Player Signing Safety Kevin Byard signs 1 year deal

[DoubleDeluxe]

(And help the linebackers, I'm gonna keep poking this in there every time until they do something)

Im with Tommy.
When was the last time we had a true difference making LB, it’s been years.
Hightower was a good blitzer, but not a sideline to sideline playmaker.
Maybe Collins for a very short period before he fell off a cliff.
I would love a LB in the first 3 rds.
Rodriguez, Golday, Louis…..

 

[Username]

Im with Tommy.
When was the last time we had a true difference making LB, it’s been years.
Hightower was a good blitzer, but not a sideline to sideline playmaker.
Maybe Collins for a very short period before he fell off a cliff.
I would love a LB in the first 3 rds.
Rodriguez, Golday, Louis…..

Healthy Jerod Mayo was a beast.

Shame he sullied his legacy with his stint as HC

 

[Ross12]

Kind of surprised its a one year deal. I know he's 32 but that's not bad and coming off an All-Pro season if I'm not mistaken so I would have thought he would warrant a multi-year deal with at least 20 mil at signing

In some ways, for a player in their 30s, one year deals can be better because they are effectively a fresh new signing bonus every year.

Option A:
Year 1 - one year deal for $9M, fully guaranteed if on the roster on week 1
Year 2 - one year deal for $10M, fully guaranteed if on the roster on week 1
Year 3 - one year deal for $7M, fully guaranteed if on the roster on week 1

Option B:
Three year deal for $30M with $14M guaranteed

Under Option B, the APY is a bit higher comparatively, but Option A allows the player to re-negotiate and get the best market value every year and isn't locked down to one team in the second an third year, and will have earned a good bit more cash by year 2 in Option A than they earned in guarantees in Option B.

Now, if they play out the full deal in Option B, it's ultimately more money. But, the team probably structured the contract where it is a high salary in year 3 that gets dumped, meaning the player is back on the free agent market anyway, so if they only earned $14M signing bonus plus maybe $3M in salary in year 1 and 2, then sign that same $7M deal with a new team in year 3, they will have ended up with several million less dollars overall.

 

[aluminum seats]

Sounds good to me. Looking to have a young team doesn’t mean you don’t also want a veteran presence, typically on short deals.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Healthy Jerod Mayo was a beast.

Shame he sullied his legacy with his stint as HC

He was great, but that was a long time ago.
Our LBs have been meh for far too long.

 

[Zuma]

He was great, but that was a long time ago.
Our LBs have been meh for far too long.

Speaking of...Marte Mapu has not been released.

 

[Patsfan1645]

Love it.

I also liked Hawkins.

Woodson had zero picks last but had a more than solid rookie year. Maybe Byard can teach him a few things about ball-hawking.

We not counting the one in the playoffs?

 

[RobertWeathers]

We not counting the one in the playoffs?

Reg season was zero.

 

[Rob0729]

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Speaking of...Marte Mapu has not been released.

He’s like Caden Wallace.
You can’t see me

 

[TommyD4207]

I hope everyone's noticing that Josina Anderson has been killing it this offseason. She's plugged in.

 

[Patsfan1645]

Reg season was zero.

Give the kid his props he got one last year

 

[Rob0729]

 

[Username]

I hope everyone's noticing that Josina Anderson has been killing it this offseason. She's plugged in.

Has she broken anything?

She posts a lot about how she spoke to X player but it's almost always after someone else has broken the story. But she's always done that.

 

[manxman2601]

 

[ahmed]

Thought we were getting younger? I do like it a bit since Bengal fans thought highly of him.

Don't really care for 1 year deals. I want continuity with such a young team and QB.

 

[patfanken]

Speaking of...Marte Mapu has not been released.

Good question. The answer MIGHT be that he showed enough to the coaching staff that they expect to see a 2nd year leap in his move to full time LB and see a role for him. ORRRRRRR they could release him any time prior to camp.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Speaking of...Marte Mapu has not been released.

He’s making peanuts, let him compete in camp and if he doesn’t earn his spot, cut him then.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Healthy Jerod Mayo was a beast.

Shame he sullied his legacy with his stint as HC

He wasn’t healthy much

 

[dliverey44]

WTF. This doesn't meet the better, cheaper younger mantra.

1 out of 3 isn't bad