NFL Films accused of cataloguing women and cheerleaders videos like Pornhub:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-films-lawsuit-cheerleaders-women-eb4731e7
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-films-lawsuit-cheerleaders-women-eb4731e7
Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports that Jones’s agents are asking for more than $45 million per year on a long-term deal.
This makes it even more likely that the Giants will apply the non-exclusive franchise tag at some point before Tuesday’s deadline. That would give the Giants the ability to keep Jones at a one-year offer of $32.416 million — far short of his reported goal.
Or how much pressure the Giants front office might be under to maintain the appearance of being serious contenders. If they have the option of tagging him (either exclusive or non) to see if the improvement last year sticks, it's hard to understand why they'd want to go full throttle with crazy money.View: https://twitter.com/JordanRaanan/status/1631727308271910912
It appears Daniel Jones and his agents are perhaps more in tune with his market than SoSH.
non-exclusive Tag is something like $33M this year I think, and exclusive is $45M. A deal starting around $40M is likely to save you money if you believe he'll have a good year, because next year the tags will be higher.Or how much pressure the Giants front office might be under to maintain the appearance of being serious contenders. If they have the option of tagging him (either exclusive or non) to see if the improvement last year sticks, it's hard to understand why they'd want to go full throttle with crazy money.
I’m general I agree with you but this doesn’t seem to be the trend with QBs. Any deal with Daniel Jones getting $40+ on paper is insane even if it’s one of those NHL contracts for 17 years.And until we see the final structure of any deal, reporter citations of AAV figures should be taken with many grains of salt. The sticker value of these deals can be inflated by dummy years with huge non-guaranteed salaries tacked on the term that the player is very unlikely to play under.
That's what starting QBs make now if you let them get to FA.I’m general I agree with you but this doesn’t seem to be the trend with QBs. Any deal with Daniel Jones getting $40+ on paper is insane even if it’s one of those NHL contracts for 17 years.
Yeah I generally agree, though I think the real argument is.... you probably can't compete with a team with an elite QB unless you either have an elite QB, or are paying a Good QB almost nothing (see Eagles). You probably shouldn't ever give non-elite QBs a second contract, which is why the Patriots should probably be thinking about avenues to a new QB over the next 2 years.It's hard to see how a team paying the Daniel Jones's of the world $40m+ can compete with a team paying the Patrick Mahomes of the world $48m (his average cap hit over the next 9 seasons).
That Goff/Cousins/Tannehill/Jones (D or M)/Carr mid tier can't be so close to the elite tier in terms of pay & expect their teams to compete on a high level (with the exception of things like the fluky Vikings 13-4 record with a negative PD).
Yes. I think that's what I was trying to say, but probably failed to say. It makes it even more egregious when that mid-tier makes 80% of the elite QBs & not 50% of the elite QBs, though, which is where the true market should be on those QBs because it's not like they shouldn't have a place in the league.Yeah I generally agree, though I think the real argument is.... you probably can't compete with a team with an elite QB unless you either have an elite QB, or are paying a Good QB almost nothing (see Eagles). You probably shouldn't ever give non-elite QBs a second contract, which is why the Patriots should probably be thinking about avenues to a new QB over the next 2 years.
Sounds right, but I was thinking more along the lines of buying time to see if he can be good for two years in a row before you have to pay for however many more at market rates. If he is, you pay the man his money, but if he's not you can move on.non-exclusive Tag is something like $33M this year I think, and exclusive is $45M. A deal starting around $40M is likely to save you money if you believe he'll have a good year, because next year the tags will be higher.
I guess there's the pedigree of being the #1 pick but the guy hasn't started a game since 2007. Seems risky.Carr to the Saints
View: https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1632761843558100993?s=20
The #Saints are closing in on a deal with QB David Carr, sources tell me and
@RapSheet. After nine seasons with the #Raiders, the four-time Pro Bowl selection is headed to New Orleans.
