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Jack Bechta's theory on a soft FA market this year
From his column in NFP.
Here is my favorite theory why we may see a more frugal free agency: All the NFL cap guys saw the movie Moneyball, and now think it’s their chance to speak up and make a big impact on the team (and impress their owners). This movie was their Jerry Maguire and their Top Gun. So maybe they are flexing their muscle trying to make their mark. One NFC team actually just hired an executive from the Oakland A’s organization that was a part of Billy Bean’s Moneyball team.Are signs pointing to a soft free agent market? | National Football Post |
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If the FA market is soft, I'd expect that the bigger reason is the flat cap.
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I agree the cap not going up this year and next is the biggest reason for a soft free agent market. I hope it is. That means the Pats will have a shot at some of the better free agents because they don't typically overspend for talent. Maybe (and I am not holding out hope for it) Mario Williams could get sighed for a realistic contract.
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Mario Williams will not sign to a realistic contract. If that was the case. Texans wouldnt let him try the FA market.
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They saw the movie? The book has been out for ages. If this movie really impacted them in this way, then you'd hope they would have had the intellectual curiosity to read the book a decade ago.
NEWSFLASH: Belichick is the dean of moneyball in the NFL. Instead of relying on big stats, he just asks for players to do their jobs. Cohesion is more important than stats. |
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With the exception of Brandt, NFP's content quality has fallen off dramatically since Lombardi went to the network.
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THIS! Good gracious, if that movie influenced them, that means that these people do not read books. At all. Even when it is a book that should be of direct interest to their careers. A movie that invents a character to fit a narrative and leaves out large elements (don't get me wrong, I liked it) should not be influencing the way that these professionals are doing their job in a billion dollar industry. That's absolutely ludicrous. |
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Instad of stats BB relies on High character guys and locker room cohesion, even to the point of bending his schemes to fit a player's abilities.
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