A Superstars or Battle of the Network Stars-type thing could be cool. Put players in actual competition rather than walk thru a half-ass game.
Good for you, Josh.View: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1529552905086373889
Colin Kaepernick, who last played football in 2016, the same year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, is scheduled to work out this week for the Las Vegas Raiders, league sources told ESPN. More on NFL Live now.
Yeah no word on DUI, but police saying he was speeding, clipped another car, lost control and drove into the freeway support beam.https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article261948210.html
Jeff Gladney, who was picked up by Arizona after beating an felony assault charge in March, died this morning in a car crash at 2:30 AM. It doesn't say about DUI and speeding... but DUI and speeding. Female passenger in the car also died.
Man what a bummer. I loved watching him and Maroney tear it up in college.
I guess the official cause of death is still TBD but based on some of the stuff Dez Bryant was saying about him, it doesn’t look good. Teams and the League have to do a better job of taking care of retirees. I don’t know the answer but this stuff is too predictable. How many other Barbers are out there teetering on the edge right now, fighting brain injuries or addiction or who knows what else? I know improvements have been made but it’s horrible to watch this unfold over and over.
Not to mention really good injury luck to all the high end contracts. You need to avoid the injury bug (or get lucky in having someone step up as backup that is a rookie deal or vet minimum contract).Looking at the Rams on Spotrac (I thought they were basically THE authority on this stuff but I'm not sure)...
2022
- total cap hit: 206.9m
- only 2 guys with cap hits north of 20m
- only 4 guys with cap hits north of 10m
2023
- total cap hit: 240.7m
- 1 guy with cap hit north of 35m
- 4 guys with cap hits north of 20m
- 8 guys with cap hits north of 10m
2024
- total cap hit: 225m
- 1 guy with cap hit north of 49m
- 2 guys with cap hits north of 30m
- 4 guys with cap hits north of 20m
- 7 guys with cap hits north of 10m
But in 2024 they don't have nearly as many guys under contract, and that includes Kupp, whose contract runs out after 2023, so that's another monster contract they'll have to figure out. At SOME point they'll have to pay the piper, but they're definitely in GFIN mode, willing to restructure everything to push off payments in future years in order to be in SB contention NOW.
Clearly it helped them this past season, but it's not really a sustainable model long-term. You will never see a team be able to do this and have a 20-year run like the Patriots had. Or even a 10-year run. This Rams team just finished year 5 of their excellent run (4 years of 10+ wins, 2 trips to the SB, one Lombardi), and would need 5 more in order to have an awesome 10-year run. I don't think they get that far before falling back to earth. And don't forget, part of what helped set up this great run of theirs was a long stretch of pretty bad football: 10 straight losing seasons before 2017, and their last winning season before that was 2003. So they consistently had good draft slots.
Long story short, they're showing that you can build a team for really good short to mid term success this way, but it's not truly sustainable.
But I don't think they care about sustainability. Flags fly forever.
Somewhat, they also have an owner who is willing to pay out a lot of cash, which is the other factor beyond the cap that prevents most teams from doing this.Basically the Rams play the stars and scrubs strategy and hope none of the stars get hurt and push the debt into the future. Eventually it will catch up to them.
Seriously, Roger just looks the other way or something? How is this happening?Seriously. Do the Rams print money?
When the Pats were in their mid dynasty years, they still werent able to just pick every star up and pay them all big money. I dont get this at all.
Im surprised a former player was this clueless about the whole process, especially one who was one teams that had superstars.This was a great breakdown on the Pat McAfee show today by Andrew Brandt on the salary cap - and why big money owners can manipulate the cap over “small” money owners. The more liquid you can be the more flexible you can be with the cap
I learned that future guarantees must be placed in escrow accounts and be fully funded.
View: https://youtu.be/Gqb1bTSIfHs
the only right opinion Felger ever had is that the cap is crap. This is exactly how the Saints were able to kick the can down the road for a decadeThis was a great breakdown on the Pat McAfee show today by Andrew Brandt on the salary cap - and why big money owners can manipulate the cap over “small” money owners. The more liquid you can be the more flexible you can be with the cap
I learned that future guarantees must be placed in escrow accounts and be fully funded.
View: https://youtu.be/Gqb1bTSIfHs
You make valid points but in any given year, seems that cash over cap is a competitive advantage.The whole cash over cap thing and the notion that the cap is just accounting is very true. One of the issues, as been stated here, is injuries and depth. If you build in too much of this proration into every season, you’re starting off with less cap than other teams, especially when you start with those voidable years. You’re literally “paying” for nothing at that point.
Also, the real wrinkle comes when players do what players often do and that is demand a restructure. “The cap’s not my problem. I’m only making $3 million this year, I should be up with the top players in the league.” That is what can really blow up the whole thing
Damn, here's more of the story.Ravens OLB Jaylon Ferguson passes away at age 26, per Ravens twitter.
hehIf RFK is The Bamboo Lounge, who are Henry and Tommy?
Hell thought that's where Daniel Snyder could be found.View: https://twitter.com/ellievhall/status/1544432956726452230
RFK stadium is on fire (and not the metaphorical kind)
Decent value, depends what the conditions are (and how much money they picked up).Maybe I'm out of touch with NFL reality, but that seems like a great deal for Carolina?
Snyder wasn't even involved with the team the last time they played at RFK. Had no idea it had been that long.Hell thought that's where Daniel Snyder could be found.
Didn’t his ownership coincide with the new stadium. I somehow feel SNF or MNF had a skins game where they were talking a lot about him and the new place very early in the season. This is off memory which could be faulty, I’ll see if I can find it.Snyder wasn't even involved with the team the last time they played at RFK. Had no idea it had been that long.
Snyder bought the team and the stadium.Didn’t his ownership coincide with the new stadium. I somehow feel SNF or MNF had a skins game where they were talking a lot about him and the new place very early in the season. This is off memory which could be faulty, I’ll see if I can find it.
About as good as the Pats naming rights deals that fell through before Gillette got it
Steelers fans are not happy.