The first QB domino is about to fall and one NFC South team has its starter.
The worst part is David works for NFLN, so this is probably a running joke...I guess there's the pedigree of being the #1 pick but the guy hasn't started a game since 2007. Seems risky.
I meant to post this when I saw it. Thank heavensDidnt see it posted, but Boger is gone:
https://www.footballzebras.com/2023/03/veteran-referee-jerome-boger-retires/
Maybe it's just anecdotal bias, but I didn't find Boger to be near the bottom. Carl Cheffers has somehow done multiple Super Bowls. Lord knows I'm not a Ron Torbert fan after the last two years. Scott Novak and Craig Wrolstad are pretty bad and Shawn Hochuli is somehow an even bigger camera whore than his dad. There are some very good crews (Vinovich, Blakeman, Brad Allen is really good too) but there's a whole lot worse than Boger.I meant to post this when I saw it. Thank heavens
cheapCarr is 4 years 150 million....
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/03/06/report-four-year-150-million-deal-for-derek-carr/
100 million guaranteed ...wow
$60M guaranteed at signing. Be interested to see the structure but not bad for a guy that got benched last season.Carr is 4 years 150 million....
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/03/06/report-four-year-150-million-deal-for-derek-carr/
100 million guaranteed ...wow
Carr is 4 years 150 million....
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/03/06/report-four-year-150-million-deal-for-derek-carr/
100 million guaranteed ...wow
Yeah, the structure of the guarantees is the important part. His last contract was reported as 3 years, $121 million, with $65.28 million guaranteed, but only $24 million fully guaranteed. The fully guaranteed number is all that matters.$60M guaranteed at signing. Be interested to see the structure but not bad for a guy that got benched last season.
Shit, I’ll look into doing one myself. Zach thus far has halted my conversion to Mormonism, Saleh I like but he hasn’t shown enough to get me to convert to Islam, but a darkness retreat is something that is now in play if AR12 wins playoff games (I don’t even demand SB).Greeny is getting excited…
View: https://twitter.com/robinsportsnews/status/1632790907136163840?s=46&t=OpPcKoWILDyc5ATw0f9y4Q
“Does Derek Carr to the Saints mean Aaron Rodgers is going to the Jets?”
Hilariously Greeny has promised his own darkness retreat if it happens…
Accountants must love the NFL.Yeah, the structure of the guarantees is the important part. His last contract was reported as 3 years, $121 million, with $65.28 million guaranteed, but only $24 million fully guaranteed. The fully guaranteed number is all that matters.
With the $60 million guaranteed at signing, that will break down into some combination of fully guaranteed salary for this year as well as a signing bonus. It looks like there may be a void year at the end according to OTC. If so, the bonus is probably large relative to the first year salary. I'll be curious to see how all that breaks down and how the Saints manage to stay under the cap.
Looks like it's really either 3yrs/$100m with a team $50m option for year 4, or 2yrs/$70m with team $30m options for year 3, $50m for year 4.Yeah, the structure of the guarantees is the important part. His last contract was reported as 3 years, $121 million, with $65.28 million guaranteed, but only $24 million fully guaranteed. The fully guaranteed number is all that matters.
With the $60 million guaranteed at signing, that will break down into some combination of fully guaranteed salary for this year as well as a signing bonus. It looks like there may be a void year at the end according to OTC. If so, the bonus is probably large relative to the first year salary. I'll be curious to see how all that breaks down and how the Saints manage to stay under the cap.
I love the concept of guaranteed vs fully guaranteed money.Yeah, the structure of the guarantees is the important part. His last contract was reported as 3 years, $121 million, with $65.28 million guaranteed, but only $24 million fully guaranteed. The fully guaranteed number is all that matters.
With the $60 million guaranteed at signing, that will break down into some combination of fully guaranteed salary for this year as well as a signing bonus. It looks like there may be a void year at the end according to OTC. If so, the bonus is probably large relative to the first year salary. I'll be curious to see how all that breaks down and how the Saints manage to stay under the cap.
