Analyzing the Green Bay Packers 2018 Offseason
2018 Green Bay Packers (Cap Numbers as of 1/26; source Over The Cap.com; projected $179.5 M cap)
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2018 Potential Cuts: Quarterback
1. Mike Glennon, Bears Cap Saved: $11.5 million, Cash Saved: $12.5 million One of the worst, if not the worst, signings of last year, Glennon only lasted four games before being benched. He does have a $2.5 million salary guarantee so the Bears will actually realize close to $1 million more in savings once he […]
Exploring the Market for Kirk Cousins
Kirk Cousins is going to be a free agent and will likely receive a record breaking contract in free agency. Pursuing Cousins I think brings up a lot of questions about good and bad use of money. Cousins is the best free agent QB that has been available in years and is a “franchise QB” […]
The NFC Championship and the Sam Bradford Trade
Sunday night’s game between the Vikings and Eagles was still in question with 3:26 left in the second quarter and the Vikings dropping back to pass on a 3rd and five from the Eagles 16-yard line. They were down just 14-7 and at the time Eagles fans were sitting on the couch hoping for a […]
Jaguars Trying to Emulate the Strategy of the 2013 Seahawks
As I was writing Caponomics: Building Super Bowl Champions, which is now available on Amazon (paper edition/kindle), I realized there are two distinctly different styles of constructing a championship roster.The first roster construction strategy is the obvious one, investing in a top tier quarterback, which means over 10% of the cap, and thus creating, by […]
Thoughts on Tyrod Taylor’s Benching
In a surprising move the Bills yesterday benched starting QB Tyrod Taylor to get a look at rookie Nathan Peterman, a 5th round draft pick from Pitt. So while Im a little late to the party on this I wanted to share some thoughts anyway on the topic.
Week 5: QB Valuations
I’ve been working on some different valuation metrics for players and wanted to post one for quarterbacks. The basis for this is how to re-assign market values based on a few factors. What I used to evaluate the players were four categories. Adjusted yards more or less measures the overall output of the player (this […]