Booster4324
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Steve Tasker.
Agreed. I remember when Tasker got some ludicrous salary for the era. I want to say it was like 1/16th of the salary cap at the time but I am probably off. I remember arguing with a friend of mine ,a NE fan, that he was worth it as he was guaranteed to do something spectacular and win one game a year for us. If you can manage even a few of those playmakers you are set.
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I'm not sure what to say, except that it doesn't work that way.
Did you think this past season that the Bills should have approached the season like they were gonna win the Super Bowl?
Do you think the Texans should approach this season like "This is the year"?
If so, your an idiot.
That was perhaps a tad harsh. However, I do agree it's unlikely we will win the SB this year. Sadly, we are playing this whole offseason like a NFL (due to financial constraints) Lite team. I would be cool with them overspending if there was a plan there. I would be cool with them spending money now to front load contracts.
Seems to me though they are just spending to get by. I am probably wrong and I do actually have a lot of faith in Levy...
In Marv we trust.
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I'd hate to say it, but one of the best teams that draft is the New England Patriots. They always get value for their picks, and their scouting department is phenomenal. After the 2000 draft in which they got Brady, Theyve Picked the following starters
2001 Richard Seymour and Matt Light
2002 Daniel Graham and Deion Branch
2003 Ty Warren, Eugene Wilson, Asante Samuel, Dan Koppen
2004 Vince Wilfork and Ben Watson
2005 Logan Mankins, Ellis Hobbs, and Nick Kaczur
2006 Laurence Maroney, Chad Jackson, David Thomas and Stephen Gostkowski
Their Drafts get better over the years and all of these guys have contributed to the Pats success over the years, a good front office is the key to success in this league. Their mid-round picks such as Samuel, Light and Kaczur shows that the way to build a succesful team is in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th rounds. And while they have lost some guys like graham and branch, they got a 1st rounder in return this year for deion. Unfortunately I don't see their draft luck running out anytime soon.
One of my best friends is a Pats fan...I am so sick of hearing about the genius of the Patriots.
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Why is that? I mean McGahee might never even find out he's the subject of discussion in a trade deal. I mean he doesn't read his playbook evidently so I doubt he reads the newspaper.
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guys the problem is that THE BILLS kept their mouths shut. it was Reese and the Giants that blabbed. illegally so, too.
I am referring to the story about Willis not knowing the playbook. I dont think the Bills did anything wrong by shopping Willis around.
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Does anyone else wonder why the hell the Bills are simultaneously badmouthing Willis AND shopping him for a trade? Doesn't it make sense to keep your mouth shut about the guy until he's gone?
Thats was my first thought as well. I mean couldn't we have kept this story under wraps until the draft was over at least? Oh well if the story is true then trade Willis, the worthless piece of excrement, for a bag of stale chips. Assuming anyone will go that high of course.
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If we take quinn what do you think that would do to losmans confidence?
OMG another QB controversy. Someone shoot me now please. Another downer to Quinn beiing available means most of the guys I hope we select are probably gone. In which case please trade down.
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If Marv wasn't exploring a trade option with an impending FA who, IMO, doesn't fit into this team's long-term plans then he would be derelict in his duties. This is what every GM in the league does every day.
Agreed. I think that Marv had a duty to try and get something for him. It's unfortunate how this all panned out, but I have yet to see a story where the Bill's staff did anything wrong. It's not like Marv was talking to reporters and said "We are exploring trade options.". Perhaps I missed a story somewhere though.
I wonder if any of the same people roasting Marv for trading McGahee also complain that we are getting nothing for Clements.
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Yes you can structure it like this. It's just not a popular format because you need so much cap room and it's not an efficient way to clear immediate cap space. For our situation it would be a very good strategy to employ.
I really do find the strategy appealing. I just have never heard of a contract being front loaded like that. It would make cutting somone so much less painful. Of course this is essentially mortaging the present to pay for the future. You could time your contracts out, so that in a certain year you had tons of cap room. Then by reverting back to the back loaded contracts you could be a huge player in free agency.
I agree that we are in a good situation to use it. When's the CBA due to be remodified? 2009 season? Could be interesting if they employed it now and then in a couple years with lots of cap space and extra cash...
I can dream cant I?
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B.The second team signs a guy to a 2 million dollar bonus and amortizes it over the 5 years. The cost in cap terms would be 400,000 per year for the bonus. His base salary is made up of the remaining 23 million on the deal and will be front loaded. It would probably be something like 25% in year 1, 20% in year 2, 20% in year 3, 20% in year 4 and 15% in year 5. The total value of the contract adding in the bonus would be.
Year 1- 6.15 Million Value after First year 7.75 Million
Year 2- 5.0 Million Value after Second year 12.35 Million
Year 3- 5.0 Million Value after Third year 16.95 Million
Year 4- 5.0 Million Value after Fourth year 21.55 Million
Year 5- 3.85 Million Value after Fifth year 25 Million
Is it possible to frontload a players salary like this? I sorta had the vague impression that their salaries had to increase every year.
I really like the idea of it if so, as it is an excellent way to keep your dead cap amount at a minimum. This would allow for some real serious cap advantages in the ensuing years too. Of course the contracts would need to be more frontloaded to be competitive.
Downside of course is we would eat the available cap space up like mad.
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Awesome video. Thanks.
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Put me on Tiki's side on this. He probably shouldn't have said idiots when referring to them if he wanted to be completely classy but I can understand some anger.
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Oh man that was hilarious and I like DB.
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Well for damn sure he (DF) would have done a better job than RJ in the Music City Miracle. What was it 7 sacks for 49 yards or so? What a farce. Now was DF a good QB? No, he was mediocre IMO with flashes of brilliance dulled by physical and mental shortcomings...mind you he was light years ahead of RJ the man who hurt himself falling on a football.
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Well just another example IMO of how messed up the legal world is. My friend who is a lawyer from a top 50 law school and has absolutely no expertise in this field disagrees. The sad part is you are probably right. I assume you know what recourse means and you realize that means that we have essentially no protection from essentially being robbed at will.
Thanks, but I wonder who crafted that fine piece of legislation? Which politician?And you know what they say about politicians...they are lawyers who lack the morals and ethics to stay the course.
Now with all that said, unless its explicitly spelled out somewhere in fine legalese which is readily available to the consumer, I think this is a a crock. What it essentially boils down to is customer service and the victim in this case was not only denied the service he paid for (attending the Bill's game) he was also led around by the nose and wasted more of his time by the employee's of the stadium not knowing the rules or failing to convey them adequately. In a case like this when he did the proper thing by making sure they should be able to contact him any competent customer service will at least compensate him somewhat.
Now with that said...dont hold your breath customer service sucks nowadays.
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Or you could even use what they say in the rating formula itself to qualifiy the rating.
It is important to remember that the system is used to rate pass-ers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect leadership, play-calling, and other intangible factors that go into making a successful professional quarterback.
Four categories are used as a basis for compiling a rating:
• Percentage of completions per attempt
• Average yards gained per attempt
• Percentage of touchdown passes per attempt
• Percentage of interceptions per attempt
Not to mention it doesn't bother to add sacks, yards lost by such, or fumbles. Oh and the scrambling ability of some QBs.
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Leagally, (yes, I am a lawyer) having a ticket gives you no right of entry. It may be revoked at any time for any reason. For example, lets say you bought tickets to the best hypothetical concert of all time, a Pink Floyd reunion concert. You score front row tickets and a pass to hang-out with the band after the concert.
You bought two tickets for $5000 a full year in advance. You get to the concert, find your seats, are sufficiently stoned and ready for the best experience of your life. However, five minutes before the concert begins, the manager of the facility taps you on the shoulder and tell you that you have to leave because President Bush showed up and they are giving the preseident and the first lady your seats.
You are SOL!
So are you claiming there would be no legal recourse in the above example? Lets leave out the stoned part (which could conceivably be used against you as you are essentially entering into a contract when you purchase a ticket) in your reply please sir.
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If by pass the football you mean that the ball actually leaves their hands (in a forward pass that is) then that is correct. It has nothing to do with sacks or fumbles as others pointed out. To me those seem relevant stats when it was an attempted pass play. IMO thats why DF (couldn't hold a candle to JK mind you) was so much better than RJ.
Heres the actual formula from NFL.com.
The NFL rates its passers for statistical purposes against a fixed performance standard based on statistical achievements of all qualified pro passers since 1960. The current system replaced one that rated passers in relation to their position in a total group based on various criteria.
