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10 hours ago, Pastor Dillon said:

You aren’t moving up from 12 to 5 with a couple 3rds 

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Here’s a DVC I found - 5th is valued at 1500, 12th is valued at 1200, so that’s 300 needed to even everything out.

Pick 33 = 585

Pick 65 = 265

Pick 73 = 225

Pick 104 = 98

Pick 187 = 20

Pick 245 = 8

Realistically…

1200 + 265 + 225 = 1690

1690 - 1500 = 190

So by this DVC, Seattle would have to find the equivalent of the 80th pick (3rd round) to even the trade between the two teams. Seattle sending back pick 83 (175) STILL gives the value edge to Seattle.

Other DVCs have other values, but the values of pick 1-20 are relatively the same. The math is awfully similar between them all, so 12 + 65 + 73 is absolutely equal value to 5th overall (especially when you consider both John Schneider and Nick Caserio are both big analytics guys who take this math into consideration when making decisions).

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9 minutes ago, ET80 said:

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Here’s a DVC I found - 5th is valued at 1500, 12th is valued at 1200, so that’s 300 needed to even everything out.

Pick 33 = 585

Pick 65 = 265

Pick 73 = 225

Pick 104 = 98

Pick 187 = 20

Pick 245 = 8

Realistically…

1200 + 265 + 225 = 1690

1690 - 1500 = 190

So by this DVC, Seattle would have to find the equivalent of the 80th pick (3rd round) to even the trade between the two teams. Seattle sending back pick 83 (175) STILL gives the value edge to Seattle.

Other DVCs have other values, but the values of pick 1-20 are relatively the same. The math is awfully similar between them all, so 12 + 65 + 73 is absolutely equal value to 5th overall (especially when you consider both John Schneider and Nick Caserio are both big analytics guys who take this math into consideration when making decisions).

Love this... but it does say 5th = 1700 (7th = 1500)

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5 minutes ago, jch1911 said:

Love this... but it does say 5th = 1700 (7th = 1500)

Dammit… my eyes are failing me too fast!

(Overall point still remains: [1690 - 1700 = -10] so maybe throw in that Mr Irrelevant Comp pick for an extra 8 points).

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So since we have re-signed S. Ques (yuck) & MJ Stewart (yay?!).

Which other free agents should the team bring back right now?

Unrestricted FAs

 

My targets are bolded.   Bolded & italicized are probably out of the price range the club would offer.

88 Jordan Akins TE  somebody gonna overpay for Akins - hopefully not the Texans
 3 Kyle Allen QB
28 Rex Burkhead RB
 4 Phillip Dorsett WR
 6 Jeff Driskel QB
26 Royce Freeman RB
92 Rasheem Green DE
43 Neville Hewitt OLB
83 O. J. Howard TE
64 Justin McCray G
15 Chris Moore WR
45 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo OLB
36 Jonathan Owens SS
57 Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB
95 Derek Rivers DE
 1 Tremon Smith CB
 2 Tavierre Thomas CB

 

TE O.J. Howard - I would offer 1 year, $4M fully guaranteed. Would put among top 30 highest paid TEs.  Gets a chance with a OC who probably could use him better than the last one.

WR Chris Moore - I would offer offer 2 years, $8M, $2M signing bonus ($4M APY).  Decent pay day for WR3/4 and core STer.

Edge Ogbonnia Okoronkwo - I would offer 4 years, $64M, 1st year fully guaranteed, $16M SB (with $24M guaranteed).  APY of $16M is decent for edge / pass rusher. Would put him among top 15 in terms of pay

Year 1 - $8M base + $4M SB = $12M (fully guaranteed)

year 2 - $2M base + $8M roster bonus + $4M SB = $14M 

year 3 - $4M base + $10M roster bonus + $4M SB = $18M

year 4 - $6M base + $10M roster bonus + $4M SB = $20M

He plays well and he is being compensated, but room to restructure the deal in the future.  Texans have an out after year 1 if it goes off the rails.

SAF Jonathan Owens - offer same deal as MJ Stewart. Maybe 2 years, $8M - Simone Biles bonus because they need $ for wedding & honeymoon. ;) 

CB Tavierre Thomas - offer 2 years, $8M ($4M SB).  Doubles his salary. Decent pay for backup NCB who could spot start and plays in dime + quarter defenses.

That's $28M in cap room eaten up.

So could 

- trade Cooks (+$10M)

- restructure Collins (+$4M)

- trade Kirksey (+$5M)

- cut Murray (+$4M)

- cut Reeves-Maybin (+$2M) done

About $37M available to pursue other teams' free agents.

Could still extend Tunsil & Howard to create even more cap room.

Earn your $$$, Nick!

 

 

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3 hours ago, ET80 said:

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Here’s a DVC I found - 5th is valued at 1500, 12th is valued at 1200, so that’s 300 needed to even everything out.

Pick 33 = 585

Pick 65 = 265

Pick 73 = 225

Pick 104 = 98

Pick 187 = 20

Pick 245 = 8

Realistically…

1200 + 265 + 225 = 1690

1690 - 1500 = 190

So by this DVC, Seattle would have to find the equivalent of the 80th pick (3rd round) to even the trade between the two teams. Seattle sending back pick 83 (175) STILL gives the value edge to Seattle.

Other DVCs have other values, but the values of pick 1-20 are relatively the same. The math is awfully similar between them all, so 12 + 65 + 73 is absolutely equal value to 5th overall (especially when you consider both John Schneider and Nick Caserio are both big analytics guys who take this math into consideration when making decisions).

