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No argument on the cap space (as I already mentioned). Again, he’s a good player and I’m happy to have him back. But the All Pro talk is insane - as evidenced by his contract.

Lotta room between a good player and an All Pro. The All Pro talk is ridiculous.

For four games he had a very high pressure rate. Games against the Jets, Commanders, Raiders and Dolphins. So rather than think that his success might be due to the competition he was playing because he’s never had that kind of success before, you just went with the opinion he was playing at an all pro level? Wow.

No. That’s insane. I mean, Daquan was playing well for us and I’m glad he’s back and all. He’s a good player. But he was never playing anywhere close to an “All Pro” level. If he was capable of playing like Aaron Donald, Frank Clark, Chris Jones or Justin Madibuke, then he’d be getting $25M-$30M a season like they are. He’s getting $8M (or up to $8M).

It looks like they left the extra as salary, so yes. If it was a roster bonus, then they could not once it was paid.

A few reasons: - Some don’t have the cash (literally). - Most teams simply don’t want to spend the maximum possible. - It’s used in negotiations. It’s difficult to tell a FA that you can’t pay him more when you’re sitting on a ton of cap space. - PR. It’s a bad look to the fans if you have cap space you’re not using, especially when your team isn’t performing as well as they’d like. - Fear of another Covid-style event where the cap decreases. That could potential be a huge issue. - Suspensions have less of an impact since game checks not paid to the player are not counted toward the cap. - Maximizing the use of signing bonuses can be done long term (see how the Browns are operating), but it can’t really be meshed with an “all in” play. Teams can stay the course or let their foot off the gas, but they can’t do much more in the way of ramping up spending. The Browns are spending at a rate of about 121% of the yearly cap IN CASH. That’s sustainable as long as the cap goes up at expected rates. Hope that helps.

Browns DT Maurice Hurst is re-signing with Cleveland, a one-year deal worth up to $3.2 million, per source. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 11, 2024 Yup. I do not want to see this happen.

Edge Za’Darius Smith is returning to the Browns. 2-year deal worth $23.5M base. Upside to $25M. $12M base in year 1.

Burns wants out of Carolina plus a big contract so they’re trading him. It’s that or force him to play on the tag this year and get a comp pick down the line. Trading is the smart move by the Panthers at this point. Better late than never on the “being smart” front, I guess.

I’d be absolutely livid if we paid him that much.

The NFL will not disclose their formula. Overthecap seemed to have it nailed down, but not on that pick. Edmunds missed some time this season and playing time factors into the formula. Total speculation on my part, but that may have been it. He was calculated as giving us the lowest 3rd round comp pick - other than the ones given to teams that have minority GMs and HCs hired away.

He’d be an upgrade for the Bengals, Dolphins, Colts, Chargers, Rams or Tampa.

Congratulations to Gabe on getting paid! But I am so happy that I don’t root for a team that did this.

Good teams need players too.

This is the last season with guarantees in his deal. He’s under contract for two more after that, but the Bills can easily move on at any time after this season. Now with the addition of Kincaid he may not get the passes or playing time that he used to get. That would not help his value. This is hypothetical because the contract move looks like a straight restructure. But if I were him and my choices were $5M and free agency today or a cut in pay, I would walk.

How happy Knox is here now - especially with the addition of Kincaid - is an open question. He’s overpaid at $13M so that probably helps a lot in that regard, but that might change if he were asked to take a pay cut. It looks to be a straight up restructure so that looks to be a moot point. You should be embarrassed by that comment. Knox is a good, starting quality TE that can play in line and flex out to the slot. He may have been a little overpaid by the Bills, but he’d be signed within days if he hit the market today. And he’d be a good starter for that team.

Certainly possible. I don’t think I’d do that if I were Knox though. I’d take my $5M and go play for another team where I’d make a lot more than $2M.

I’m not sure of Higgins’ value, but you’d have to think they could make something work, even if they had to sweeten the deal. One of the worst kept secrets in the NFL right now is the Chargers desire to move down from 5. Not sure they’d want to go all the way down to 19 or take Higgins rather than draft Nabors, but if they were interested then they could do a deal. Cincy might have to sweeten it a little, but you’d have to think they would be in striking distance.

I seriously doubt it. Two reasons: 1) No contract talks for a year. 2) Cincy tagged him the instant we entered the tag window. If they wanted to keep him, they’d have waited until the end of the window and worked on a deal. That was a clear signal they were going to try to trade him. Or just keep him one last season, but probably trade him. In any event, they don’t want to sign him to a big contract.

His co tract had a $5M roster bonus that guaranteed last year. I’m sure that got converted to a SB. Not sure what else they did tho. Some of his salary could’ve also been converted. Or maybe a pay cut offset by additional guarantees and/or incentives. Just have to wait and see.

That makes no sense. The exact same amount of money hits Wilson’s bank account whether the Steelers pay him $1.2M, $5M or $35M. Every dollar they save this year can go to Wilson next year if he balls out. Or not if he doesn’t.

Good for Mitch.

This is due to his Denver contract containing offset language. Whatever he gets paid this season by another team gets deducted from what Denver has to pay him. Also the Steelers play at Denver this year.