Per a report today from Adam Schefter, Aaron Donald of the Rams intends to hold out into the regular season if he does not receive a new contract. This really should be no surprise given that he decided to push the issue this year and play his lone trump card. Once you get beyond a […]
The Bills sent some shockwaves around the NFL with two trades today, so I wanted to share my thoughts on those moves. First up is the trade which sent wide receiver Sammy Watkins to the Rams in exchange for cornerback EJ Gaines and a 2nd round draft pick. For the Bills these moves signaled just […]
The Los Angeles Rams suffered a rough homecoming on the field in 2016, finishing up the season with a 4-12 record. That being said, the team has a few key building blocks, starting with stud defensive tackle Aaron Donald. The two-time NFL All Pro selection has not only achieved league-wide consensus as the top defensive […]
Key Additions: WR Brandon Marshall ($5.5M), TE Rhett Ellison ($4.5M), G DJ Fluker ($3M), QB Geno Smith ($1.2M)
Recently Pro Football Focus published their list of the top 101 players in the NFL and I thought it would be fun to break things down into financials and free agent status. While nobody is going to take the PFF list as gospel they do hard work when compiling their lists and grades and it […]
When teams sign a player to a certain contract value they have a general expectation of return based on that salary figure. The salary cap numbers, however, can be manipulated pretty easily as some teams will create an incredibly low cap figure early in a contract only to see that contract explode in later years […]
The following table displays the likelihood of each player with a salary cap number of $2 million or more remaining under contract for 2016, as calculated by Expected Contract Value 2.0. Pay cuts and retirements are considered releases for purposes of Expected Contract Value. Players subject to 5th year team options of rookie contracts are not […]