Ok, here's the deal on the Vilma trade. Stay with me because this gets a little twisty.
The Jets received a fourth-round pick in the upcoming 2008 draft. That's theirs and they will use it or trade it or whatever they want to do with it in two months. If Darren McFadden is around in the fourth round, he'll be a Jet.
Now, if Vilma reaches certain playing time levels AND he winds up signing an extension with the Saints (remember, Vilma didn't renegotiate so he's a free agent after the 08 season), then the Jets will get either a second or a third rounder in 2009 but they would have to sort of pay back the original value of the deal by giving the Saints a fourth-round pick.
Follow?
So the best case for the Jets is that they wind up with a fourth this year, a second next year, but have to give up a fourth in 2009.
It's been a long day.
Comments (7)
Thanks for staying on top of all this, Tom. Head and shoulders above what all the other local papers are offering today.
IF this is all indeed true, then the jets made a very nice deal! Way to stay on top of things.
thanks tom for all of these updates.....i appreciate it.
There ya go again.
I just posted in the previous thread, thanking you for the great work, and here ya are, clarifying the deal.
Great job, Tom!
You're scooping all your compadres, with your hard work... thanks for the effort, and keeping us in the loop!
This was a great trade for the Saints, as they really stole a pro-bowl linebacker. This combo of Tannenbaum/Mangina really has to go.
Message to Torcida: Man, haters like you make me sick. Fact is Vilma did have talent but 1) He didn't flow into what Mangini wanted to do. Harris came in last year and blew everything up.
So just keep yournegativity to yourself Torcida, everybody knows you are a good for nothing. Get a job loser.
do we know exactly what the parameters are on the vilma trade for what he has to do for us to get a 3rd or 2nd round pick ?