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Official NFL Free Agency Thread

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NanuqoftheNorth Grand Master

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16 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

We are now officially 5 minutes into the Lamar watch.

Did not know until recently that any team interested in negotiating with Lamar is REQUIRED to create the needed cap space for his contract PRIOR to beginning negotiations.  That likely means restructuring existing contracts and not resigning players that you'd otherwise keep.  No small task, with little realistic chance of signing Lamar. 

That alone would likely discourage many potential suitors.  

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/lamar-jackson-franchise-tag-possible-outcomes#:~:text=It requires a team to,him to sign a deal.

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25 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

Did not know until recently that any team interested in negotiating with Lamar is REQUIRED to create the needed cap space for his contract PRIOR to beginning negotiations.  That likely means restructuring existing contracts and not resigning players that you'd otherwise keep.  No small task, with little realistic chance of signing Lamar. 

That alone would likely discourage many potential suitors.  

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/lamar-jackson-franchise-tag-possible-outcomes#:~:text=It requires a team to,him to sign a deal.

But, but, collusion.  Controversy sells and ignorance is bliss. 

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