Would you Consider Asante Samuel?

[Jrudi]

There's been a number of reports that says the Eagles have been shopping Asante Samuel for awhile now.

Those reports have the Eagles asking for a 5th or 6th round pick. If a trade happens, there is already talk that the team receiving Samuel will want to re-structure his contract for the trade to happen.

So here is the question....

Pioli is awsome at negotiating contracts that fit what the Chiefs need and not strapping them, while making the player happy.

Would you consider giving up a 5th or 6th round pick for Asante Samuel (who will be 31) for 2-3 years of production, if he would agree to re-structure his deal?

I would....The loss of Carr Stinks, and although we added Routt, we still need help in our secondary to fill this void. Pioli has a history with Samuel, and can more than likely make him happy (although he didn't in New England when he left for Philly) With Manning in the division, we need all the good Dbacks we can get, and Pioli always says "you can never have enough talented DB's on your roster"

I would definitely give up our 5th for him, as long as we aren't paying him a large contract...

[TopekaRoy]

Falcons got him for 3 years

Yep.

The Atlanta Falcons acquired Philadelphia Eagles Pro-Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel for a late-round pick, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

As part of the transaction, Samuel restructured his contract, agreeing to a three-year, $18.5 million deal with the Falcons. Samuels' contract with the Eagles had called for him to earn $9.9 million this season and $11.4 million in 2013. (source: ESPN.com)

Not a bad deal for the Falcons.

[chiefsflow]

Good player and a good improvement BUT his contract is huge! Not worth it to me.

[TopekaRoy]

Good player and a good improvement BUT his contract is huge! Not worth it to me.

Not as huge as it was, though!

I figure the third year is probably not guaranteed, so they get him for 2 years for roughly $12.33 million while the Eagles would have paid him $21.3 million for the same time-frame. That's almost half priced.

I agree, however, that it still would have been too much for the Chiefs to pay. We don't need him that badly.