Gibril Wilson, anyone?

by Ed Valentine on Feb 21, 2009 9:00 AM EST in News Comment 17 comments

The Oakland Raiders have apparently released former New York Giant safety Gibril Wilson.

You will recall that Wilson left the Giants a year ago to sign a $39 million contract with the Raiders.

Any interest in seeing Wilson back with the Giants? No way the Giants pay big money for him.

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They gave him 39M ?!

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Feb 21, 2009 9:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

6-year deal

And now, it seems, they realize that was stupid.

by Ed Valentine on Feb 21, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The Giants won't pay the market price;

the ’boys will.

by blue gonz on Feb 21, 2009 10:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

rats

they need a safety too

by queler on Feb 21, 2009 6:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

no we won't....he is overrated...Al got sucked and now he is paying for it

by Boyzfan94 on Feb 22, 2009 6:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd take him back

but obviously at a very reduced salary.

By the way, I’m SHOCKED that the Raiders gave out a bad contract and decided to cut ties before it was over…that never happens…

by cjmulrain on Feb 21, 2009 10:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

LOL!!

Yes, Al Davis is brilliant! He certainly is at the top of his game. He’s never been better.

by Ed Valentine on Feb 21, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

payday for Gibril

Didn’t they guarantee $15 Mil of that contract? Oakland obviously doesn’t care about the salary cap hit.

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by sunlion333 on Feb 21, 2009 12:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

anybody is better than Butler. Gibril is still only 27, maybe he can be had for $2-3M on a short deal. i’m not sure as to why Oakland wanted to eat all that money. Wilson had a career-high 134 tackles (2nd on the team). it’s not like he was terrible.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Feb 21, 2009 1:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Unlikely

Not impossible, but I would bet against it.

My bet is that someone else will pay more than the Giants -

Also, on Giants he is definitely #3 but there are teams he where he could start

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by NYERinSF on Feb 21, 2009 5:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

#3 to who?

Butler is the only other SS on the depth chart and he’s a free agent. Gibril started on the Super Bowl team, why wouldn’t he start in ’09?

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Feb 21, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

#3!!!

Absolutely not, the giants could move him back to SS and he would start… Gibril was consistently the best player in the secondary during the super bowl season

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by Hoyadestroya85 on Feb 21, 2009 6:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs