Ramius

he was saying no one has handed out $20 mil to a single player in a one time shot. Even peyton, who has the record for biggest bonus, at 35 mil, was paid in 2 installments of 17.5 mil in each of his first 2 years of the deal.

probably not. weiss's buyout tag at notre dame was said to be 21 million.

chicken pot pie

My take on the cash vs cap is this: the salary cap expenses for player salaries are basically covered by NFL TV money that is split evenly between the 32 teams. So spending close to the cap isnt a problem salary wise. The bills can afford it. This is the what the cap covers. What the cap does NOT cover, however, is the actual # of dollars spent by a team in a given year in cash. TKO's signing bonus counts against the cap this year, but since he was paid the bonus at the time of signing, he's not getting any of that cash this year, only his salary. So while he may count say 6 mil against the cap, he will only receive 4 mil or so in actual cash payments this season. Its turning into a "cash" league, because the higher revenue teams generate more cash than the lower revenue teams. So even tho both us and washington have the same cap limit, washing has much more cash to spend on signing bonuses. If they generate 100 mil in cash, thats 100 mil then can spend in signing bonuses this season, to clements, freeny, etc. If the bills generate only 25 mil in cash this year, thats 4x less cash we have to give to potential free agents. So snyder can spend 30 mil for a SB for clements, and the bills realistically would NOT be able to match it, because we lack the cash that the redskins have. hope this helps.

i hate to stand up for rosensleaze, but if you look back, most of his big name, high profile "holdouts" (in quotes because they didnt actually hold out), actually fired their agents and hired rosenhaus. so its not as if it was all rosenhaus's idea. the players have to want to cause a stink too.

heres a new one. someone form ohio bitching about an east coast bias? i know the left coasters usually do, but ohio? c'mon man!

McCree still should have knocked it down. The player needs to recognize the situation. Its kind of like a ballplayer knowing when NOT to catch the long foul ball, because the runner on 3rd will tag up.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2739009 Jonathan Joseph, the teams 1st rounder last year, was arrested on possession of marijuana. He's the 9th bengal arrested in the last 9 months. At this rate, they hit a full dozen before the year is done!

frez, what happend to your source? unless russ grimm changed his name ot mike tomlin?

someone needs to tell mularkey your career is supposed to progress UP the coaching ladder, not down it.

Even when Bills fans find something to be happy about, you can always count on JSP to piss in the cornflakes.

no it doesnt make the Bills any better. but watching the patsy fags fall make me feel good. since the bills season is over, and i hate the pate, thats why i was rooting against them. i havent felt this good about another team losing since gonzo blooped a single over jeter's head in '01.

THE PATRIOTS!!! you brady, !@#$ you belichick, you pats, and you entire city of boston

that coughing was tommy tqinkle toes throwing the game ending INT.

haha. looks like FG tommy cant drive his team for a TD. <cough> <cough> <cough> sounds like tommy was choking!

can the colts actually cover a kickoff right now?

ok. reggie wayne probably caused a few hundred heart attacks with that little toss right there.

Well, here we go peyton. this is your shot to shut a whole lot fo people up.

Peyton needed to step up there but didnt. hopefully he gets 1 more shot.

looked like a blow to the head on 3rd down.

wow. apparently the refs thought that the pats were on D on that non-call PI.

I understand what you are saying. the problem isnt the rule itself per say, but the fact that its based entirely on a judgement call by an official is what i hate about the rule. one official would call a catch a TD, another would call it incomplete. perhaps change the rule a bit to require only 1 foot in bounds if they are pushed?

Lorenzo Booker, RB FSU. will be taken in the 3rd or 4th round, but is a poor man's reggie bush/warrick dunn.

Well, looks like the patsie-fags arent the only team with the "fumble the ball to the OL in the endzone for a TD" play.