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.
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 […]
One of the presumptive reasons for the NFL moving up the June 1 date to May 12 was to allow teams to sign unrestricted free agents transitioning to street free agents earlier without those signings counting against them in the compensatory draft pick formula. Now that the league offices have closed for June 1, I […]
[adsenseyu1] Here is the salary cap space update for the start of the week. These numbers should be relatively current through Thursday’s signings and Friday’s releases. Please note that there are two uncertainties in these numbers. One deals with Matt Cassel of the Vikings as I am not 100% certain that he did void his […]
Updated- Thursday, April 18, 10:22 PM [adsenseyu1] Arizona Cardinals Lorenzo Alexander Jonathon Amaya Will Batson Yeremiah Bell Jasper Brinkley Antoine Cash Antoine Cason Brian Hoyer Rashad Johnson Rashard Mendenhall Bryan McCann Carson Palmer William Powell Jerraud Powers Chilo Rachal Frostee Rucker Matt Shaughnessy Alfonso Smith Drew Stanton Ronald Talley Curtis TaylorAtlanta Falcons Sam Baker Brian Banks […]
[adsenseyu1] With the season down to the just four teams and most everyone else turning their attention towards the 2014 season I thought it would be good to look over some of the changes in store for teams next season by looking at their salary cap estimates and potential player turnover. The table at the […]