The other day I looked at the amount of value that teams believe they have at the top of their roster based on the size of the player contract. You can read it in full if you would like, but the gist of it is that we can define marginal value/cost as the price a […]
There are a number of ways to look at roster construction in the NFL, and Nick recently did a great job with his roster texture charts(which you should read if you haven’t already), but today I wanted to look to see how teams really derive their value when they build a roster. Normally when we […]
Due to the fact that rosters will remain mostly static between now and the preseason, I thought that this would be a good time to provide an update as to the status of the players for whom we provided a 2015 expected outcome earlier in the offseason. As a reminder, we ran the Expected Contract […]
With free agency now going at a snail’s pace, I thought this would be a good time to give an update as to where the 2016 compensatory picks now stand. As always, if you’re wondering about a certain player, check in with 2016’s cancellation chart to see if another player has cancelled him out. Before […]
2015 ECV Expected Outcomes: AFC South NFC East | AFC East NFC West | AFC West NFC South As a reminder, the percentages listed in the second column represent the likelihood that the team will keep the player under contract for the 2015 season. Also, keep in mind that ECV has no idea […]
[adsenseyu1] One aspect of the NFL that I’ve always had a unique fascination with is its practice of awarding compensatory draft picks to teams that incur a net loss of free agents from the previous offseason. Perhaps it’s fascinated me because its operating details are deliberately mysterious, and we are usually left with questions and […]
Moving our best and worst series along we examine the Indianapolis Colts Best Contract: Hakeem Nicks For whatever reason I have always liked Hakeem Nicks and feel as if this contract has the potential to be the steal of the offseason. While Nicks has never been the same following injuries I do wonder how much […]