Teams don't use that chart when trading top 5 picks away, especially if they move outside the top 10. I would make this trade all day, every day if I am the Texans.

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2 hours ago, Pastor Dillon said:

Teams don't use that chart when trading top 5 picks away, especially if they move outside the top 10. I would make this trade all day, every day if I am the Texans.

Teams that value analytics (such as the Seahawks) do.

Given the history of the Seahawks during the John Schneider era - those mid round picks (Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Russell Wilson, Tyler Lockett) tend to work out better than their 1st round picks (Rashaad Penny, James Carpenter, Bruce Irvin). 

Seattle understands how to use those mid rounders well, and they’ll see the value of getting two extra in exchange for dropping seven picks in the top.

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29 minutes ago, jch1911 said:

So since we have re-signed S. Ques (yuck) & MJ Stewart (yay?!).

Which other free agents should the team bring back right now?

Unrestricted FAs

 

My targets are bolded.   Bolded & italicized are probably out of the price range the club would offer.

88 Jordan Akins TE  somebody gonna overpay for Akins - hopefully not the Texans
 3 Kyle Allen QB
28 Rex Burkhead RB
 4 Phillip Dorsett WR
 6 Jeff Driskel QB
26 Royce Freeman RB
92 Rasheem Green DE
43 Neville Hewitt OLB
83 O. J. Howard TE
64 Justin McCray G
15 Chris Moore WR
45 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo OLB
36 Jonathan Owens SS
57 Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB
95 Derek Rivers DE
 1 Tremon Smith CB
 2 Tavierre Thomas CB

 

TE O.J. Howard - I would offer 1 year, $4M fully guaranteed. Would put among top 30 highest paid TEs.  Gets a chance with a OC who probably could use him better than the last one.

WR Chris Moore - I would offer offer 2 years, $8M, $2M signing bonus ($4M APY).  Decent pay day for WR3/4 and core STer.

Edge Ogbonnia Okoronkwo - I would offer 4 years, $64M, 1st year fully guaranteed, $16M SB (with $24M guaranteed).  APY of $16M is decent for edge / pass rusher. Would put him among top 15 in terms of pay

Year 1 - $8M base + $4M SB = $12M (fully guaranteed)

year 2 - $2M base + $8M roster bonus + $4M SB = $14M 

year 3 - $4M base + $10M roster bonus + $4M SB = $18M

year 4 - $6M base + $10M roster bonus + $4M SB = $20M

He plays well and he is being compensated, but room to restructure the deal in the future.  Texans have an out after year 1 if it goes off the rails.

SAF Jonathan Owens - offer same deal as MJ Stewart. Maybe 2 years, $8M - Simone Biles bonus because they need $ for wedding & honeymoon. ;) 

CB Tavierre Thomas - offer 2 years, $8M ($4M SB).  Doubles his salary. Decent pay for backup NCB who could spot start and plays in dime + quarter defenses.

That's $28M in cap room eaten up.

So could 

- trade Cooks (+$10M)

- restructure Collins (+$4M)

- trade Kirksey (+$5M)

- cut Murray (+$4M)

- cut Reeves-Maybin (+$2M) done

About $37M available to pursue other teams' free agents.

Could still extend Tunsil & Howard to create even more cap room.

Earn your $$$, Nick!

 

 

If Okoronkwo can get a 64 million dollar deal, he can go place football elsewhere. 

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32 minutes ago, Pastor Dillon said:

If Okoronkwo can get a 64 million dollar deal, he can go place football elsewhere. 

Meh.  It looks like $64M.. more like 2 for $26M....

Hate to break it to you, but pass rushers get paid in the NFL - especially youngish, promising ones.

I think he would settle for $8M APY, but his agent might not...

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34 minutes ago, jch1911 said:

Meh.  It looks like $64M.. more like 2 for $26M....

Hate to break it to you, but pass rushers get paid in the NFL - especially youngish, promising ones.

I think he would settle for $8M APY, but his agent might not...

he's 28 and has fewer than 10 sacks in his career....

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7 minutes ago, Pastor Dillon said:

he's 28 and has fewer than 10 sacks in his career....

All fair points... analytics said he was one of the best at creating pressure in the NFL last year (especially over the last few games).

Of those 10 sacks, 5 happened this past year (his first in Htown) with additional snaps.

He was in LA before and they hardly used him. (Mostly as a 3-4 OLB instead of 4-3 DE.)

Plus most of his sacks & pressure was not created from blitzes.  Huge plus for a pass rusher.

Sometimes you get paid on upside... 

Once again, just my thought on how the market could play out.  

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3 minutes ago, Texansfan713 said:

Nice veteran presence in case we draft a WR and let Cook go.

Was coming to post.  Not in love with how much he got.

I would have preferred Slayton in FA for 1/3 of the price.

But we'll see shrug.emoji

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14 minutes ago, jch1911 said:

Was coming to post.  Not in love with how much he got.

I would have preferred Slayton in FA for 1/3 of the price.

But we'll see shrug.emoji

Eh… $7.6mm AAV isn’t horrible with contracts the way they are.

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2 minutes ago, ET80 said:

Eh… $7.6mm AAV isn’t horrible with contracts the way they are.

I was doing a deeper dive in the 15 minutes since I posted.

Still would prefer Slayton, but Woods looks legit... IF... big IF... he is fully recovered.

So the deal ain't so bad

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