The other day there was an interesting tweet by Michael Lopez about valuation in the draft not taking into account the high end probabilities of draft picks. This is a topic I’ve touched on before in old posts and something Brad and I looked at a bit in our book, but the question is should […]
In the 2019 NFL Draft, the Arizona Cardinals did something very rare: they used a 1st round pick in back to back drafts on quarterbacks–and in their case, two picks in the top ten. After drafting Josh Rosen 10th overall in 2018, they drafted Kyler Murray 1st overall in 2019. This has only happened two […]
The investment in quarterback is the biggest investment a team makes. A mistake in judgement often sets a team back three years if not more. Teams usually get stuck chasing the potential of a player and the sunk costs of the contract. This was one of the big reasons for the push in the last […]
There’s a way of thinking that’s really poisonous in our society today and it’s this all-knowing way that so many of us, myself included, put labels like “good” and “bad” on things. For example, since I’ve been so outspoken in my support of Tim Tebow, I had quite a few people contact me on social […]
Now that the final cutdown to 53 man rosters have taken place, it’s time to take a look at how the standings in the 2016 compensatory picks have changed in the nearly four months since this was last visited. Out of the 142 UFAs that signed with different teams during the 2015 offseason, 17 of […]
Player Nominal Value ECV % Expected ECV/Year Josh McCown $14,000,000 $7,290,125 52% $2,430,041 Mark Sanchez $9,000,000 $7,092,500 79% $3,546,250 Brian Hoyer $10,500,000 $6,758,000 64% $3,379,000 Ryan Mallett $7,000,000 $4,795,000 69% $2,397,500 Shaun Hill $6,500,000 $3,504,550 54% $1,752,275 Blaine Gabbert $4,000,000 $2,939,500 73% $1,469,750 QB Total: 63.5% Global Total (122 Free Agents): 67.5% […]
After one of the wilder openers to the new league year in recent memory, I thought the end of the work week would be a good time to catch up on where the tracker for the 2016 compensatory picks stands. It’s only been four days and we’ve had a total of 74 unrestricted free agents […]