NFL: Offseason Thread
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Age is starting to creep up on him. My bold prediction this year is that Brady will hit the wall this year similar to Manning in 2015
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I'm in the same boat. If it were any other team, there would be sirens going off, but with Brady and Belichick you just don't know.
It's all in play. Brady could finally look his age and the whole thing could fall apart or the Pats might have another two or three Super Bowls in them. I'm just done betting against them. Look at the field in the AFC South. Do you really see any team besides the Steelers that really looks ready to overtake New England? Because I sure don't.
Sure looks to me like the road to the playoffs will be much easier in the AFC than the NFC.
Yeah. And you never know. I still think the NFL postseason is the best format for fans because the single game elimination makes it easier for underdogs to get through. So of course the Pats could get knocked out in the playoffs, but as usual it looks like a leisurely stroll through the AFC East for them all but guaranteeing them at least one home playoff game.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24493217/odell-beckham-jr-agrees-record-deal-giants
Money well spent? Five years, 95 million. 65 million in guarantees although the report didn't break down what was fully guaranteed and what's guaranteed against injury.
Money well spent? Five years, 95 million. 65 million in guarantees although the report didn't break down what was fully guaranteed and what's guaranteed against injury.
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It's a gamble, and not just because of some of the maturity issues. I think that ultimately they had to do it, but they're going to have to force feed him targets to justify the deal.
Browns LB Mychal Kendricks was charged with insider trading. He had been with the Eagles since 2012 and signed a 1-year, $3.5 million deal with the Browns this past off-season. He was going to be a key piece of their LB rotation.
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You would think it has to clean them out for this season. Over the Cap says Green Bay has a little over $11 million in cap space. Rodgers previous deal was $19.8 million this season which accounted for 11% of the Packers entire cap space. If he is guaranteed $65+ million this season, then that not only wipes out their remaining cap space this but means they have to find around $30 million additional funds. I am very curious to see how that plays out with the 53 man roster.
Edit: It sounds like Rodgers is going to make around $40 million per season for at least the next 2 seasons, or around that much to make it $80 million guaranteed by March of 2019. If he's around $40 million for 2018 that puts Green Bay over the cap by $7 million.
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I guess that takes them out of the running for Khalil Mack. They were one of the teams that kept coming up in the trade rumors.
So at the end of this contract Rodgers will be 40 years old. Already I'm wondering what Green Bay will do then. Would they bite the bullet and dole out another massive contract extension for a 40 year old with a lengthy injury history or show him the door like they did with Favre?
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That's a good point. Clay Matthews is due 11.3 million this season and hasn't been all that great of a player for a while now. Maybe he's one of the high profile players who will find himself looking for work after Sept. 1.
My guess is Bulaga gets cut. He's proven to be injury prone and cutting him frees up around $4.5 million of cap space.
