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NFL Stock Down: Week 10

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

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Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Darren McFadden– McFadden signed a one year contract in hopes of proving to someone in the league that he had enough talent to warrant a multi-year contract. 7 carries for 20 yards isn’t going to convince anyone of it.  McFadden has basically been useless for two weeks and his career may be grinding to a halt.

Marques Colston– Colston has been an invisible man in the Saints offense this season unless you catch a glimpse of him dropping passes that he never would have dropped earlier in his career. Colston’s high salary cap charge in 2015 will likely seem him released and his free agent value drops every week.

Mathias Kiwanuka– The Giants are in freefall and likely ready to blow things up with Kiwanuka being one of those likely released. He was invisible in the game against the Seahawks registering just one tackle while the Seahawks racked up a ridiculous number of rushing yards.

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New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Jay Cutler– The whole Bears free agent/extension group deserves a collective vote for this one, but Cutler is the QB and his lack of caring about anything is pretty evident in what he does. The Packers killed the Bears and Cutler gave them no hope. He needs to do better because they are stuck with him for two more years.

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NFL Stock Down: Week 8

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

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Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Hakeem Nicks– Nicks took a one year deal with the Indianapolis Colts to turn the perception around that he wasn’t worth big receiver money. It seemed like a great pairing since we all know Nicks has talent and the Colts system puts up great numbers, but Nicks has been a dud and the ship has sailed at being paid anywhere near a top end number 2, let alone number 1 receiver. Nicks produced just 1 reception despite being targeted 6 times this week.

Michael Vick– One would think Vick was using this season to hope to land one more starting job down the line, but in his second appearance of the year Vick continued to show many of the bad traits he showed in his final years in Philadelphia. Vick completed just 50% of his passes and turned the ball over three times in relief of Geno Smith. Vick should get his chance to start the rest of the season and he has to do better than this to prolong his career.

Jordan Cameron– Cameron had his breakout game a few weeks ago and then proceeded to go back to looking like just another guy again. Cameron has a chance to cash in as a potential difference maker at the position, but he needs to do more than a few catches and not being very useful as a blocker when used on the line.

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New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Lamarr Houston– The biggest risk in free agency is how a player will react once they get paid big money and in the case of the Bears and Houston it looks like they grabbed the guy who stopped playing with the contract. The Bears defense has been a joke all season and nothing was more of a joke than Houston getting injured while celebrating a sack down by a billion points.  Houston has made no impact this season- that sack was just his first and he has only 11 tackles on the year. In his contract year he produced 69 tackles and 6 sacks.

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NFL Stock Down: Week 7

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

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Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Brian Hoyer– Maybe Hoyer was reading into the press clippings too much but this was a dog of a game that looked more backup level quarterback than competent starter. To complete 39% of your passes against Jacksonville is about as bad a game a player can have in the NFL. For a player at his level he cant afford many games like this.

CJ Spiller– I always dislike putting an injured player in this category, but this was really devastating for Spiller who will likely miss the rest of the season. Spiller needed more of an opportunity in his walk year to do something special enough to warrant a mid tier contract. Now he could be looking at either a one year “prove it” type contract in the same pay range of Knowshon Moreno or a far lesser two year contract like Ben Tate.

Osi Umenyiora– Another game and another empty stat sheet for Umenyiora. The Falcons are not out of the race because the NFC South is so bad, but if there is a player they should trade its Osi, who doesn’t fit in the system and isn’t benefitting either side by remaining in Atlanta.

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New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Andy Dalton– When Dalton is bad he can be atrocious and after a hot start it looks like the Bengals have entered the bad Dalton period of the season. The franchise QB finished the day 18 of 38 for a sad 126 yards and no scores. That can’t be what the Bengals expected when they signed Dalton to a $16 million a year extension this offseason.

NFL Stock Down: Week 6

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

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Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Jason Pierre-Paul– In a chance to be showcased in a big national game, Pierre-Paul continued to disappoint. JPP registered no sacks and outside of a trip up of Nick Foles on a run really made no impact at all. It’s hard to believe how far his star has fallen since he looked like the next big thing a few years ago.

Danny Amendola– Somehow in a game where the Patriots threw the ball 37 times to 10 different receivers, Amendola did not get even one look. The Amendola-Welker switch will probably go down as one of the worst decisions of all time, a decision the Patriots will try to forget when they cut Amendola as soon as the season ends.

Mike Williams– In the biggest game of the season for the Buffalo Bills, Williams somehow found himself deactivated for the game. The Bills traded for Williams in the offseason hoping that he would provide, for one year, a low cost threat to the passing game. Williams, who was also given up on by the Buccaneers, needs to be on the field to try to get himself a job next season.

