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We let Harris walk after many great seasons. I don’t think it registers to them at all.

Yeah I heard it was tweeted I think by naylor so extreme grain of salt. Though it does make sense. how crazy would it be if bo went to to and oullette came here? Also does make sense though tbh if we go away from Brady, I’d rather bring in a crop of cheap rookies and a cheap incentive laden flyer on a vet like Carey I love that deal for him and for us. That’s a win win.

A handful of guys league wide have renegotiated deals to get more upfront money and less salary as if some how reduces their taxes. Even in those moves it doesn’t seem like big cap savings. Maybe 1/3rd of a base rookie contract. I don’t think any one, other than strev, has taken an extremely team friendly deal. Strev as much has bet on him self in this contract as well.

Get kongbo back and ford. Tons of versatility. Apparently naylor says Brady wanted 300k. And came down to 250. If it’s true, which isn’t far off the numbers every one was thinking he’d ask, It makes sense why a deal isn’t done. If no one else grabs him at 250 in the first week I actually like our chances of getting a reasonable 200k ish with incentives included. I can see some one giving him 250k possibly though.

Did Noah come back? I remember he had a bad injury and was injury released. We are deep at kick cover safety’s that’s for sure. I wonder if we try to move exhume (if he’s back) or Kelly to Sam to back up Kramdi. didn’t say he did, last word masoli was coming back and well on track. That’s an incredible amount of talent ott has at qb. And more young guys with experience than you can shake a stick at. It isn’t though. Especially not with the lack of continuity having reps together. Hope not. None of our Ss are guys who can cover that much ground and make plays in the pass game. If ford comes back that’s a great spot to flip. Other wise I’d go after an ni lber but we won’t.

Korny and Rosery are back. idk it’s early to tell. Our ol is extremely up in the air with age and contracts. Ott has a really good qb stable too with brown crum Adams pigrome and masoli. That’s gonna be a hell of a tc battle, though I expect some one to be cut early.

Where do I sign up for that deal? but most of that field is leveled now for minimum salary. It is very fungable though and no deals are guaranteed. Augustine was capable of earning more money, he had more incentives but he didn’t hit them or come close to making them out he had a 91k min and a 120max. But he didn’t hit 1k yards rushing and maybe eclipsed 51% of the snaps at rb once last year. Vs Brady who had 100/114k and hit all his incentives.

Miller made 95k last year. He did get more, but not nearly enough. Walker was seldom off the field as well. I think Lawson is going to break out in a big way this year

My only issue with Lawson, is he didn’t play enough. Guys a monster. For the cap numbers the only thing I’d add is that it’s heavily skewed for us when you factor in Zach, and even what will likely be our top 5 all earning outlier money. Let’s say Zach 600k, and the next 4 (likely wj lawler Bryant and one of schoen/brady) average 225k. That’s 1.5m/5.585m at just 5 guys. Leaving 40 to split 4.085m, if we leave no cushion and rely on cutting guys to make changes or ir saved money. That’s 102,125 now, vs the minimum of 70k. If you break down the next 5 highest paid guys, and average out the rest over 35 it drops to probably the mid to low 90s. If you then pay your 7 starting candians plus 3 key ni back ups an average of 100k, which would likely be closer to 125k in average, the number slumps even further. There was actually. Behind Jackson in particular we have spent the last 3 drafts stocking guys for that kind of role. Any taman napkin name ni or imp at fb te lber or de could’ve filled that role and been an upgrade either by ratio or talent. Same with faith the de edition.

The same reason Jackson and Bennett held roster spots.

Early to tell this year, we haven’t had a significant raise like this since zachs contract after 2019. Maintaining on a team retaining most but not all players while still losing guys is different than retooling like we have to now. 50k is 50k, we need to be cutting the fat and saving not the opposite. That’s a base American cut for a base American though. Makes us much better talent wise but doesn’t save us money.

50k raise to the worst starter on our team when Brady and schoen are pending fas going to get a huge raise each.

He’s bad. Expect gray back imo.

We could run 2 QBs on the active roster and keep the 3rd/4th on the pr to see some cap hit. Not a big fan of 2 QBs but gotta do what you gotta do.

Juked. If you get trucked by a qb you never live it down. Almost as bad as getting whupped by a kicker eww

120k plus play incentives what a freaking steal

No kidding. Game planning for our diverse run game, pass game and an option package? Pick your poison. Buck is gonna have an embarrassment of wealth in his arsenal.

