Starr2Max Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 1:13 AM, Leader said: The NFLPA Board of Player Representatives voted to send the proposed collective bargaining agreement to the membership for a vote. Tom Pelissero - The NFLPA board of representatives voted to send the proposed CBA to the full membership, meaning now only a simple majority of the nearly 2,000 players is needed to ratify. The thinking has been that vote is a virtual certainty. On the 1-yard line towards 10 years of labor peace Hopefully Seattle is not in charge of getting it in the end zone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 NFL Rumors - The Cowboys met with wide receiver Amari Cooper‘s reps at the scouting combine tonight, as Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News writes. Because the proposed CBA is looking like it will be ratified by the league’s players in short order, the need to get a deal done with Cooper is heightened, as a new collective bargaining agreement would remove Dallas’ ability to use the franchise tag and transition tag this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Ian Rapoport - There is one way the Cowboys can make sure Dak Prescott doesn't go anywhere & that’s to give him the exclusive franchise tag. Sources say that’s the tag — roughly $33M — they are likely to use. Dallas will try to work out a deal before the deadline, but that will be difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 PFT - The decision by CBS to get Tony Romo under contract in advance of CBS getting the NFL under contract could make it just a little harder for the NFL to get any network under contract. Responding to the news of Romo making $17 million per year to serve as a game analyst on TV (only $1 million less per year than he was making as a starting quarterback), Saints receiver Michael Thomas — the 2019 NFL offensive player of the year — cited the Romo contract as proof positive that players should be negative about the proposed labor deal. “That’s why we shouldn’t sign the new CBA agreement no way the announcer should be making more than 90% of the players,” Thomas tweeted Friday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 PFT - The Cowboys met with Byron Jones‘ agent Friday, and it ended as expected. Dallas discovered what it already knew. The Cowboys won’t be able to afford the cornerback and are expected to let him hit free agency without an offer. He has two interceptions in 79 career NFL games and none in the past 40 starts, but Jones still is going to get somewhere in the $15 million per year range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Bill Huber/SI - Gutekunst is expected to pursue Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper when the free-agent negotiating window begins on March 16. A third-round pick in 2016, Hooper is coming off back-to-back Pro Bowl seasons of 70-plus catches. In 2018, he caught 71 passes for 660 yards (9.3 average) and four touchdowns. In 2019, despite playing in only 13 games, he caught 75 passes for 787 yards (10.5 average) and six touchdowns. In 2019, he caught four more passes but turned those into 127 more yards and 11 more first downs. Hooper will turn 26 on Nov. 4. Money is a potential issue for Green Bay, too. Pro Football Focus projected a four-year contract worth $10.13 million per season. According to OverTheCap, the Packers have $20.46 million of cap space, though releasing Graham would create another $8 million. The adoption of a new CBA presumably would raise the league-wide salary cap. And it would allow the Packers to create additional space via a contract extension for defensive tackle Kenny Clark. Clark’s cap charge under the fifth-year team option is slated to be $7.69 million. With a new CBA, the Packers conceivably could have enough money to re-sign Bulaga, extend Clark, take care of a 10-man draft class and add one high-profile free agent. ///// Just a hunch, but I dont think Hooper's coming to Green Bay. The numbers are gonna be too tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Adam Schefter - CBS is giving Tony Romo a firm three-year deal to remain at the network, but it could grow to a 10-year deal, per sources. If the NFL extends its rights deal with CBS, Romo’s deal extends by seven additional years, even if the new rights deal is for a term shorter than seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Tony Pauline - The Jets organization confirm they intend on making a push to re-sign Robby Anderson. Front office personnel from the Jets admit that it will cost a lot to retain Anderson. In fact, they believe Anderson will ultimately get the money he is looking for because there will be several teams bidding for his services. Anderson has already made it known that he won’t give the Jets a hometown discount. Based on market trends and the number of expected bidders, Anderson may end up signing a contract that pays him up to $15 million per year. However, the Jets intend to make a push to keep their lethal big-play threat from going elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{Family Ghost} Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 59 minutes ago, Leader said: Tony Pauline - The Jets organization confirm they intend on making a push to re-sign Robby Anderson. Front office personnel from the Jets admit that it will cost a lot to retain Anderson. In fact, they believe Anderson will ultimately get the money he is looking for because there will be several teams bidding for his services. Anderson has already made it known that he won’t give the Jets a hometown discount. Based on market trends and the number of expected bidders, Anderson may end up signing a contract that pays him up to $15 million per year. However, the Jets intend to make a push to keep their lethal big-play threat from going elsewhere. 