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The Weird, Wacky and Awesome World of the NFL - General Banter thread V3

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    https://twitter.com/nflfilmstudy/status/1105316479115948034?s=21

    Man, I really want him with the Giants. He grew up a fan too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Honeybadger 3 years 42m to Chiefs.

    Devin Funchess 1 year 13m to Colts. Thats outrageous money for him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭Always Be Closing


    The Honey Badger & Eric Berry a Nightmare in the secondary #chiefskingdom


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,408 ✭✭✭letowski


    Rapoport has CJ Mosley linked to the Jets, 5y/$85m and $51m guaranteed. $17m per year. Rich.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Confirmed by Schefter.

    Also, Bengals gave Bobby Hart 3 years 21m. ****ing imbeciles :pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    letowski wrote: »
    Rapoport has CJ Mosley linked to the Jets, 5y/$85m and $51m guaranteed. $17m per year. Rich.

    Jesus, that’s an awful deal for the Jets to give out to an MLB, IMO. I was wanting the Ravens to walk away at the $14m mark :eek:

    Don’t get me wrong, I like Mosley, but he’s simply not an elite player and has big issues in coverage.

    Mental.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Packers apparently signing Amos and Za'Darius Smith. Nice pickups in areas of need but going by the rest of the market it'll likely look like more overpaying

    Ravens defense shedding a lot of talent though. Could put a lot more pressure on Jackson next year


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    The Honey Badger & Eric Berry a Nightmare in the secondary #chiefskingdom

    Talk that they might cut Berry. Hard to justify paying 2 safeties that sort of money, especially when one is consistently injured.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Paully D wrote: »

    Cap in 2002 was $71m while it is $188m for 2019. That's around a 165% increase in cap space and a smaller % increase in top player salary for the position.

    If you look at the increase over the last 17 years in how much the teams now earn and how much the teams have increased in value, the players are in general still not getting nearly enough.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭the baby bull elephant


    After signing Justin Coleman the Lions now have three cousins who went to the same high school in Coleman, Slay and Tracy Walker.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,700 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Packers making some decent signings today but they likely overpaid big time for Amos given the way safeties are getting paid this year.

    I wonder what the Bears are clearing cap space for. Added another $11m in cap today by converting Mack's salary to a bonus. There's around $25m free now plus it looks like Chase Daniel has restructured which will add a little more.

    Someone on the Bears forum said he'll get a tattoo of the forum's choosing if it's Bell because he is so sure it won't be. The popular choice seems to be a Cody Parkey tat so I hope it is Bell just to see that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,672 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    Preston Smith to the Packers now too, they're really going all in today


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Looking like an average of 13m a year for Preston and $15-17m a year for Smith.

    With those numbers it is starting to look like Flowers is as close to a bargain as we've seen so far.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Two middling players for a lot more than they're worth. But that's the NFL now and at least middling is still a big upgrade.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,316 ✭✭✭cosatron


    with nick perry being released and matthew restructuring or being cut, gute had to take action. I still think we will draft a edge rusher at 12 aswell. Amos is a great signing, our safety play was horrendous last year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    Cap in 2002 was $71m while it is $188m for 2019. That's around a 165% increase in cap space and a smaller % increase in top player salary for the position.

    If you look at the increase over the last 17 years in how much the teams now earn and how much the teams have increased in value, the players are in general still not getting nearly enough.

    Agreed.

    I wonder how much more the owners are pocketing!?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,644 ✭✭✭phatkev


    I dont really have to much of an issue with the Jets handing out these massive deals, they've had a bucket load of money for the last two years they might as well spend it at some point! Also the way I look at it they've got Darnold on a rookie deal for the next four years, so at the minute thats definitely the window the GM will be looking at


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Apparently Barr is staying with Vikings now.

    Bell to Jets for around 17m a year is the current rumour.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Knex. wrote: »
    Apparently Barr is staying with Vikings now.

    Bell to Jets for around 17m a year is the current rumour.

    Officially to the Raiders now apparently.


    https://twitter.com/SportsTalkBarry/status/1105518566936399882?s=19


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol



    Fake account


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Foxtrol wrote: »
    Fake account

    Ah. I'd seen it in a Google search after I'd seen Gbaja Biamila hinting about it also.

    I'd even been suspicious of the money being too low but still never checked for the blue tick.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭Jolly Red Giant


    The FA money has gone crackers - Billy Turner - a back-up guard on a poor Broncos OL - getting $28million over 4 years from the Packers with $11 million in the first year. Turner earned $2million with the Broncos last year with only $750K guaranteed when he signed the one year deal.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26237460/sources-packers-add-2-pass-rushers-db-d?platform=amp

    Za'Darius Smith will sign a four-year contract worth $66 million, including a $20 million signing bonus and $34.5 million in the first two years of the deal, according to his agents at SportsTrust Advisors.

    Preston Smith will get a four-year deal worth $52 million, with $16 million fully guaranteed at signing, sources told ESPN's Josina Anderson. Smith's choices came down to the Indianapolis Colts and Packers, a source said.

    Amos is slated to get a four-year, $37 million deal, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. He will earn $14 million in the first year and $21 million in the first two combined.

    ---
    Flowers and Barr were my top two olbs for pettines system, but zadarius was probably third. Very happy all in all, and gives a lot of flexibility in the draft.

    This likely means cobb, Matthews and Perry all gone. Still hoping we get Matthews back but only if very cheap, he's way beyond his best but can still offer a good deal rotating in on all four lb spots (Pettine loves smoke and mirrors after all).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    The FA money has gone crackers - Billy Turner - a back-up guard on a poor Broncos OL - getting $28million over 4 years from the Packers with $11 million in the first year. Turner earned $2million with the Broncos last year with only $750K guaranteed when he signed the one year deal.
    This one I'm not so mad on. Not familiar with turner but a rookie and cheap journeyman stopgap at rg would have been the best route imo. Not sure how we squeeze all of these signings under the cap.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,629 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    I can see this being a quiet year for the Patriots. Draft and hope to be in a good position next season. There is no chance they are getting heavily involved in this crazy free agency war.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    eagle eye wrote: »
    I can see this being a quiet year for the Patriots. Draft and hope to be in a good position next season. There is no chance they are getting heavily involved in this crazy free agency war.

    Bill's nice and relaxed anyway

    https://twitter.com/DonteStallworth/status/1105502143207874560


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    eagle eye wrote: »
    I can see this being a quiet year for the Patriots. Draft and hope to be in a good position next season. There is no chance they are getting heavily involved in this crazy free agency war.

    Do they have the space to do anything significant at this point even if they wanted to?

    They already made a trade for Bennett which isn't taken into account in the most current cap numbers and he is looking for more money


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭Jolly Red Giant


    Texans sign Bradley Roby CB - 1 Yr - $10million

    The Broncos and Texans swap CBs - Jackson for Roby - I will take Jackson all day for the extra $1million next season.


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