Mazrimiv Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 There is no way SF will be playing hardball with Trent Williams. They will give him what he wants before the real games start. Pre-season is meaningless for a player like Williams. For now, SF doesn't care about him sitting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I found this blurb from Acme to be equal parts interesting and stupid. If the NFL wanted to destroy a lot of what makes it great, removing the cap would be a great start. Quote Honestly, I think there’s a non-zero chance that this was a bet from the front office that there won’t be a salary cap by the 2028 season. We haven’t seen the fallout from the NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit yet, and other owners like the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones are already trying to leverage for a capless league. If the NFL loses a $4 billion per year revenue stream and teams are on their own to sell their out-of-market packages, which could lead to a lack of revenue sharing and therefore a salary cap, the Packers stacking all of Love’s cap hits into the future could pay off big time. Are you happy with the Jordan Love extension terms? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibrett15 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 6 hours ago, PossibleCabbage said: The basic problem with Zach Wilson is that he's really uncomfortable getting hit, which is not abnormal for a person, but is a problem when you play football and you're not like a kicker. If you put him behind the best offensive line in the history of football from the get-go, he could have been usable (this is why he played well at BYU- he had grown-*** men blocking for him), but I think he might be broken. I would pile on with he's aware that he's gonna be hit, but not aware enough to know what to do with the ball. So he just presses a random button a la madden and the ball goes out... somewhere. Often leading to disaster. Then he gets hit and he doesn't even wait for the rush and just checks it down as his first read, negating his only positive quality, his arm talent, completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Mazrimiv said: There is no way SF will be playing hardball with Trent Williams. They will give him what he wants before the real games start. Pre-season is meaningless for a player like Williams. For now, SF doesn't care about him sitting out. Aren't the fines now mandatory though? Meaning, a team cannot waive them once this is settled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighCalebR Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Old Guy said: Aren't the fines now mandatory though? Meaning, a team cannot waive them once this is settled. If they renegotiate his terms they can just give him that money back in the signing bonus if it's a sticking point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Old Guy said: Aren't the fines now mandatory though? Meaning, a team cannot waive them once this is settled. Yep. He's on the hook for the fines if I understand it correctly. The primary reason Williams is holding out is because there are no guarantees remaining on his contract. His contract number is already way up there, so SF should be able to resolve fairly easily by adding some guarantees that move some of the remaining cash forward. Resolving the Williams holdout is way more important to SF than Aiyuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 30 minutes ago, Mazrimiv said: Yep. He's on the hook for the fines if I understand it correctly. The primary reason Williams is holding out is because there are no guarantees remaining on his contract. His contract number is already way up there, so SF should be able to resolve fairly easily by adding some guarantees that move some of the remaining cash forward. Resolving the Williams holdout is way more important to SF than Aiyuk. Yes, the difference is Williams is at the end of his career wanting one more payday. He could show up a day before the 1st game and his salary would be fully guaranteed for 2024. Has base is over 20 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat&Beer Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Good bye (eventually) to chain gang? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40689344/nfl-test-hawk-eye-line-gain-some-preseason-games Quote NFL executive Gary Brantley told The Associated Press the league will test Sony's Hawk-Eye technology during some preseason games. The system most likely wouldn't be ready for full implementation until next season, though it could happen sooner. "We're in the installation phase for all of our stadiums, really getting them calibrated and up to date," said Brantley, the NFL's senior vice president and chief information officer. "We're just really getting to a place where this system is as accurate as possible and really calibrating across our multiple stadiums. ... We have multiple stadiums with multiple dimensions inside of those stadiums with different age. So, we're really just going through the installation of putting in the infrastructure and making sure these cameras are installed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcv Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Brat&Beer said: Good bye (eventually) to chain gang? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40689344/nfl-test-hawk-eye-line-gain-some-preseason-games about damn time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossibleCabbage Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 6 hours ago, Mazrimiv said: I found this blurb from Acme to be equal parts interesting and stupid. If the NFL wanted to destroy a lot of what makes it great, removing the cap would be a great start. It feels like a "no cap" NFL could work if the total operating budget of each team was roughly the same. So a team could spend more on players if they spent less on executives. But this would require additional revenue sharing between NFL teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 7 hours ago, PossibleCabbage said: It feels like a "no cap" NFL could work if the total operating budget of each team was roughly the same. So a team could spend more on players if they spent less on executives. But this would require additional revenue sharing between NFL teams. So . . . Like a cap. On Salaries. We could call it the Salary Cap. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat&Beer Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, AlexGreen#20 said: So . . . Like a cap. On Salaries. We could call it the Salary Cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokieHigh Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Rather than cap free system (which would be a terrible mistake for the nfl) they probably anticipate the cap growing due to inflation and adding a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffdaswede Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 19 hours ago, Brat&Beer said: Good bye (eventually) to chain gang? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40689344/nfl-test-hawk-eye-line-gain-some-preseason-games The chain gang added a layer of semi-scientific theater to the arbitrary nature of spotting the ball when the forward progress and the Line of Gain are nearly the same. There is no avoiding officiating’s human element when it comes to deciding where the ball should be placed. There may be more technological tweaks to come. If baseball can add clock violations and electronic communication between pitchers and catchers then the game of football should be able to figure out forward progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, Uffdaswede said: The chain gang added a layer of semi-scientific theater to the arbitrary nature of spotting the ball when the forward progress and the Line of Gain are nearly the same. There is no avoiding officiating’s human element when it comes to deciding where the ball should be placed. There may be more technological tweaks to come. If baseball can add clock violations and electronic communication between pitchers and catchers then the game of football should be able to figure out forward progress. Add something to the football like a stud finder so that when the ball is spotted correctly, a small led starts to flash, and the ball starts emitting a loud beeping noise. You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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