Tom Condon Quotes (11 Quotes)

Last year we had (University of Utah quarterback) Alex Smith at the first pick (by San Francisco). It was a 24 million guarantee and he was averaging 8.5 million a year.

New Orleans was very comfortable with the risk-reward, based on his rehabilitation from the injury. Miami didn't have that same level of comfort, so New Orleans made a lot of sense for us.

I think he was disappointed he wasn't able to get resolution before he got to this point. On the other hand, I think he was looking for some finality.

It's one of those things that's good for San Diego, good for Eli, a win all around.

They basically informed us at breakfast this morning that we were hired. Obviously, we're excited about the opportunity.

Simeon's got a huge cap number 9.2 million, so people just assume somebody's going to try to do something with him. But I don't know anything about a trade.

He's going to dinner with club officials tonight and I'm sure I'll talk to Randy (Mueller) tomorrow.

The number in the first four years has basically been the same since 1998. Four years, 24, 25 million. So I assume they'd be very happy to keep that number there. The fifth and sixth years of a contract at that level are what would normally correspond towith a guy's free-agency contract. So that's why I don't think it's very unreasonable for the numbers to jump up then.

You want to be safe. And 2 million from San Diego certainly didn't make you feel safe.

It's hard to characterize negotiations, but there are issues that we have not agreed on. We're just going to move ahead and see if we can reach an agreement. If not, we'll analyze our options and move forward.

There's nothing yet. We'll just have to wait and see what Dr. Andrews says after he gets a look at it.