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Old 11-04-2005, 03:07 PM   #169
QuikSand
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
Renegotiations, continued

Not much news from Chesapeake this time of year, as we are watching the playoffs from the outside.

We did, however, work out a few more long term deals with centerpiece players:

LB Travis Kuykendall signed a new deal for four more seasons, which is good for us. This year is his first one with solid, full-time caliber numbers, so his demands will certainly escalate next season. Here, we lock him up with a top cap number of just over $3m at the end of the deal – solid extension for us.

Also, LT Stanley Tilton accepted one of my offers, finally, and will be with us for a while as well. He hasn’t had a stellar career, but his ratings suggest he ought to be a very solid left tackle for us, and locking him up (also for four more seasons) eliminates that position from my “to do” list for the offseason. He’ll be a bit pricey, but a solid LT is probably worth it. Now, if he can only live up to his ratings, he will be a solid guy.

A couple lower-profile guys have re-upped as well. DE Cornelius Kleinsasser has accepted a three year deal at a much more affordable level than his current contract, which is very god for us. Looking ahead, he might see an expanded role with our club – he’s been with us since the league’s inception, but has been pretty much a reserve (his 12 tackles this season are a career high). With ratings of 57 in run defense and 46/54 in pass rush technice, he could end up playing a meaningful role in our soon-to-be-depleted defensive front next season – and will do so on a shoestring contract now.

Also, RB Lewis Lee has taken a new deal. This basically just gives us the option ot retaining the verstatile return man, rather than battling over him in free agency. In his career with us (before spending this entire season on IR), he has averaged 8.4 yards per punt return, and 25.2 yards per kickoff return.


In the league’s conference championships, we’ll see Calverton head to Hell Creek to tangle with the mighty Raptors. Meanwhile, the planets have aligned for former champions Mars and Jupiter to square off for the other championship berth.
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