2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

[Teamcheez1]

Honestly, what kind of leverage would Kuhn have in any deal? He is an aging RB that has no real value except to the Packers.

As long as they don't run him on 3rd and 1, I'm o.k. with keeping him at a nominal cost for another year or two.

[Tony Oday]

Better be negotiating with Kuhn to be RB coach...

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Yeah I don't understand that one. If the packers want Kuhn back offer him 1 mil/year and if he accepts great, if not then good luck finding more.

[run pMc]

Until Lacy/Franklin/Harris prove they can do it, Kuhn's your pass protector in the backfield, and last resort at running the ball. I don't expect Starks back unless there's a dearth of offers...which would be a surprise. When healthy, he's a pretty good #2 and could push to start on a few other teams. Kuhn also plays ST. That said, I don't see a huge market for him, and wouldn't offer him a huge contract, but if I wanted him back I wouldn't insult him with a lowball offer either. Something around $2yr/$3M would be ok.

Wonder what kind of offer Neal will get.

That packernews article reports they have interest in TEs John Carlson and Garrett Graham. Carlson was good back when he played for SEA, but he has at least 3 concussions, and his availability plus Kyle Rudolph made him expendable. Don't know a lot about Graham other than he's a former Badger. Neither excites me. With GB reportedly talking to Quarless, it seems like they are planning to move on without Finley.

[Guiness]

I know it's OT for this thread, but isn't the following statement false?

As one source explained it to PFT, that’s the number most if not all owners used when establishing their budgets for the upcoming free-agency period. It means that most if not all General Managers will have to persuade their owners to increase the budget in light of the increased cap room.

I assume Florio's trying to be cute, and it talking out of his ass here? With the current CBA, there was a lot of talk about a salary 'floor' which was a percentage of the cap. So extra money in the cap would automatically convert to extra money for GMs to spend, right?

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packers talking to Q

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the Packers have been in "regular contact" with free agent Andrew Quarless.
With free agent Jermichael Finley's (neck) status still up in the air, the Pack could find themselves short at tight end if Quarless walked. Quarless has been linked to the Giants and former Pack assistant Ben McAdoo. Quarless is Rotoworld's No. 9 free-agent tight end.

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I know it's OT for this thread, but isn't the following statement false?



I assume Florio's trying to be cute, and it talking out of his ass here? With the current CBA, there was a lot of talk about a salary 'floor' which was a percentage of the cap. So extra money in the cap would automatically convert to extra money for GMs to spend, right?

but a lot of owners would like to pocket as much money as they can. if teams and owners have already made a budget for this year, then the cap all of a sudden going up by 7 million more then they figured for, could screw up a lot of things

plus the cap floor isn't a year to year thing, over a 4 year period a team has to spend 89% of the cap

it comes down to, some owners will not want to spend that extra 7 million, especially when some teams are losing money to begin with

[pbmax]

I know it's OT for this thread, but isn't the following statement false?



I assume Florio's trying to be cute, and it talking out of his ass here? With the current CBA, there was a lot of talk about a salary 'floor' which was a percentage of the cap. So extra money in the cap would automatically convert to extra money for GMs to spend, right?

Yes, there is a floor for the cap and a minimum cash to spend number, but both are below the max cap number. So persuasion could still buy you increased player spending.

[Guiness]

but a lot of owners would like to pocket as much money as they can. if teams and owners have already made a budget for this year, then the cap all of a sudden going up by 7 million more then they figured for, could screw up a lot of things

plus the cap floor isn't a year to year thing, over a 4 year period a team has to spend 89% of the cap

Forgot about the 4 year rolling floor thing.

So the increased cap would pull the floor up, but even if a team was close to (or below) the floor they could still sit on that amount short term.

it comes down to, some owners will not want to spend that extra 7 million, especially when some teams are losing money to begin with

*cough* *cough* what?!?

My sarcasm meter is bouncing around, not at all sure if you were being facetious there or not!

[pbmax]

Well, I am not even going to try to parse this.

Sam shields @ShieldSam37 1h
I feel a big blessing coming

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Well, I am not even going to try to parse this.

Sam shields @ShieldSam37 1h
I feel a big blessing coming

that could go all kinds of different ways

[pbmax]

that could go all kinds of different ways

Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 1m
Re Shields' cryptic tweet - 'I feel big blessing coming' - source close to him says no deal with Packers imminent.

[pbmax]

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 4m
Arziona Cardinals gave former Vikings TE John Carlson a two-year deal.

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Forgot about the 4 year rolling floor thing.

So the increased cap would pull the floor up, but even if a team was close to (or below) the floor they could still sit on that amount short term.

*cough* *cough* what?!?

My sarcasm meter is bouncing around, not at all sure if you were being facetious there or not!

is that because you think all nfl teams make money?

i don't know about this last season, but before that the lions had had 4 straight seasons of losing money, 6 of the last 7 seasons

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/59397/forbes-lions-continue-losing-money

you gotta wonder how a team like the jags are profitable when they can't sell out their stadium, they may be close to the break even point (even with shared money) and 7 million could put them in the red (or black, whichever one is the bad one)

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Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 1m
Re Shields' cryptic tweet - 'I feel big blessing coming' - source close to him says no deal with Packers imminent.

thats what i figured. today everyones agent is talking with every team out there trying to get deals done, but can't sign until monday.

sounds to me like sam just got a big offer from someone else