NFL Free Agency

[Jon Snow]

Just now, strato said:

Not talking a real extension. Talking basically about buying a little cap space and it being more of a retainer that can be revisited. 

That is still wasted money. Just cut him if you cannot play him at LT. He is no longer in the future plans as far as im concerned.

If you plan on making him a guard are you going to extend him when you don't know if he can play that position?

It makes no sense to try to rework a contract on a big man with this injury when you can just cut him and have all of the cap savings to use on your new rookie LOT and another position of need.

[strato]

5 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

That is still wasted money. Just cut him if you cannot play him at LT. He is no longer in the future plans as far as im concerned.

If you plan on making him a guard are you going to extend him when you don't know if he can play that position?

It makes no sense to try to rework a contract on a big man with this injury when you can just cut him and have all of the cap savings to use on your new rookie LOT and another position of need.

I am talking about a token payment of as little as possible base for 2027 just to keep him tethered. They waste the kind of money I’m talking several times every year, it is inconsequential. 2-3 million. The real money would come in incentives only after he met them. In which case, he will have earned it. 
Or we just pay him 17.4 million for nothing and we are in the same no man’s land at the end of the year. 
 

Believe me it would be team friendly until he hit the escalators. The timing of this sucked and calls for being creative or sucking it up and plan on him moving on. 
 

I am not looking at him being a guard as any kind of given. They need feet too. They need push too. 

[bythenbrs]

1 minute ago, strato said:

I am talking about a token payment of as little as possible base for 2027 just to keep him tethered. They waste the kind of money I’m talking several times every year, it is inconsequential. 2-3 million. The real money would come in incentives only after he met them. In which case, he will have earned it. 
Or we just pay him 17.4 million for nothing and we are in the same no man’s land at the end of the year. 
 

Believe me it would be team friendly until he hit the escalators. The timing of this sucked and calls for being creative or sucking it up and plan on him moving on. 
 

I am not looking at him being a guard as any kind of given. They need feet too. They need push too. 

I think with an injury settlement you recoup some or quite a bit of the salary and salary cap.  Snow or someone else may be up on injury settlements.  I’m just playing through…

[strato]

3 minutes ago, bythenbrs said:

I think with an injury settlement you recoup some or quite a bit of the salary and salary cap.  Snow or someone else may be up on injury settlements.  I’m just playing through…

If that’s how it has to go, okay. I am good with a new LOT anyway. But his 5th, all 5th year, the money is guaranteed. I def don’t know how you can settle for less when talking guaranteed. 

[PanthersATL]

Raiders doing Raiders things

The Raiders are trading star edge Maxx Crosby to the Ravens (getting two first round picks?!?)

https://bsky.app/profile/rapsheet.bsky.social/post/3mggrmqjles2e

Edited 27 minutes ago by PanthersATL

[SmokinwithWilly]

3 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

Raiders doing Raiders things

The Raiders are trading star edge Maxx Crosby to the Ravens (getting two first round picks?!?)

https://bsky.app/profile/rapsheet.bsky.social/post/3mggrmqjles2e

Crosby probably wanted out and wants a real shot at winning. That ain't happening in Vegas. They've been dysfunctional for a while. Playing in Vegas is playing for a paycheck. As a competitor, you gotta want more.