NOTE: this article is outdated and deprecated since the passage of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement. It is archived for historical reference only.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 […]
Around this time last year I took a look to identify some teams that used 2014 free agency wisely or poorly with respect to the compensatory pick formula in 2015, so I’ll reprise that effort this time by moving a year ahead in each department. For reference, you may find the list of the 2016 […]
The official list of the compensatory picks for the 2016 NFL Draft came in about 10 days early this year, and I am quite happy with how it compared with my own projection. As always, here is the post-mortem evaluation to see what I got right and wrong, and what I can improve upon.
Now that the deluge of free agency signings is behind us, this gives me a moment to comment on something that was discussed during that deluge. The Dolphins rescinded the transition tag that they had originally placed on Olivier Vernon. Adam Schefter generating the prevailing reason among the media as to why: Dolphins pulled transition […]
The following table displays the likelihood of each player with a salary cap number of $2 million or more remaining under contract for 2016, as calculated by Expected Contract Value 2.0. Pay cuts and retirements are considered releases for purposes of Expected Contract Value. Players subject to 5th year team options of rookie contracts are not […]
UPDATE, March 10: Questions regarding compensatory picks and the transition tag have been added. Read this article for reference. Introduction For details on the basics and methodology of projecting compensatory picks in general, please reference this article. To kick this off, 2016 marks the first year in which I have used, as suggested by the […]
When the salary cap era of the NFL began in 1993, many changes came to the league other than just the eponym of this era. One of those changes was the introduction of unrestricted free agency. Another was to reduce the number of rounds in the draft from twelve to seven. However, while there have […]