Expected Contract Outcomes – Expected Contract Value 2.0 utilizes an algorithm based on a player’s contract characteristics, age, position and 2015 performance to forecast probabilities as to the outcomes of contract termination decisions. The lower the Expected Outcome, the more likely the player’s contract will be terminated in 2016. A pay cut is treated as […]
Per ESPN’s Field Yates, the Patriots recently extended the contract of guard Josh Kline for two years at a max value of $5.1 million and base value of $3.5 million. While that isn’t exactly major news I thought it brings up a very interesting concept of buying out free agent years which some teams employ […]
Tonight, everyone on Thursday Night Football is mentioning how young and inexperienced this Patriots offensive line is, but this is nothing new in New England as they have always had young, inexperienced and inexpensive offensive lines. As Deion Sanders and others have mentioned tonight, Tom Brady gets the ball off very quickly. These two things […]
I’m going to keep this brief and to the point as this seems like a gimme bet to me tonight and it shouldn’t need much explanation. Patriots -7 The Steelers have simply run into a buzz saw tonight as the Patriots faithful will be loud, drunk and just plain festive. They’re raising a championship banner […]
We all knew the Patriots would have to make a move or two to give themselves some breathing room with the salary cap, but they made a pretty interesting one with a very short term $20.06 million two year extension for Nate Solder. According to Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald, Solder will receive a […]
Following an incident over the weekend in which Spikes vehicle was found abandoned the Patriots quickly released the linebacker just a few weeks after signing him to a $1.1 million contract. The Patriots had some reservations about bringing Spikes back which was shown in their contract offer that contained just $25,000 in guaranteed money. Despite […]
What follows is a first draft that I wrote today of an excerpt from the theories section of #Caponomics: Understanding NFL Roster Building through Super Bowl Champion Salary Cap Analysis. After posting this other excerpt, I realized I had to rethink how I approached the section as much of what I would be writing in […]