Carr instantly becomes the best starting QB in the division…..in large part due to none of the other 3 having a starting QB. So many teams still without a QB.Accountants must love the NFL.
Hard to get too excited about Carr, but in that division they could do something. Playoffs would bring some excitement at least. At least it takes a competent guy off the board for the Jets.
It’s risky because if a team goes nuts with an offer sheet - which is very possible given his positional value - they’ll be instantly in QB purgatory at best. I suppose it’s possible they plan to match any offer sheet anyways, and they’re hoping that the two first round pick price tag depresses any offer sheet enough to keep his deal manageable.Lamar given non-exclusive franchise tag: https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-place-non-exclusive-franchise-tag-on-qb-lamar-jackson.
Ravens really want him to see what his market really is.
NFL.com:Giants sign Jones and tag Saquon.
NJ.com:Big Blue and Jones agreed to terms on a four-year deal worth $160 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported Tuesday, per sources informed of the agreement. The pact includes $35 million additional in incentives, per Rapoport.
I can't imagine Saquon plays under the tag. He's not playing for 1/$10m with his injury history.Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network reported that Jones will receive $82 million over the first two years of the deal.
It's risky but it's probably less risk than putting the exclusive tag on him and having Lamar sit out or hold in.It’s risky because if a team goes nuts with an offer sheet - which is very possible given his positional value - they’ll be instantly in QB purgatory at best. I suppose it’s possible they plan to match any offer sheet anyways, and they’re hoping that the two first round pick price tag depresses any offer sheet enough to keep his deal manageable.
The problem with that approach is a team with cap space could structure it with an effective poison pill by inflating the first year salary/cap hit, and Baltimore would be stuck having to match it or walk. That said, there don’t appear to be many teams with that kind of cap space (Atlanta, Houston, Chicago), and Chicago seems to be rolling with Fields while the other two teams could just draft a QB.
I think both sides are playing this smart. Lamar has the chance to get someone to bite for a big number, and Baltimore protects its interests. I would give him the big deal and the eat the picks because I think he's one of the few guys you can win a SB with as your best player. (And at that salary the cost savings on losing first rounders actually becomes material.)It's risky but it's probably less risk than putting the exclusive tag on him and having Lamar sit out or hold in.
BAL and Lamar were so far apart I'm sure the reasoning was, "Let's both find out what the market really is." BAL is going to match anything south of Watson and if someone can figure out how to give Lamar a 60M cap number and compete (after losing 1st round draft pick), more power to them.
I don't know how many teams are going to jump at giving Lamar 200+M fully guaranteed at signing (and escrow the money) plus lose 2 1st round draft picks but we're about to find out!
This feels a little weird to me … like there’s more to the story than the team just giving Watson a gym membership they didn’t disclose.The Texans are forfeiting a fifth-round pick in this year’s NFL Draft and are being fined $175,000 for a salary cap reporting violation, the NFL announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know:
- The league determined that the Texans provided quarterback Deshaun Watson, who’s since been traded to the Browns, with “undisclosed compensation” in 2020.
- The compensation, that was not disclosed to the league, was a membership at an athletic facility in 2020, according to a news release from the NFL.
- The salary cap requirements in the Collective Bargaining Agreement require teams to report any player compensation or benefit.
It's his spa membership, which came to light when the team was looped into some of his lawsuits for sexual assault.Texans docked a draft pick for providing Deshaun Watson “undisclosed compensation” in 2020:
This feels a little weird to me … like there’s more to the story than the team just giving Watson a gym membership they didn’t disclose.
So gross. "Boys will be boys" mentality, with moneyed coverups at the personal, corporate and legal levels, made worse by the Browns giving him All The Money.It's his spa membership, which came to light when the team was looped into some of his lawsuits for sexual assault.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/texans/article/houston-texans-draft-pick-forfeit-deshaun-watson-17830022.php