The New York Jets announced today that they will not pick up the option on running back but will pick up the options on veteran linebackers Calvin Pace and Jason Babin. Johnson’s option was the largest of the three and valued at $500,000. Had the Jets picked the option up Johnson’s salary for the season […]
[adsenseyu1] Titans RB Chris Johnson is soon to be Former–Titans RB Chris Johnson. He answered “no way” when asked if he’d take a pay cut this off-season, and Tennessee will almost surely cut CJ loose. After Sunday, Johnson will end up having played 3 years and having collected $31 million of the 6 year/ $56 […]
A little tidbit came out this week that the Lions made Calvin Johnson repay the team $320,000 due to his retirement. That news was met with a number of reactions with some thinking that it was petty of the Lions to do this and others taking the stance that Johnson quit on the team. So […]
I ran across this great video of Wayne Chrebet today and it sparked this thought that I’ll talk about here, but be elaborating on further in an article that I’m writing that will also be one of the final chapters of Caponomics. Belichick has his own formula for his dynasty and that article/chapter will be […]
[adsenseyu1] With another lackluster loss in the books for the Jets I wanted to look at some of the decisions that the team will need to make in the future regarding their current front office. The decisions in this case need to come from the top, and that lies with the owner Woody Johnson making […]
[adsenseyu1] Per Ian Rapoport the talks surrounding Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson are heating up again. With that in mind let’s look at the salary cap and cash considerations surrounding a move. Because we are now past June 1, Johnson’s “dead money” will split between 2014 and 2015, which makes the contract reasonable for the […]
Despite the recent failures of the big money running backs, the Panthers still went out there and paid big time to retain 4th year pro Christian McCaffrey. Every time a running back signs for big money there is always a lot of debate about the use of so much cap space on a position that […]