Any more news on Atogwe

[Bing69]

Does anyone have updated news on Atogwe? Is anyone interested in him, has he visited anyone etc. I cant see him going anywhere else if im honest, i think Spags and Devaney will do everything to keep him

[tomahawk247]

Re: Any more news on Atogwe

There has been no news on Atogwe whatsoever. Not even talk of visits or anything.

[general counsel]

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Atogwe can become an unrestricted free agent on june 1 according to todays new york times. I dont see how anyone could say that we will do "anything to keep him" when we tendered him at the lowest level. I think all indications are that we are not going to sign him to a big contract.

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[Bing69]

Re: Any more news on Atogwe

would you want to over pay the man? if what he wants is too much theres no harm in letting him test the market. we can choose to match or better any offer, cant we? or perhaps hes not in our plans...

[TekeRam]

Re: Any more news on Atogwe

Since we tendered him and the tender signing period is over, he can't sign with anyone else at this point, though I hadn't heard that part about being an unrestricted free agent on June 1st.

I don't want to over pay him, and at this point I don't think that he'd demand too much, seeing that he was possibly the easiest RFA to sign and yet no one sniffed him. Give him a long term deal and get it over with!

[realchamp11]

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if we let him go you have to think that sets us back a little because he is our best player in the secondary and 2 best player on defense behind JL. i think we need to pay he bc we cant lose him

[Aussie Dave]

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i dont see him as a top safety anymore but id much rather him there than have another hole to fill, overpaid or not.

[Bralidore(RAMMODE)]

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I could slightly overpay him just because of his leadership, turnover ability, and the fact that its one less hole for the year.

[general counsel]

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We do not have any matching rights based on the level we tendered him at. In addition, according to rotoworld (and i have seen this in other places as well), he becomes an unrestricted free agent june 1 if he doesnt sign the 1.26 million tender. I hope the information is not correct on that unrestricted info, i am sure its correct on the no matching rights as i have read that multiple times.

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[AvengerRam_old]

Re: Any more news on Atogwe

The Rams had matching rights if Atogwe was signed before April 15. At this point, the Rams have until June 1 to sign him to a long-term deal or to agree to pay him 110% of his 2009 salary. Otherwise, he becomes a UFA.

[general counsel]

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Av, does oj have a choice if the rams pay him 110% or can he simply refuse to sign and become a fa?

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[tomahawk247]

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Av, does oj have a choice if the rams pay him 110% or can he simply refuse to sign and become a fa?

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Thats what im wondering.

[KCRamFan]

Re: Any more news on Atogwe

It looks like maybe teams are taking a wait and see approach with him. No one probably wants to sign him if he can't pass a physical right now.

I saw this on KFFL today:

St. Louis Rams FS Oshiomogho Atogwe (shoulder, hernia) had reconstructive shoulder surgery following the season and is also fighting a sports hernia, reports ESPN's Chris Mortensen, via Twitter, according to sources.