Thoughts on TJ Watt’s $112M Contract with the Steelers

TJ Watt became the highest paid defensive player in the history of the NFL, signing a four year, $112 million contract that surprisingly contained $80 million fully guaranteed at signing from the Steelers who generally have some type of phobia around guarantees. PFT has the breakdown of the contract so I thought I could run […]

NFL Week 8 Player Valuations: Midseason Players of the Year

The valuations for week 8 are now updated for each player who played this week. This week’s values are available for free on the valuations page and the full season numbers as well as results from week 1 through 7 are available for premium subscribers. Rather than highlight the top performers for the week I thought it would […]

Trends with 5th Year Options With 2017 Rookie Decisions Looming

           The deadline for teams to exercise 5th year options on 1st round selections in the 2017 draft is quickly approaching. As part of the new rookie wage scale introduced in the 2011 CBA, 5th year options are included in all first-round rookie contracts. A team’s window to exercise a player’s 5th year option opens after […]