Last week it was mentioned in many outlets that Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham could potentially not participate in any OTAs because he would like a new contract. Graham is currently in the third year of a four year contract that he signed in 2015 and will earn $6.5 million this year. He is currently […]
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 March the Texans shocked the NFL when they signed Brock Osweiler to a four year, $72 million contract with $37 million guaranteed. Osweiler had started all of 7 games in his career before being benched for the playoffs by the Broncos in favor of Peyton Manning, whose arm had retired about 20 games before Manning […]
Last week, we established a market for upcoming free agent Denver nose tackle Sylvester Williams despite some difficulty finding appropriate players to use as comparables for the 4th year player because there just aren’t a lot of 2nd contract interior linemen in the league with similar age/stats/production. Today, we take a look at another 3-4 […]
I thought it might be fun during the draft to put up our contract estimates for each player but to also show where they should rank by contract annual value. While we all expect a lot from our draft picks and anyone who is not a star is generally considered a bust, in reality we […]
Adrian Peterson’s contract situation offers an interesting case of the tradeoff between contractual risk, potential for surplus value, and optionality. Even after Peterson’s 2016 salary becomes guaranteed and his roster bonus vests on the 3rd day of the league year, Peterson holds all of the contractual risk for 2017. This risk is coupled with a […]
The news of Ryan Kerrigan’s extension with Washington kind of got lost in the shuffle of all the Seahawks news last week, but today we got the details of Kerrigan’s extension and can give the contract a bit of a closer look. It’s an important contract because it helps fill a void for the 34 […]