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TheLynchTrain

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  1. A big part of signing first rounders is the signing bonus and often these bonuses are paid over the first couple of years of the contract. I have to wonder how teams and agents are dealing with this when in all likelihood there will be no season next year.

    How do you plan out a contract with no guarantee of a "year 2". Plus, it would seem to me that the teams have a lot of leverage here, because if a player holds out, the team could (if they are willing to not have the player... a big if) just tell the player, "fine, sit out the year".

    What would the player do? Go back into the draft? Would there even be a draft next year if there is no season?

    The player stands a chance of not playing (or getting paid) for 2 years.

     

    Its not baseball. The team owns the rights for the player. See Drew Henson, Jim Kelly, ect. Even more leverage for the team then.

  2. got the same thing. just filed my piece.

     

    jw

     

    Hey John:

     

    Unrelated question - in your piece on Torbor making a fresh start in Buffalo, you mention he's 257 pounds. Not to be impolite (or question your numbers), but where did that come from? On espn he's listed at 250, on wikipedia (great source) he's listed as 245. Obviously these numbers can be subjective - a guy could have a 20 pound swing from his offseason and playing weights, depending on his position.

     

    Did you get that from a team page? From him? I'm interested because I'd be really happy if he was closer to 260. Thats good for the bills.

     

    Thanks again for your contributions here.

     

     

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ports/index/nfl

  3. It was pretty neat.

     

    Everybody has faults, but it was obvious he only came back to the Dolphins because he was staring down a multimillion dollar lawsuit from the team to recover the signing bonus they gave him. Right?

     

    That was my only issue. He made a commitment and walked away. If he had repaid his debt upfront when he retired (which he couldn't because it was all spent), I would have had a little more respect if he had stayed retired. IMO it just felt like he only came back so he couldn't get sued.

     

    But that argument could be blown out the window by the fact he's still playing. I believe his debt to the team was done once he came back the first year (or at least the Dolphins have ceased their efforts to come after it). His choice to still play is all on him. Sounds like he really enjoys life and enjoys football these days.

     

    It was very good insight on a person's inner demons and what somebody can accomplish even if you're the only person still believing in yourself.

  4. Alot of his stuff is on a positive slant but his game day blogs have been fairly critical. The Tennessee game in particular was especially harsh and it should have been because the Bills had a bad day. He is better than you give him credit for and you should congratulate yourself on how many people have looked at this and commented which is basically what you criticize him for.

     

     

    Hey Chris how ya doing? Are you going to have your own Q & A on tbd like Tim Graham?

  5. Logic says Clausen isn't going to slip past Cleveland. It's a pretty obvious pick for Holmgen. He'll want his guy to build around, not a washed up Jake Delhomme. Clausen will be a starter from day one.

     

    This has been rehashed many times.

     

    Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren was asked about Clausen on Sunday and he responded: "I wish I liked him more," according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. "You know how you have a type of player that you like? It's not scientific. People like him a lot. He'll go high," Holmgren said. "But it would be hard for me [to take him]."

     

     

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsi...est-to-say.html

  6. lee evans is far and away your best player on offense.....he is considered a top 10 receiver in all of football.....he is worth two number ones draft picks......at some point, it makes no sense to trade away a proven player for a possible successful draft pick.....i would keep lee evans.

     

     

    I agree entirely with this point. But has it mattered? The only reason why I'd keep him is to see how Chan will use him. But if he isn't used again this year, any trade value he may have had is done. Right now we might be able to get a 2nd and a flyer on him (in the deepest draft in a while). I'd say we'd get a better deal than the Boldin 3rd and 4th because a new team probably wouldn't have to give him a new contract. His contract is a perfect trade chip (as I mentioned above).

     

    But if we do wait a year after another wasted and failed campaign we probably couldn't get squat for him. Does anyone actually think the bills are going to be anything but rebuilding this year? We as fans need to understand that in order to be respectable again we need to maximize the value of our assets. Lee will be 30 next March. He will never have the same value after this year. We should get what we can while we still can.

     

    Unless we (once again) think we can win this year

  7. No we wouldn't get a 1st for him. Thats just silly but it won't be because of his "salary" as everybody around here says. Look at the following years, according to Rotoworld: " 2010: $5.4 million (+ $3 million roster bonus), 2011-2012: $3.025 million (+ $1 million roster bonuses, 2013: Free Agent. Cap charge: $9.87 million (2009)."

     

    Basically some team would have to take a 8.4 mil hit this year (in an uncapped climate) to get a pretty good bargain down the road. Yeah we're getting a bargain the last two years of the deal but we've underutilized Lee every year he's been here.

     

    We can probably get pretty good value for him if we asked. And really this year is it going to matter that much if Lee is on the roster or not? It hasn't mattered since Loserman.

     

    Great receiver, probably get some decent value from a contender but it won't happen.

  8. It all depends if our defense wants to have a 1 or 2 gap NT. Not every 3-4 in the league has a 330 lb nose tackle. Look at Arizona and San Diego for examples. Jay Ratliff (303 lbs) and Darnell Dockett (275 lbs) are of comparable weight. Although I will add they have a good 3-4 inches on Kyle.

     

    Anyways Chan said today that they weren't going to run the 3-4 on every down...more of a hybrid 3-4.

  9. Certainly true of the OLBs, does it apply to the ILBs? I honestly don't know the answer.

     

    Every site you look at will tell you that James Farrior (arguably best in the business for 3-4) is in the 240s but Pittsburgh writers and fans will say there is no way he's bigger than 220. When you got big uglies in front of you on the line it doesnt matter how big your ILB is.

  10. On the downside or not I do hope we take a flyer in the 3-4 round on a DE prospect. Stroud and Edwards (yeah he's 29 but you never know with the neck injury) are a little old/injury problems and after Spencer Johnson our depth takes a drop. It'd be nice anyways to have a 2-3 year plan so a rookie could be groomed to start in a few years.

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