As the NFL juggernaut steams toward the most exciting part of the season, General Managers are spending time formulating various virtual team roster models that stretch out as many as three years into the future, beginning with the 2017 league year. One of the important components of a roster model involves decisions revolving around unrestricted free agents. […]
In Week 2 of our Best and Worst series we turn our attention to the AFC North and the Baltimore Ravens. Best: Elvis Dumervil, 5 years, $26 million, $8.5 million guaranteed While the Ravens I think struggle a bit with the contracts that they offer to homegrown talent, they generally drive great bargains with players […]
(Referencing the Jimmy Graham situation…)
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter the Bears are going to release veteran cornerback Tim Jennings in the first suprise, big name release of the preseason. It is a somewhat surprising move because Jennings had his entire $4.4 million base salary guaranteed for the year and the Bears will be on the hook for that money once […]
This just might be my favorite signing of the offseason. I’ve always loved Tim Tebow, no matter your religious beliefs, you can’t hate on a man who works hard, does the right things and loves the game of football.In an interview by UFC fighter Brendan Schaub with Urban Meyer for The Fighter and the Kid […]
News has broke that the NFL made an error in the placement of three of the 32 compensatory picks for the 2015 NFL Draft. The errors are as follows: Denver’s 6th was demoted to a 7th. Pittsburgh’s 7th was promoted to a 6th. Carolina’s 6th was promoted to a 5th. This is tremendously good news […]
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 […]