The numbers are officially in on Charles Clay’s new contract with the Bills and I thought this deserved a closer look because of the structure of the contract. At the time he signed the contract Clay was designed a “Transition” player by Miami, which gave them the right to match any offer for Clay. Though […]
There have been several developments regarding how compensatory picks are now being awarded since OTC’s last written update on its projection of the 2021 slate of comp picks. Let’s get right to it. Team Round Compensated Free Agent APY NE 3 Tom Brady $25,000,000 LAC 3 Philip Rivers $25,000,000 NO 3 Teddy Bridgewater $21,000,000 DAL […]
The best tight end in the NFL ended months of negotiations with the 49ers as the highest paid tight end in NFL history and by a wide margin. Kittle’s $15 million per year average blows away the top of the NFL tight end market which was at just $10.5 million a year, nearly a 43% […]
For weeks many notable free agents have sat on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity and that opportunity may present itself now that the draft is complete. For one the completion of the draft now let’s teams know what positions they failed to land a potential starter or backup at and where they will need […]
Looking forward to the draft this week I thought it might be a worthwhile exercise to look back at our 2019 positional values (if you are not familiar with these they are a Premium addition in which we assign values to every player based on participation, PFF grades, and statistical performance) and see where every […]
NOTE: this article is outdated and deprecated since the passage of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement. It is archived for historical reference only. Please view this article for the updated and active explanation of the compensatory formula. When the salary cap era of the NFL began in 1993, many changes came to the league other […]
Dwayne Allen, Patriots Cap Saved: $7.4M; Cash Saved: $7.4M; Dead Money: $0Allen has earned around $8.5 million from the Patriots in the last two seasons. For that the Patriots have gotten a total of 13 receptions for 113 yards and one touchdown while playing around 35% of the teams snaps. Even if Allen was the […]