One of my readers asked for a possible number for the 49’ers to use on extensions for Colin Kaepernick and Aldon Smith. While I haven’t had a chance to look more at smith in depth I thought touching on Kaepernick would make for an interesting topic as he could be one of the first rookie extensions of the new CBA  when the season is over.

The first thing that I think is worth mentioning is that Kaepernick is very difficult to compare with other players. Kaepernick was drafted in 2011 but essentially did not play at all in the … Read the rest

Here is the second installment of the Caponomics series. In this presentation we get into the components of a contract and the basics of calculating a salary cap number and dead money. Topics include signing bonus prorations, guaranteed salary, the minimum salary benefit and incentive valuations. This will probably be the longest of the series so it may be best to view in two or three parts if you plan on watching the entire presentation.  I did update one of the slides for a mistake in roster bonus if you decide to download the slides, but that is also mentioned … Read the rest

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk just picked up the details that the Rams put no offset language in the contract of Alec Ogletree drafted number 30 overall which now has some speculating that it will change the parameters of contract negotiations of those selected between 21 and 30 as the players now have some leverage in their negotiations with the their teams. As I had pointed out back in my article on negotiating points for rookies the Rams actions in the draft will have almost no bearing on the negotiations of other teams.

The Rams are a franchise that … Read the rest

Last night Greg DePalma had me as the guest in the Pro Football Focus time slot going over some contract decisions that might be coming up over the next year for teams in the AFC. We covered all 16 teams and the show runs about 2 hours. There is probably a little something for everyone in there. We covered the teams by division so feel free to poke around and find your division/team and give it a try. I did make a little mistake talking about Big Ben. Hes restructured the last few years but its been the LBs that … Read the rest

With so many QB’s being extension possibilities over the next year I wanted to look at some of the things that maybe should be considered when weighing the option of extending a young player early or letting him play out his contract and dealing with him as he is ready to enter free agency.

The agent for Joe Flacco, Joe Linta, recently called the Baltimore Ravens “dumb” for not extending Flacco sooner. Flacco is likely going to be become the poster child for extending a contract early. According to Linta the Ravens had an offer on the table for about … Read the rest