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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExpatPacker" data-source="post: 437011" data-attributes="member: 5535">As I recall Wells and his agent wanted a 7.5 mill multi-year contract.  The Packers were offering something in the range of 5-5.5 mill a year.   Somewhere in the middle, a 4-year, 6 million a year contract with enough guaranteed money is as much as I think the Packers should give. Now that FA has started, I'm hearing word that teams out there are much more reluctant to pay top dollar and tie themselves up for years.  Mario Williams is an example.  Word now has it that he may possibly return to the the Oilers because teams out there are rightly scared to give him 10 million over the next 3-4 years.  Carl Nicks is another one.  He wants to the be top-paid OL in pro football, and the Saints have pretty much said, well, if you do, good luck to you.  I seriously doubt he'll get that kind of money. So maybe the FA frenzy is starting to subside and folks are coming back down to earth.  Except for the Peyton Manning sweepstakes of course.  And how about them Redskins?  Holy bajezuz, 3 firsts and a second all for RGIII?</blockquote>

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