PetermansRedemption

Players should stop signing those contracts. I imagine there has to be a clause in the contracts that the team can terminate at any time. If a player sees that they need to re-negotiate the deal. That clause shouldn’t be in there. I speculate it’s a clause in the contract because I can’t see a legal way the team could terminate it otherwise.

I never understood that. But I would assume it’s somewhere in the contract that the team can get out of it? Otherwise how would they not be taken to court for terminating it. In which case the players just need to stop signing non-guaranteed contracts. They shouldn’t get all the money up front, but if they get cut mid contract the team should still have to pay. Unless the team works it into the contract, which, the player can then refuse to sign.

Are most places really that much cheaper than paying $2500 per 100,000 of home value? I honesty don’t know. I just did a quick search and San Antonio, TX is on par with that level. But haven’t looked in any other major markets yet.

Oh, that’s why I think they should be guaranteed for injury. And teams should be allowed to cut a player, but be on the hook for the full contract if they do.

That wouldn’t have been a bad flip. Only problem is the draft gets crazy. I’m sure someone will be available at 9 that no one expected to be there. Then the Bills are sitting at 20.

Like I said earlier, I wouldn’t be surprised if AB doesn’t want to go anywhere at this point. I think he wants his outright release from Pitt and nothing else will satisfy him.

What does this even mean? How is Pittsburgh’s owner having it both ways in this situation? He paid out money to Antonio Brown on his word that, you know, he would actually fulfill his contract that he willingly signed.

Expensive? This area isn’t even close to expensive. You can buy a decent home here for 100k, a beautiful one for 350k and a literal mansion for a million (see Brandon Beane’s house). Sure, if you really hunt you can find select markets that are cheaper in the US. The vast majority of US real estate markets are far higher than the Buffalo area.

Is there any way the NFL can push a contract fulfillment clause into the next CBA? Brown is disgruntled and wants more guaranteed money. He must have forgot about the signing bonus he got? Maybe take out signing bonuses from contract negotiations. Make the player actually play for every dime of the contract. It can still be guaranteed for injury. But Pitt is really left holding the bag. They have a worthless asset that they have already paid a ton of guaranteed money to, even if AB doesn’t see it that way.

That doesn’t make much sense. It is the complete opposite. They get so mad because they know it not to be true.

I don’t think Beane could back track and acquire Brown at this point even for a 7th. First of all, I doubt he would change his mind and come here. Second, it would look really really weak for the organization.

I’m not sure Antonio Brown plans to report anywhere at this point. Maybe New Orleans or New England. If his end game is being released by Pittsburgh then he has played this entire situation perfectly.

If he doesn’t play, wouldn’t he not get paid?

Brown has to be absolutely toxic at this point. Steelers are going to have to cut him (probably his end game), make him play, or give him away to the team he wants to go to.

Would LOVE it to be the Redskins. Have that “stud” QB Case Keenum throwing to him.

Shouldn’t people be happy that Antonio Brown (theoretically) informed the Bills he didn’t want to play here. He could have accepted the trade and then held out or given half effort.

I’ve thought all along that San Francisco is a great fit.

Because Eli has been a Star these past two years? Or because he’s been playing in warm weather. Plus he has a contract he is satisfied with. I don’t think there’s anyway OBJ doesn’t report somewhere he’s traded to.

Now this is something I could get behind.

Are prime years for a WR really 31+?

For sure. Free agency is horrendous this year for WR. I have a gut feeling we end up with Devin Funchess.

Pretty glad about this. Especially if Brown was going to cost significant compensation. He would hold out if he wasn’t the highest paid receiver in the league in a few years. If he isn’t getting enough targets he would complain. If he isn’t winning he would complain. He’s also older as far as receivers go. If the compensation was next to nothing (a 4th or worse) then I’m disappointed because it would have been worth the distraction.

Absolutely, if not more. I was expecting Buffalo would have to make Paradis the highest paid center in the league if they wanted to get him to Buffalo. I’m thinking 12 per for Paradis now.

Beane was absolutely a wizard on that one. And not just any third. The first pick in the round.

What’s hilarious is they will have 40 million invested in basically Case Keenum. Yikes. Edit: looks like he is only going to count 3.5 million? Not a bad deal for what they gave up then.