As the NFL juggernaut steams toward the most exciting part of the season, General Managers are spending time formulating various virtual team roster models that stretch out as many as three years into the future, beginning with the 2017 league year. One of the important components of a roster model involves decisions revolving around unrestricted free agents. […]
[adsenseyu1] One of the topics of discussion that has popped up a lot on Twitter has been surrounding injury settlements. I think there are some misconceptions about what exactly an injury settlement is so let’s try to clear those up as best as possible. Feel free to chime in the comments, Twitter, or e-mail if […]
The 2024 league year in the NFL officially starts on Wednesday, March 13. The two day negotiating period of free agency commences on Monday, March 11, and it is then when we would typically get first knowledge of the largest contracts to be signed. With those contracts signed come the assignment of some players as […]
One of the big questions I get over and over this time of year is about void years in player contracts and what that means for the salary cap charge of the player. Basically, the void year is a fake contract year used for the sole purpose of parking salary cap charges and when the […]
The 2023 compensatory draft picks were released today. As always, upon seeing the official release it’s proper to judge how my projection did against it.
While the first wave of NFL releases have already occurred there are many more players who will likely be asked to take a pay cut or be released as we head into free agency. Some are still very good players who are going to be victims of the salary cap or change in direction for […]
This article refers specifically to OTC’s final projection for the 2023 NFL Draft’s compensatory picks. For details on the basics and methodology of projecting compensatory picks in general, please reference this article. Note that this projection does not include compensatory picks awarded via 2020 Resolution JC-2A. To understand how this projection is generated for each […]