In the last few days there has been much talk about the concept of “new money” in NFL contracts after a report about what the Giants are offering Odell Beckham Jr on a contract extension. Today PFT chimed in with a look and I think that just led to more confusion, at least on my […]
The other day Odell Beckham said that he wants to be the highest paid player in the NFL. I’d say there is about as a good of chance of that happening as me being named the next general manager of the Jets, but lets explore further. Mike Florio of PFT did outline a case in […]
With the Pro Bowl rosters now finalized I’ll do our annual financial assessment of the rosters. While the Pro Bowl is certainly not the best measure of who are the best players in the NFL it can at least help us look at some trends among those who receive votes. The average annual salary of […]
In several of my WR and TE tier articles this year, I have used consistency or lack thereof as a reason why a particular player is or is not meeting his contract expectations. However, “Player A is consistent and Player B is not” without supporting analysis isn’t a very strong argument. Today, I would like […]
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about receivers and potential salaries in free agency which reminded me of my dominator index for receivers. For those who don’t remember the dominator index, basically it’s a measure of how much of the offense a receiver accounts for. We break down each receiver […]
This week, I’m going to revisit the 2016 signings and note where each player stands after 8 weeks on their new contracts. Methodology See my prior article here for more information regarding how these tiers were constructed and what types of receivers fit into each tier. APY Catches/16 Targets/16 Catch % Yards/16 TDs/16 Tier […]
Each year, teams across the NFL invest a large portion of their salary cap in Contract Extensions and Free Agent Deals for players who seemingly perform well. Once a team strikes a deal with a player, it is not only important to analyze the performance that justified the new deal, but it is also critical […]