That's No Moon

Re: playbook, remember he's been with the team since we put him on the practice squad last November.

Irregardless

Bosa is playing a dangerous game - threatening to hold out for the year will ultimately hurt him more than the Chargers. He won't be a top 3 pick next year. In all likelihood he'll drop several rounds. Even dropping to the end of round 1 will significantly impact the bonus money and weaken his position about off-set language since the further you drop the more rock solid standard that becomes. On one hand I understand the financial argument he's making. He wants his money now so he can invest it now and get the benefit of it rather than having the Chargers sit on it and do the same. On the other hand, if he really does sit out the year he's not getting that year of earnings back ever and that giant bonus is gone until contract number 2. Even if he stays in the first round he'll risk losing huge money. The difference between the 3rd slot and the 32nd slot is about 18M dollars in total value. I'm sure the Chargers realize this which is why they aren't choosing to capitulate. In the end, Bosa will lose much more than San Diego if he does, in fact, refuse to play for the whole year and re-enter the draft. Since Bosa can't force San Diego to trade his rights, if I were San Diego I'd make it abundantly clear that he will not be traded before next year's draft. His current draft slot will be allowed to expire and he will be re-slotted when he is re-drafted. If he were to sign next March, even if his rights were traded, he's still technically the #3 pick in 2016 and entitled to that slot until the 2017 draft starts.

They can't really do that, that salaries are slotted into a range of total compensation as per the CBA. When they say more cash this year than anyone but Wentz they are talking about the bonus money. Not that it's outside of the range, just when it gets paid out. Bosa wants all of it now with no off-set language. The Chargers want to defer part of it which is pretty normal and have off-set language which is also pretty normal.

This is false. There have been lots of top 3 picks, including Carson Wentz this year who both have a deferred bonus payout and off-set language. This is all about his agent and nothing else.

Kelly Stouffer almost did it - his rights were traded right before the next draft. Craig Erickson did it in 1991, he was the most recent.

Cornelius Bennett in 1987, JaMarcus Russell was out for awhile.

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That's not what that means. If he's innocent he's innocent. The purpose of writing that is to prevent players from getting off by reaching out of court settlements pre-trial.

Or maybe the source just said "Lawson" and meant Shaq.

Predicting anything but a loss at this point is foolish. Tom Brady was hurt once too, we lost to Matt Cassel twice that year and neither game was competitive.

When's the last time we haven't royally screwed up a home night game? I'll hang up and listen. No, just 1. I like the Bills there, west coast coming east for a 1pm start usually plays out well for the home team. I think it will be high scoring though.

didn't say he wasn't facing a suspension though

Baltimore - Maybe Jets - Loss Cardinals - Bad Loss Patriots - Loss Rams - Maybe 49ers - Win Best case 3-3 but that requires 2 road wins, one on the West Coast.

Saving myself a bunch of money this fall.

of course, on the flip side if Donald didn't screw up the USFL then Herschel Walker never gets to Dallas and Dallas can't trade him to Minnesota for everything that wasn't nailed down and then Dallas doesn't win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years - beating us twice. You need to decide, could we have gotten through the AFC with Frank Reich - who we drafted in 1985 and another center because we wouldn't have had Hull either. If yes then you hate Donald Trump.

And if Donald Trump didn't screw up the USFL then Kelly never would have played here at all so, really, we should be thanking Donald Trump for being himself.

Not going into the season with only a rookie at backup and you gain 0 cap space by releasing him.

Jeff Tuel had a helluva preseason once.

Marquis Lucas did a nice job at LT late in the game. Certainly better than Martin.

His production has been terrible, which is why you can get him for close to nothing. Trying to find a talented player and succeed where others have failed. In the Hughes/Sheppard deal we gave up the more productive player and Indy was happy to be rid of Hughes. I think we did ok. Mingo is very talented if I could get him for nothing he's as worth the gamble as anyone else you could get this time of year. Marcus Smith has been an albatross for the Eagles too but he's a good example of square peg in a round hole. He was projected as a 3-4 rush backer and the Eagles stuck him at OLB in a 4-3 and it's been a mess. Jim Schwartz moved him to DE and I'm betting he'll be used a lot like he used Hughes.

EJ is absolutely here for the year, you gain no cap space in cutting him and there isn't another more competent veteran available. Depending on how things go in the off-season you could even see him back here next year. I can't imagine there will be a big market for him in the off-season unless he has to play significant time this year and plays well.

If you can't find a shred a sympathy for a child, or at least the family of a child, who died a horrible death I don't know what to say to you.

Still have Lattimore coming back from his broken schnozz.