Each year teams set their salary cap for hopes of maximizing their roster efficiency in a given year. Injuries can throw all the planning a team makes out of wack, putting millions upon millions of dollars on the sidelines and leaving a team thin with talent. So what teams are being impacted the most by […]
This is a first draft of one of the 25 or so theories from the “Caponomics Theories” section of my upcoming book Caponomics: Understanding NFL Roster Building through Super Bowl Champion Salary Cap Analysis. Any of the references to other chapters in this article are E-mail me at Caponomics@gmail.com if you’re interested in staying updated when preview […]
I’ll be updating this tonight with some brief thoughts on the picks being made in the draft. The estimates are based on the NFL freezing the draft pool again so the contract number may be slighty low if the NFL follows the actual rules in the CBA. Feel free to leave comments during the draft. […]
[adsenseyu1] This offseason, I’m going to go through the Giants salary cap and discuss what they should do to prepare for the 2015 season. I think this will be a great teaching tool for myself to learn more about the salary cap and to engage with you guys on some of the lessons to learn […]
[adsenseyu1] We finally get our first participant from the NFC West with our look at the St Louis Rams Best Contract: Jake Long The Rams have a different way of handling contracts than many other teams in the NFL. They are more creative and certainly much more quirky with the contracts than others. Most of their […]
[adsenseyu1] Today’s best and worst entry features the New York Giants Best Contract: Walter Thurmond For the most part picking through the Giants best contracts comes down to identifying short term deals that seem like good values. Many of their longer term contracts are heavier on bonus money and/or guarantees that lead to a much more […]
[adsenseyu1] Week two of our Best & Worst series starts with the Atlanta Falcons Best Contract: Roddy White Despite an injury plagued 2013 season which saw Roddy White post very pedestrian numbers, there is no doubt that White has been a tremendous bargain for the Atlanta Falcons since signing a $42.72 million contract extension back in […]