Apparently, that $5.96 million in cap space is burning a hole in the Redskins’ loin cloths. (That’s an image we could live without.)
The ‘Skins are talking to linebacker Rocky McIntosh about a new deal.
According to agent Drew Rosenhaus, who recently was hired to represent McIntosh, a meeting occurred Thursday morning at Redskins Park regarding a possible contract extension.
McIntosh is entering the final year of his four-year rookie deal. He’s due to earn a base salary of $535,000 in 2009. The second-round pick from the 2006 draft appeared in 16 games last season, starting 15 of them.
They really need Rocky to emerge as a reliable starter. The LB is not only shaky with the gaping hole at SAM right now, but aging at its core w/ Fletcher. London is pure stud, but when age catches up with him--and it will--it's probably going to happen quickly. One thing the team does NOT need is to have to go out next spring and shop for a WILL also.
Here's keeping fingers crossed the knees are sound and he becomes the player he's shown flashes of being for the next few years.