After an unhappy training camp with the New York Jets, Pete Kendall got what he wanted: a new team and a new contract.
The Washington Redskins acquired the veteran offensive lineman Thursday from the Jets in a trade, hoping he’ll fill a hole at left guard.
New York will receive a fifth-round pick in 2008 or a fourth-rounder in 2009, depending on how many snaps Kendall plays this season. The Redskins also did what New York wouldn’t – give Kendall a raise of $1 million, boosting his salary this year to $2.7 million – as part of a new, two-year, $5 million contract.
”It’s exciting to me, and it’s a relief, too,” Kendall said at Redskins Park after taking a physical, ”to have what was hanging over me over with now.”
It’s a trade the Jets had to make, and one the Redskins had hoped to avoid. Kendall had asked to be traded or released because New York wouldn’t renegotiate his contract, and his frustration was evident daily in his body language on the training camp practice field – where he stood far from his teammates while the first-team offense practiced.

 



Share This