15 mil .. for Robbie Anderson? No thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, {Family Ghost} said: 15 mil .. for Robbie Anderson? No thanks! It is a bit rich given his production too date.....but it'll all come down to what organizations have the deep pockets and do they want a young vet with upside versus drafting one of these rookies. Time will tell. Edited March 1, 2020 by Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_gb Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I don't know why anyone would spend $15 million a year on Robbie Anderson with this WR Draft class. That's just bad business. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Nick_gb said: I don't know why anyone would spend $15 million a year on Robbie Anderson with this WR Draft class. That's just bad business. Tend to agree but the metric that matters is whats the production level of WRs currently in that price range. It's close to the top of the market. If I searched it properly, here's the WR AAVs putting that 15M figure into context: Julio Jones - $22,000,000 Michael Thomas - $19,250,000 Odell Beckham, Jr. - $18,000,000 Tyreek Hill - $18,000,000 Mike Evans - $16,500,000 DeAndre Hopkins - $16,200,000 Brandin Cooks - $16,200,000 Adam Thielen - $16,050,000 Sammy Watkins - $16,000,000 Jarvis Landry - $15,100,000 Davante Adams - $14,500.00 So - unless Robbie Anderson has been putting it on the field (in the largest media market there is.....) and nobody's been noticing - he's not produced to be in this value range - or to the level of these players. Meaning - the 15M (he or somebody is supposedly asking for....) is just a number. Edited March 1, 2020 by Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonKarman Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Leader said: Tend to agree but the metric that matters is whats the production level of WRs currently in that price range. It's close to the top of the market. If I searched it properly, here's the WR AAVs putting that 15M figure into context: Julio Jones - $22,000,000 Michael Thomas - $19,250,000 Odell Beckham, Jr. - $18,000,000 Tyreek Hill - $18,000,000 Mike Evans - $16,500,000 DeAndre Hopkins - $16,200,000 Brandin Cooks - $16,200,000 Adam Thielen - $16,050,000 Sammy Watkins - $16,000,000 Jarvis Landry - $15,100,000 Davante Adams - $14,500.00 So - unless Robbie Anderson has been putting it on the field (in the largest media market there is.....) and nobody's been noticing - he's not produced to be in this value range - or to the level of these players. Meaning - the 15M (he or somebody is supposedly asking for....) is just a number. You cannot compare it straight up the way you do. For example, if you take Davante Adams as an example, his contract stated in 2018, when the cap was 177.2 M. If we take into account that the 2020 cap will be around 200 M, the average if the contract was made this year would be 14.5*200/177.2=16.4M, which is almost 10% more than those 15 million. Besides, it needs to be taken into account that the cap will go up A LOT if the proposed CBA passes, as playing on more game and going from 47% to 48.5% will increase another 10% the cap space (48.5/47*17/16). In conclusion, even if 15 million sounds a lot it isn't that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, VonKarman said: You cannot compare it straight up the way you do. For example, if you take Davante Adams as an example, his contract stated in 2018, when the cap was 177.2 M. If we take into account that the 2020 cap will be around 200 M, the average if the contract was made this year would be 14.5*200/177.2=16.4M, which is almost 10% more than those 15 million. Besides, it needs to be taken into account that the cap will go up A LOT if the proposed CBA passes, as playing on more game and going from 47% to 48.5% will increase another 10% the cap space (48.5/47*17/16). In conclusion, even if 15 million sounds a lot it isn't that much. I was viewing his ask from a production standpoint - or in that context. I've not researched it, but I dont get the feeling he's produced to the level of those players listed - but - each of them is on their second contract - given to them by some GM with deeper pockets than Gute currently has based on projected or future production. So - how much has having the ball thrown his way by Darnold on a fairly lousy NYJ team factored into Anderson's production? Has he shown the talent to produce in the neighborhood of the players listed in a better offense? Dont know/cant say (cause I tend to stay away from watching lousy teams play football....) but its quite possible a team with cushion (on the increasing CAP as you note) and a need at WR will bet on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Andrew Brandt - Indianapolis does a great job hosting the Combine but I don't see it staying there long, through no fault of its own. With new stadiums coming online in LA and Vegas, the NFL moving it seems inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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