2015 Compensatory Draft Pick Projection Update (2/18/2015): A Change To Same-Round Cancellations & Cutoffs By Round, Plus Some Thoughts On LeGarrette Blount

Since this is the first year I have set out to project the NFL’s compensatory draft picks (via a program built using OTC’s data), I anticipated that there would be mistakes along the way as part of simply learning more of the process. I have already issued a couple corrections as I have learned more, […]

2015 Compensatory Draft Pick Projection Update (2/4/2015): Additional Qualifying UFAs & Some Thoughts On Playing Time

In the post that contains my projections for the awarding of compensatory picks for the 2015 draft, one reader noticed that I had made no mention of Ed Dickson, who went from Baltimore to Carolina on a minimum salary benefit deal of $795,000 on April 10, 2014.  Indeed, other than for the fact that his […]

Free Agency Thoughts: San Francisco 49ers

[adsenseyu1] Key Additions: Antoine Bethea ($5.3M per year), Blaine Gabbert ($2M), Brandon Lloyd ($1M) Key Re-Signings: Anquan Boldin ($6M per year), Phil Dawson ($3.1M) Key Losses: Donte Whitner (Browns), Tarell Brown (Raiders), Anthony Dixon (Bills) Major Cuts: Carlos Rogers ($5.1M cap savings- June 1) Free Agency Thoughts: After years of having one of the most […]