Arian Foster Stays In Houston; Stevie Johnson In Buffalo

[WeSpy]

Both these guys have been locked up by their respective teams with long term deals. No franchise tags used on either one of them, and both received 5 year deals.

Foster: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82762a45/article/agent-says-foster-texans-agree-on-fiveyear-extension?module=HP11_breaking_news

Johnson: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82762c22/article/bills-avoid-applying-tag-to-johnson-agree-on-fiveyear-extension?module=HP11_headline_stack

[buffalo34]

Yeah, saw this earlier, good news for the Bills. Hopefully they can sign Demetrius Bell to a new contract, he's been blossoming into a pretty decent LT for us.

[Vance]

Thank the Lawd, now maybe we can franchise Meyers.

[chad72]

Arian Foster is a better all round RB than Chris Johnson or Adrian Peterson, IMO.

His production in catches, and things that do not show up in the statline like pass blocking etc. make him more valuable than CJ2K or ADP, IMO.

[Superman]

Now that Stevie Johnson has set the market for receivers, it's pretty obvious that Garcon isn't going to get anything better than the (reported) five years, $35 million we offered him. We probably low-balled him on the signing bonus though.

[grmasterb]

$20.75 million guaranteed for Foster. My bet is that the Texans regret this deal.

[Vance]

$20.75 million guaranteed for Foster. My bet is that the Texans regret this deal.

Not much more than Lynch is guaranteed ($18 mil). We gave Foster one more year than Seattle gave to Lynch. Both are the same age, and in the top 5 at their positions

[Peyton and Eli fan]

Add Wes Welker to the list of tagged players

[Tony Sullivan]

I consider Johnson a more valuable player than Garcon, hopefully we can get him for less than what Stevie received.

[WeSpy]

Add Wes Welker to the list of tagged players

Yup. There's more on this story at this link: http://blogs.nfl.com/2012/03/05/patriots-apply-franchise-tag-to-wr-welker/?module=HP11_breaking_news