Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens have decided to table contract negotiations until after the season ending one of the more intriguing offseason contract stories in recent memory. Jackson had decided to represent himself in these negotiations which took out most of the public posturing and leaking that usually occurs which is what made the […]
Russell Wilson was the latest QB signing of the season, inking a five year extension worth $49 million a year, with $165 million in injury guarantees. Mike Klis has the breakdown of the contract and overall it seems like a relatively fair contract for both sides. When the news of the contract first broke this […]
Prior to this offseason there had only been just two notable trades centered around the quarterback position dating back to 2015 – the Nick Foles/Sam Bradford deal between the Chip Kelly-run Eagles and the St. Louis Rams, and the Patriots sending Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco in favor of a 40-year-old Tom Brady. Broadening the […]
TJ Watt became the highest paid defensive player in the history of the NFL, signing a four year, $112 million contract that surprisingly contained $80 million fully guaranteed at signing from the Steelers who generally have some type of phobia around guarantees. PFT has the breakdown of the contract so I thought I could run […]
The 2021 league year in the NFL officially starts on Wednesday, March 17. The two day negotiating period of free agency commences on Monday, March 15, and this is the time when we would typically get first knowledge of the largest contracts to be signed. With those contracts signed come the generation of compensatory picks […]
The Pro Bowl is a fickle award, in multiple ways: It is, of course, an entirely subjective award, determined from the opinions of the players, coaches, and fans. The number of players per position it awards is not a perfect match to the field–for example, there are as many quarterbacks and running backs named as […]
Troy had a pretty interesting question regarding practice squad elevations this week where he wondered just how much teams are actually spending on elevations since this is a new thing teams will have to budget for in the future. Since we track standard elevations (Covid elevations hopefully will just be a one year deal) we […]