Ick no kidding. Didn’t know that was a thing which says all you need to know. I’d love a semi rotating cast or some thing involving blm plop dunigan etc taking offence maybe another talking D too

Love this move. Can’t wait to see what he brings in camp/pre season. I think he will do a lot better working with buck as a passer than under plop especially after all that seasoning in the nfl. I wonder what the money is going to be like. We weren’t seemingly interested at all in brown at 300k range. Would be exceptional value to get strevy in the low 200s considering he impacts the offence as a back up. I greedily still wish we had brown. But I love having big Chris back. New Jersey time!

The difference in production is volume, which is not meaningless as a rb. But Brady has taken a lot of hits and a few injuries. Probably pretty much right though but any thing is possible. Lffffggggggg it would be hilarious if it was just to sign autographs again. Or they found the fur coat haha.

Schoen runs like milt. He bursts in his cuts but is a fast jogger between them. He hits the line hard into his first cut often as well, then only goes for top gear as needed. He’s a hard guy to gauge the speed on through routes then suddenly he just walks away and makes a catch. Guys like that are generally as fast on the last play as the first play. Grant also ran in a range of 4.56-4.62. With guys who haven’t been prepping for track since hs the 40 is an after thought. Mechanics make a big difference in times. A raw guy running a low 4.5 might be as fast with polish as a high 4.3. The popularity of pre combine/pro day pre has really skewed the results of speed tests. A 4.5-4.6 guy is generally going to be a good smooth runner who isn’t explosive but average over all, or more often an outlier who lacks a low gear high gear or struggles to get into a high gear. Most all of our WRs are guys in that range.

Luck is the residue of hard work. The last two gcs we seemed to be happy to be in it and didn’t seem to want it nearly enough. 100%. If we do bring back jj, we need a de who will split reps with him, and to carefully manage his snaps. the problem is he is that guy, but that guy is only here for 1/3 of the season instead of 2/3. If jj had played the volume of snaps and games wj has played here he’d be a sure fire hofer. As is, he might be a guy who gets sorely disappointing by a lack of a market value. For most teams, getting to a championship is good enough. For great teams, dynasties, and real contenders to those two things, there is no such thing as good enough. Good enough is the death of improvement, and competition. Eventually of competitiveness. Apathy is what kills great teams. We were good enough to get to the last 2gcs but not good enough to beat two teams we should’ve handled. Jordan, Brady, the un defeated dolphins, pick a great dynasty and sport. It’s the hatred of losing that drives the ship. This team loves playing together and loves playing for the mafia, loves the FIFO the fans the market etc. but they have lost that hatred of losing. The 1 week at a time mantra has become a way of forgetting about getting slapped by bad teams or losing ships instead of a way to keep from getting to high on them self. It’s excruciating for me, you and some others. For some people, not soo much. Neither is right, and no king rules forever. If we don’t win in 25, I think it’ll be the end of the mafia/fifo as we know it. Kongbo and his adventure in bc is a case study in this. He’s a guy who knows how to win and is pure motivation for winning. Bc thought they wanted that, until they saw what it involved. Then they folded like a cheap tent and shipped him out so they could be content in their mediocrity. I’d rather give kongbo an over pay than most of our guys. We need that attitude back. Part of that is the change in not having a nose, and the way we layer pressure. Jj was creating tons of pressure, wj was coming in hot frequently, but also want often in control or in a position to finish a tackle. Our not adapting the rush to not having the inside presence we used to has put our rushers into worse positions to make a play. If wj played the previous seasons like he played the first half of last year it would’ve been maybe the greatest season by a de ever in the cfl, but a couple times over.

Jeffcoat maxed out last year at 185k. Wj maxed out at 200k. The only ends above wj was mauldin, who got that money off an insane season where he put up the same amount of sacks as jj did from 19 through the 22 season. (4 years 3 seasons of course) more sacks than jj has had in any 2 back to back seasons ever. The same amount as his 2 best seasons. I love jj, I wish he could stay healthy for once and put up a monster season. But he turns 34 this year, has never played a full season, and was already in the top tier of paid des. Jj hasn’t been underpaid, and isn’t appreciating by any stretch. I mean Habba for 110k a year less isn’t going to be as much of a beast but he’s going to have similar or better production. I wouldn’t give jj more than 140-150k unless it’s very low base with high bonuses for high stats and games played. 100k base 40k for playing 16 or more, 30k for division all star, 40k for league.

Oof.

Pro sports especially football are like dog years. 3 years is like 10+. That’s more than the average career length of a pro at most positions.