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McCarthy sounds very insecure

sounds like McCarthy should never be a HC again

yes I would. Sorry am I in the wrong thread?

no one can match our illustrious history of hiring the worst coaches possible

Weird

I always liked the multipurpose backs: Marcus Allen Thurman Thomas Marshall Faulk

I usually sign up for the e-mail list pre sale code

I can only heckle for so long

strong no

at least he got the continent right

the way the Raiders are going they'll likely play the season on a barge in SF Bay

I love Rock and Roll and would prefer to be wrong but the quality of today's music suggests otherwise

If the field is under the municipality start there

Sadly all the great bands are now cover bands. Enjoy rock and roll while you can. Its a dying art. Algorithms will determine what we'll be listening to

If you had the same field time last year you should get first right of refusal this year. Go through your elected representative

I will never forgive the Bills for passing on a homegrown product

Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd this month - pretty good. Seeing Morrissey in April, Joe Jackson in May, Little Steven in July and Iron Maiden in August

FREE AGENCY MOSTLY BAD VALUE Free Agency is almost always (80-85% of time since free agency started) a bad value proposition because teams will always look to keep their top homegrown players. So when a player reached free agency it is mainly because his team—-the people who know him best—decided that his projected production will NOT match the price of his contract demands. And if the team that knows the player better than anyone else is taking a pass, you must give that some deep thought. With that said, 15-20% of the time, players can be on the market simply because teams are being squeezed by the cap. Sometimes teams can be victims of their own success. They end up with too many good players who all require too much money to keep and they are forced to part ways. Players coming from that circumstance are often better investments—but they are few and far between. And it is their scarcity that drives their price way up. FREE AGENT PLAYERS USUALLY FALL INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES: A) Role Players B) Players past their prime THERE ARE RARELY IF EVER DIFFERENCE MAKERS AVAILABLE IN FREE AGENCY—THEY ARE ALREADY SIGNED OR TAGGED BY THEIR CURRENT TEAM. . THE SALARY CAP DOESN’T FORGIVE OR FORGET You must get something of value – Immediate production and longevity. A free agent must be able to give you a minimum of 600 plays per year. QB’s second contracts take up a large percentage of the salary cap. More mistakes are made in free agency at the cornerback position than any other. LONG TERM DEALS FOR YOUNG ASCENDING PLAYERS ONLY If a player is over 26 years old, do not give a 5 year contract. Even he is a Tier I player—and NEVER sign a high risk injury player to a long term deal. Do not give a four year contract or longer to a player 28 or older, even if he is a Tier I player. PLAYER MUST FILL NEEDS AND FIT OR YOU WILL REGRET You must evaluate the player, establish the fit and establish the right price. You MUST fill needs and make sure that the player is a specific schematic fit for your team. NEVER, EVER sign a player and change his technique or schematic fit. It just doesn’t work. Free agency has a place in building your roster if you find the right player to fit the right need in the right scheme. But you must make sure of the precise reason you are signing the player. CONTRACT YEAR WONDERS Be aware of the player who production dramatically increases in their contract year as you are more likely to be paying for the production of the contract year while getting the production from those non contract years. DON’T FORGET CAP MONEY FOR INJURY REPLACEMENTS AND PRACTICE SQUAD You must have $ 6 million in cap resources for replacement for injured players—ideally $10 million. You must have $1 million of cap space allocated for practice squad players- 8 players on practice squad at $90k/year for $720,000 cap amount allocation. Teams that want to be aggressive will spend even more money on practice guys, creating more depth and bottom of roster quality. SELF CHECK QUESTION BEFORE SIGNING A PLAYER On signing a player in Free agency, you have to ask yourself if you A) HAVE TO B) NEED TO or C) LIKE TO sign a player. 600 PLAYS OR WALK AWAY How many plays can a player give you in a year?—-For Example, he might not be a starting corner but he might be a 600 play a year guy as a nickel or if he is a CORE special team player (playing on all 4 ST units)——-A core special team’s player is a 250 play per year player alone. BUDGET SENSE Stick to your budget. If you spend recklessly, there will inevitably come a time when you need the money that you no longer have and spending Tier I money on a Tier II player only inflates what you have to play your Tier I player. The salary cap penalizes SEVERELY for overpaying players relative to what their production value is. THIRD DOWN VALUE A MUST Never spend a money on a player who doesn’t play well on third downs, which is the money down in the NFL. If he is not on the field on third down, he definitely does not warrant upper tier money. FINANCIAL CHEMISTRY IMPORTANT Can’t sign a player for more than the team leader or your best player at that position. This about rewarding loyalty and maintaining a balanced cost structure within your team because it creates bad locker room chemistry. Trust me, players always know what everyone at their position makes around the league. KNOW FOR SURE WHAT YOU ARE GETTING Know the player you are signing very well. You must be informed as possible about a player as a mistake will cost you millions. You want to know the players practice habits, his off field habits, his football intelligence and any of his personal shortcomings. You gather this information through a variety of sources such as a coach who has coached him previously, a front office or staff person that knows him personally as well as through psychological reports and tests given in the pre draft process. You will diligently re-evaluate both his pre-draft college scouting report and put it up against the pro personnel evaluation from his time in the league. If a player had a problem back then, more often than not it means that the problem still likely exists. SAVE MONEY FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT Save your money if you are not ready to contend. Due to the latest collective bargaining agreement now unused cap room can be rolled over as long as a team stays above the cap floor. So, do not waste money on players who are not going to help you in the long term. Save your money and extend your homegrown players. This creates greater stability within the team and the way the successful teams operate, DON’T BELIEVE YOUR CULTURE WILL CHANGE A PLAYER Never believe that your locker room culture will change a person’s behavior. This is rarely the case and when it does work it is only on a minimum salary short deal. Giving a large money or long term deal in this situation RARELY works if ever. YOUR ARE NOT ONE PLAYER AWAY Do NOT buy into the theory that you are ONE player away from a championship because there is a 100% injury rate in this sport. IGNORE THE NOISE Never chase the market for a player and do not allow agents to manipulate you. There is a lot of pressure on GM’s by the media and fans to produce activity in the free agency period. Never has anyone who has won the March race every wins anything during the football season. A segment of your fan base will be unhappy. The local media will be unhappy, the agents will be unhappy and you are sure to hear that you are not trying to win. And, you will never get credit for the money you spend on re-signing your players—which also counts against the cap. STAY FOCUSED—REMEMBER THE MISSION Every one looks out for their own interest. You have to look out for the best interest for the team and stay focused on that. Set a price that is fair and if that price escalates, walk away. You are not in a church auction. You run a football team. If you do so, your cap will be well managed which is absolutely essential for sustained success and you will have the ability to sign your own free agents first. They are the priority when you are a good team because you are a good team because you draft well A FREE AGENT LOSS HURTS MORE THAN HE HELPS HIS NEW TEAM Always remember that the free agent you lose hurts you more than he helps his new team. This is why historical trends show that it takes a free agent changing teams and systems almost a year to fit and become really efficient. As much as GM’s think about dead years at the end of the contracts, they should also remember that the first year is unlikely to be a very productive one. It can be, but the odds are against it. Football is not baseball, basketball or hockey as such positions are far less interchangeable between teams.

still intrigued by him. i think the right coach could turn him into a Joe Flacco

great post. I sympathize being a westerner in Ontario

these are very solid signings at positions of need that allow us to draft without desperation

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-12/new-york-ag-opens-probe-trumps-failed-bid-buffalo-bills

never from a work computer but frequently from a work phone

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