The current system, which was adopted in 1973, removes inequities that existed in the former method and, at the same time, provides a means of comparing passing performances from one season to the next.
It is important to remember that the system is used to rate pass-ers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect leadership, play-calling, and other intangible factors that go into making a successful professional quarterback.
Four categories are used as a basis for compiling a rating:
• Percentage of completions per attempt
• Average yards gained per attempt
• Percentage of touchdown passes per attempt
• Percentage of interceptions per attempt
The average standard, is 1.000. The bottom is .000. To earn a 2.000 rating, a passer must perform at exceptional levels, i.e., 70 percent in completions, 10 percent in touchdowns, 1.5 percent in interceptions, and 11 yards average gain per pass attempt. The maximum a passer can receive in any category is 2.375.
For example, to gain a 2.375 in completion percentage, a passer would have to complete 77.5 percent of his passes. The NFL record is 70.55 by Ken Anderson (Cincinnati, 1982).
To earn a 2.375 in percentage of touchdowns, a passer would have to achieve a percentage of 11.9. The record is 13.9 by Sid Luckman (Chicago, 1943).
To gain 2.375 in percentage of interceptions, a passer would have to go the entire season without an interception. The 2.375 figure in average yards is 12.50, compared with the NFL record of 11.17 by Tommy O'Connell (Cleveland, 1957).
In order to make the rating more understandable, the point rating is then converted into a scale of 100. In rare cases, where statistical performance has been superior, it is possible for a passer to surpass a 100 rating.
For example, take Steve Young's record-setting season in 1994 when he completed 324 of 461 passes for 3,969 yards, 35 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions.
The four calculations would be:
• Percentage of Completions — 324 of 461 is 70.28 percent. Subtract 30 from the completion percentage (40.28) and multiply the result by 0.05. The result is a point rating of 2.014.
Note: If the result is less than zero (Comp. Pct. less than 30.0), award zero points. If the results are greater than 2.375 (Comp. Pct. greater than 77.5), award 2.375.
• Average Yards Gained Per Attempt — 3,969 yards divided by 461 attempts is 8.61. Subtract three yards from yards-per-attempt (5.61) and multiply the result by 0.25. The result is 1.403.
Note: If the result is less than zero (yards per attempt less than 3.0), award zero points. If the result is greater than 2.375 (yards per attempt greater than 12.5), award 2.375 points.
• Percentage of Touchdown Passes — 35 touchdowns in 461 attempts is 7.59 percent. Multiply the touchdown percentage by 0.2. The result is 1.518.
Note: If the result is greater than 2.375 (touchdown percentage greater than 11.875), award 2.375.
• Percentage of Interceptions — 10 interceptions in 461 attempts is 2.17 percent. Multiply the interception percentage by 0.25 (0.542) and subtract the number from 2.375. The result is 1.833.
Note: If the result is less than zero (interception percentage greater than 9.5), award zero points.
The sum of the four steps is (2.014 + 1.403 + 1.518 + 1.833) 6.768. The sum is then divided by six (1.128) and multiplied by 100. In this case, the result is 112.8. This same formula can be used to determine a passer rating for any player who attempts at least one pass.
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Great read. It makes me both proud and ashamed of my hometown at the same time.
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Fair enough and if they do make it to the NFC championship game after 6-8 ODD and very QUESTIONABLE calls (it will take that IMHO) then I will be right there with you. Honestly with their schedule it might not take the questionable calls for me to buy in to the conspiracy theory and even call for a broadening of the conspiracy including the players/owners/coaches etc.
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Put me in the "he should walk before he runs" category. I want him to become a decent passer on a regular basis and then use the running aspect of his skills to become a complete QB.
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) but your method is a little flawed. The odds of picking the Bills record, in order, at random, is 1/65536. That would be (1/2)^16...
Moulds would like to come back
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Hmmm
Echoing some other sentiments...
If he has a gallon of gas in the tank, and he won't be a malcontent, I say yes. Might be kinda nice to have a WR who can catch well and is a decent size. 6'2" and 210 makes him bigger than anyone I can think of on our roster at the WR position. I would say the league minimum and no guaranteed spot seems fair. Throw some nice incentives in and lets see what happens.
Oh, and if JP is going to meltdown because someone preferred another QB over him and they come back to the team, then IMO it's best to know now JP can't handle even minimal pressure.