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New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Chris Johnson– Johnson carried the ball just three times for the Jets on Sunday, looking like an afterthought in the struggling offense. The Jets, who paid Johnson $4 million this offseason, look to have given up on integrating the former star into the offense.  This may be the last regular season stop of Johnson’s career.

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NFL Stock Down: Week 5

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

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Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Torrey Smith– Everyone expected a big year from Smith and it’s just not there. Smith had chances and didn’t make the most of them, dropped passes and, at least in one case, did not seem to give the max effort expected of a star player. After the game Smith admitted that this is a trying time for himbut he needs a major rebound over the next 11 games to get the contract he hoped for.

Nick Mangold– Watching every snap of the Jets game was torture for me and Mangold, who is supposed to be the leader of the offensive line, looked terrible. The Jets offensive line was overwhelmed and I don think I’ve ever seen Mangold get penalized and give up a sack on the same play. Mangold carries a $10 million plus cap figure in 2015, making this essentially a contract year for him.

Alex Henery– I’m not sure why no Lions can kick this year but Henery was signed to a one year contract a few weeks ago and will likely be released by the time you read this. This was not just costing the Lions a game by missing one critical kick but multiple ones all game.

New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Chris Johnson– Johnson was brought in by the Jets to be the speedy compliment to their rushing game and a deadly force in their passing game. Right now he looks stuck in the mud and disinterested in what is a fading season. Johnson’s fumble was the final nail in the Jets coffin on Sunday.

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NFL Stock Down: Week 4

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Cam Newton– Once again I will reiterate that Newton is nowhere near a $20 million a year QB and his chances for an extension are quickly blowing up. 14/25 for 197 yards is low end game manager type play. I think at some point people are also going to question how Steve Smith is putting up the numbers he is in Baltimore while becoming something of an afterthought in Carolina.

Jason Worilds– Worilds is playing on the transition tag because the Steelers didn’t believe enough in him to sign him to a long term contract but were also holding out hope that he could earn that big contract. Through four games hope looks to be all this is. Worilds has posted just one sack and on Sunday registered just three pressures and 1 tackle in the teams’ loss to the Buccaneers.

LeSean McCoy– McCoy doesn’t look like the same player he was last season and his coach had no confidence to give him the ball at the goalline on two plays. McCoy’s salary balloons next season making this effectively a contract year for him. This is the second week in a row McCoy has done nothing and 10 carries for 17 yards is not going to get the job done for McCoy’s future prospects.

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New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Maurice Jones Drew– In all honesty this should just go to the entire Raiders organization of free agents, who were all terrible for the 3rd time in four games this year. MJD is trying to work himself back from another injury and carried the ball two times for all of 1 yard. He also added two receptions for just a yard. Oakland had no business making this signing and whomever is running the team next year will likely make sure it’s a one year throw away.

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NFL Stock Down: Week 3

Posted on by Jason Fitzgerald

Every Monday during the season we will take a look back at three players who are entering important stages of their contract that may have hurt their stock in upcoming negotiations with their play on Sunday. In addition we will also look at one player signed in the offseason to a new contract that did not live up to the expectations that his contract sets for the player.

Stock Down

Frank Gore– For years Gore has been proving people wrong who believe he cant be effective as he ages, but in the final year of his contract Gore had more incentive to prove it wrong this year. Unfortunately Gore was not been able to accomplish that this week. Gore had just 6 carries for 10 yards against the Cardinals and barely seemed to be involved in the game. Gore needs to quickly get back to being a 15-18 carry effective back to get that next contract.

Randall Cobb– I’m not sure what to make of Cobb’s start to the season. The feeling was he would cash in this year with the franchise tag being a worse case scenario. But through three games his non-touchdown production has been poor and the Packers pass attack has now been stuck in neutral on their two road games. Cobb was targeted 6 times for just 29 yards this week and something just is not clicking right now.

Ryan Tannehill– It’s year three for Tannehill and something is not clicking in Miami. This is two duds in a row for the Dolphins and the coach, QB and offense are going to start feeling the heat soon. The logical next step if things don’t improve for a coach on a hot seat is to replace the QB with the high priced backup sitting on the bench. That would be a major blow for Tannehill and his financial prospects moving forward.

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New Contract Disappointment Of The Week

Toby Gerhart– Is the Jaguars offensive line a disaster?  Absolutely, but Gerhart was brought in because he didn’t have a lot of miles on his legs and was supposed to be able to work through this. He’s been a non-factor for the Jaguars and they have no faith in using him to try to slow things down. In the last two games he has 16 carries for 40 yards. For the Jaguars sake things better improve with the young QB in the game.

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