McGinn made some valid points in the first half of the article, then completely blew his own argument to pieces when he explained the details of Grant's contract. It is loaded with incentives, and if Grant does not perform well, he won't earn them and can be cut loose at little cost to the team.
Grant has been unimpressive this season, that's for sure. Even against the Colts, he was nothing special. He got the yards that the OL put out there for him, but he did not pick up many yards on his own. I still think there's a good chance that he'll get back to playing the way he did last season, though, with better blocking and a fully healed hamstring. With that contract, motivation will not be a problem.
"Packnic" wrote:
thats exactly what i thought. Paying Ryan Grant 4.5 million dollars for two seasons including a trip to the NFCCG, isn't really that bad. A lot of things conspired against the FO... the Favre situation, Ryan working for peanuts last season, Ryans unusual free agent situation, and the cheap label. But in the end, its hardly a franchise altering bad move... and like McGinn points out... could be terminated at the end of the year. Kind of a non-issue really.
I would say that the front office handled this whole thing poorly and that they never should have given in despite the Favre situation. But its only 7 games in, and the season is far from over. Ryan Grant still has plenty of time to prove his worth.
"Greg C." wrote: