Saints are 23 million over the cap. Really incredible some of the cap hits they have coming this year. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/cap/
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Saints are 23 million over the cap. Really incredible some of the cap hits they have coming this year. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/cap/
Yeah, Saints are doubly screwed because they aren't that good. They'll be rebuilding for a few years is my guess.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...lti-year-deal/
Report: Cardinals, Larry Fitzgerald closing in on multi-year deal
" No further details are offered, but it seems certain that the deal will significantly lower the cap hit from the $26.3 million figure that Fitzgerald carries under his current deal. "
Comment woodbuck27:
FA QB Josh McCown has been busy. last week he was in Buffalo for a cup of coffee and out.Now....
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-get-together/
McCown, Fox (Bears) get together
Posted by Mike Florio on February 18, 2015, 9:06 AM EST
The Cleveland Browns are also reported interested in Josh McCown.
Lately they had been managing their cap decently. Peppers was a cut because they didn't think his production matched his salary. If the Saints guy who is now the Bears GM comes in with that same mentality, the Bears have an even smaller window than they did with Emery and Lovie.
Does TT read Twitter?
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TJ Lang @TJLang70 · 4h 4 hours ago
“@HeadHuntr01: @TJLang70 @jsitton71 Hey guys. Let's keep one of the best "O" lines together for 2015....Sign Brian B now."I'll get on it
Florio just said he doesn't think Cobb will be back with the Packers. Cited the ability of rookie WR's to make an impact, and Rodgers' ability to get the most out of his receivers. I think he's wrong, but we'll see.
How often has Thompson let one of his draft picks, who happens to be a bona-fide Pro Bowl caliber player, just leave town?
The cap has been relatively flat over the past 3-4 years...but it is poised to rise going forward. That makes the market a little harder to predict, which is why you see so few deals getting done before we hit the deadline. Players are content to let the market determine their fair value this year, because it is likely to be higher than what teams were willing to part with prior to the deadline.
I don't recall who posted it, but someone mentioned how young Cobb is even compared with guys drafted two and three years after him. He is one of our ascending players, and I don't think you just let him get away like that. It's a game of replacement, but not at this stage of the game for Cobb or the Packers. If Florio is right on, then I'll question the purpose of "draft and develop" if you don't end up giving a second contract to one of your very best players.
Florio is just doing what we all are capable of doing - engaging in pure conjecture. The fact that he gets paid for it is what we should really all be concerned about.
Joe, I would totally sign up for that scenario. House might be ready for a step up, so then they would just need to find a young buck to take House's spot, and perhaps a higher round guy who would be good enough to play nickel corner right away, ala Hayward vs. drafting/signing a pure project like the 7th round kid who was a basketball player previously.
TT will make every attempt to sign Cobb and Bulaga, but nothing will happen until after the legal tampering period. They'll both want to see how much they are worth to other teams before signing, so we just have to wait. The only way Cobb or Bulaga aren't re-signed is if they really want to play somewhere else.
House wants to start, so the only way they bring him back is if Williams is gone.
Would you rather have House and TWill or Shields and House? Just curious. I guess I, too, prefer Shields, but I definitely feel we overpaid for him. Oh well...
Shields worries me. He has missed 13 regular season games in 5 years, and hasn't played a full season of games yet. Not that House has been any better, but they have a lot of money tied up in Shields.
Williams always seems to answer the bell, even when he has been beaten up. But, then there is that age thing..........
I have a feeling they'll re-sign TWill after he tests the market. Unless the Raiders sign him.
Lots of good tid bits of information in this article:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...293110391.html
- House is highly regarded and could get $7M/year.
- Packers have apparently opened discussions with House and Tolzien.
- House would like to stay in GB, as would Flynn
....and for you Badger fans, Rob Havenstein did very poorly in all of the drills.
Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 36m36 minutes ago
Boykin is restricted free agent. RT @blakebaratz: I want to welcome #Packers WR Jarrett Boykin @BoyKinHeCatch to the @TeamIFA Family.
Boykin is doomed to join the Vikings.
Packers have spent a lot of cash in the last year. Will have no trouble hitting the minimum cash spent in the CBA.
Jimmy /J.I./ Halsell @SalaryCap101 1h1 hour ago
Approx total cash to be spent over the next two seasons (2015 & 2016) for clubs to be compliant w 89% spending rule.
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Stephen Jackson released by atl.
Justin Houston tagged by the Chiefs.
Suh is NOT tagged by Lions.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 12m12 minutes ago
Broncos will place their franchise tag of WR Demaryius Thomas before today's 4 ET deadline.
A tag on Suh wouldn't have worked at all anyway. They would have had to pay him $27M. He likely wouldn't even consider a long term deal when he would have had $27M fully guaranteed for just a one year commitment. No reason to.
Do these numbers differ from earlier estimates?
Albert Breer via Wilde:
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ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 1m1 minute ago
Per source, salary cap is $143.28 million per team for 2015.
Here's the prevailing wisdom in Detroit, from an article in the Free Press:
"His [Suh's] presence tilts the field in a way that's hard to measure, and surely why the Lions brass strongly considered spending nearly $27 million to keep him for another year. They understand what they have in him.
They also know they have to do what it takes to sign him. Pay him what he wants. The Lions aren't building for the future. They are building for September, and that means finding a way to keep your best player."
This is the difference between the Lions and the Packers. They put themselves in this predicament by structuring Suh's last re-structuring so if he went to FA and the Lions tagged him they'd have to pay him 20% above the franchise for the year. Thus the 26 mill number.
They've also restructured Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford, pushing money into the future over and over. So those two are huge cap hits, and re-signing Suh would mean zero flexibility anywhere on the roster.
Dez Bryant tagged by Cowboys and Jason Pierre-Paul tagged by Giants.
Brad Jones signed by Eagles.
I claim premature, rehabilitated player evaluation qualifications.
BTW, it should not go unremarked that the Packer Press continued its impressive streak of premature cutting of FA due to cap number in significant ways this year.
First, both Hawk and Jones were floated as possible casualties long before they were finally released this offseason.
But mainly, that Julius Peppers could not continue to be a Packer with a cap number around $12 mil and a salary of $9.5. In hindsight, calling this one was dumb, because it would have required you to believe Ted really did sign a vet to a year and and fakery contract.
Past winners of this award are Woodson, Harris, Pickett, Barnett, Driver and KGB, KGB, KGB, KGB and KGB.
Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 2h2 hours ago
Thus far official paperwork has been filed for franchise tags for D. Thomas, Dez Bryant, Jason Pierre-Paul and J. Houston. 4pm deadline looming others
Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 1h1 hour ago
Reportedly tagged so far: #Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas, #Patriots K Stephen Gostkowski, #Cowboys WR Dez Bryant, #Chiefs LB Justin Houston.
Well that worked out OK for Cobb. He and Maclin are only top WRs left.