Official NFL Free Agency Thread

[CarolinaNCSU]

Keep on losing people, Seahawks

[ctrcat]

1 minute ago, NcPsa10 said:

Pre Free-Agency NFL News 26,627 views rest in peace my friend 

The #Bucs agree to terms with former #Seahawks G JR Sweezy, source said

And boom goes the dynamite.  Sweezy sucks but far better than Hawk alternatives.  To a lesser extent this is similar to the Graham/Unger/Saints/Hawks deal that hurt both teams.

[NcPsa10]

The NFL announced Wednesday that the Chiefs will lose their 2016 third-round pick and their 2017 sixth-round pick for violating the anti-tampering rules last year upon signing WR Jeremy Maclin.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs have been fined $250,000, HC Andy Reid was fined $75,000 and GM John Dorsey received a $25,000 fine.

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‏@RapSheet
The LA #Rams signed WR Brian Quick to a 1-year worth up to $3.75M, source said. He gets $1.5M fully guaranteed.

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‏@art_stapleton
WR Victor Cruz and #Giants working out details that will keep him with team this season. Sounds hopeful something will get done, per source.

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[Bartin]

3 minutes ago, NcPsa10 said:

Pre Free-Agency NFL News 26,627 views rest in peace my friend 

The #Bucs agree to terms with former #Seahawks G JR Sweezy, source said

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‏@AdamSchefter
Chargers have agreed on a three-year contract with former Indianapolis Colts safety Dwight Lowery.

The Bucs strategy appears to be to try and bankrupt us by inflating Kawann's stats.

[DelhommesTheMan]

Just now, Promethean Forerunner said:

Let's not get too cocky. They still got a franchise QB and MLB. They can rebuild.

We may be saying the same thing shortly, these dollar amounts are insane..

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2 minutes ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Let's not get too cocky. They still got a franchise QB and MLB. They can rebuild.

Not saying we won't have to bring it but Irvin's don't grow on trees and that's why they took him in the 1st.  The margin for error is razor thin in this league, especially when you give big deals to so many and literally have nothing to show for your first round this entire decade.  They've regressed since 2013 and no longer have their QB for peanuts (actually paying him more than Cam, fools), and I see further regression.  Guys like Kearse were the difference against us in the past and they're disappearing by the handful before our eyes.

[Bartin]

1 minute ago, Kuechly59 said:

Star has anther two years we will use the option, Norman imo isn't worth a long term deal at his age... Short will cost a penny but I doubt we let him see the open market he will be hit with the tag.

DL tag will hit $17M next year and maybe up to $18M. The sooner we get a deal done with Kawann the better. Cam and Luke look like dollar store signings right now because we got them done early.

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5 minutes ago, DelhommesTheMan said:

We may be saying the same thing shortly, these dollar amounts are insane..

Maybe but we didn't trade a 1st (that could have been used on KK), 3rd, and 7th for Percy, trade a 1st (cheap, 21 year old Shaq) for Jimmy, draft Britt over Turner, etc.. GMan is simply running circles around Schneider at this moment and for 2-3 years.

[NcPsa10]

@MikeKlis
Broncos figured Brock Osweiler didn't want to come back when he stopped returning phone calls to coaches/some teammates past 2 weeks. #9news

Chris Harris ‏@ChrisHarrisJr  2h2 hour

Shocked I thought Brock wanted to play with us lol

 

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Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Vikings are signing former Titans S Michael Griffin to a contract.

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Rand Getlin reports that the 49ers have reached an agreement with QB Thad Lewis on a one-year deal.

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[Bartin]

6 minutes ago, Kuechly59 said:

The tag won't go up that much it's an average of the previous five seasons....

It's the average for the previous 5 seasons but it's not exactly for their cap hits. It's the percentage of the salary cap those cap hits took up. It's at 10.1% this season. A conservative estimate of the 2017 salary cap at $170M and that percentage not going up, which it should, puts the tag at $17M+

 

EDIT: Scratch that. Was looking at the DE number. DT should be around $15M

[Bartin]

3 minutes ago, Kuechly59 said:

It will be around 14 million... Fyi

Yeah, my bad. Was using the DE number and not the DT number. $14-15M is the right number for the tag.

[NcPsa10]

Fa sucks bring back 'legal tampering' period , This has gotten boring... You Should have  left the other thread up you Jinxed it 

[CAPantherFan]

If you are a Broncos fan I'd think you'd be freaking out. Your team is being dismantled!!

[Bartin]

1 minute ago, CAPantherFan said:

If you are a Broncos fan I'd think you'd be freaking out. Your team is being dismantled!!

It definitely feels like that for them, but they've really only lost 3 guys in free agency. Brock, Trevathan and Jackson.

Of course, you have to add in Manning's retirement and the fact that Von is going to be getting private island money due to the Vernon contract to get the full picture. Also, CJ Anderson might get poached because they used the original round tender on him and Demarcus Ware could get cut but those haven't happened yet.