It’s NFL Combine time and with the Combine always comes contract news and today’s big story is that Colin Kaepernick has asked to seek a trade from the 49ers. This comes just one day after San Francisco indicated they were committed to having the quarterback on the roster this year, but also seemed to indicate […]
The 49ers placed Colin Kaepernick on injured reserve yesterday, a few short weeks after benching him for what the 49ers said would be a temporary move to the bench to help Kaepernick clear his head. After backup Blaine Gabbert won his start with the team it seemed the 49ers were already pulling away from the […]
Sometime last night there was a report that 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick was on the trade block. The 49ers quickly refuted the report, but since I am getting a number of questions about it here is how a trade would work from a financial perspective. Any trade involving Kaepernick would result in a $9,863,013 charge […]
[adsenseyu1] In this weeks OTC Podcast I give more thoughts on Colin Kaepernick’s extension with the 49ers; ranges on possible extensions for Tyron Smith, Devin McCourtey, and Jurrell Casey; my opinions on the JJ Watt mock negotiation between Joel Corry and Ari Nissim; a quick overview of the Detroit Lions cap woes and difficulty in signing […]
Something that we began discussing about 2 months after the ink was dry on Russell Wilson’s contract extension with the Broncos in 2022 looks to be a reality as the Broncos are reportedly benching Wilson for the final two games of the year. Sources: The #Broncos are, in fact, benching Russell Wilson for the final […]
A few days ago Mike Florio of PFT posted about an injury waiver in Jimmy Garoppolo’s contract with the Raiders that has somehow gotten people to thinking Garoppolo will never play a down with the Raiders and that has led to people going down the rabbit hole with thoughts on Garoppolo’s future and who will […]
As expected for some time Ja’Waun James has filed a grievance against the NFL according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. The grievance will seek $15 million in damages which is the amount of James’ 2021 and 2022 injury protection that was negotiated in his prior contract with the Broncos. We have talked about […]