender. What do you pay a top special teams player? A lot less than his tender.

 

[Zack Lee]

What’s fair?

that is the crux of the issue. Its a difficult negotiation for both sides. I think they are still just hammering it out. I don't think this is hardball.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

I'm just curious as to what the plan is for him this upcoming year besides what we've been doing with him. Does he get 10-15 snaps a game at QB? That's the only way to evaluate him to pay and justify a higher yearly amount on his contract.

 

[Zack Lee]

and the take a hike crowd is just the take a hike crowd. Unfortunately we can't eat them and they will always be there. There is evidence that even cave men had to chew some peoples food for them.