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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Turns out we don't need them, we'll have the regular season to evaluate rookies and UDFASeason is becoming a farce. No preseason games to evaluate rookies and UFA.
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Brandon Bolden RB
The NFL really fell on its face here. They had the luxury of being able to sit back and gauge the situation and see what worked and didn't for the other leagues. Instead they sat on their hands and pretending like everything would work itself out and had no plan days before camp. In turn the players became uncomfortable with the NFL's bumbling attempt to navigate through a minefield with no plan or protection and now there is a major trust issue and players are opting out.
With Hightower sitting out, you can kiss his patriots career goodbye...the dude will be a FA in 2021
Bingo. They approached this thing like they do every kind of negotiation and waited essentially until the deadline to lift a finger. Except this is not some labor dispute about money or power but a friggin pandemic.
The league screwed this up so badly that one can only hope that a lot of star players opt out as a response.
All valid points that could be thrown out the window if a franchise QB opted out and the league hoped to get him back. Just wishful thinking.I cant see thst happening because of salary cap constraints and teams committing their resources elsewhere once a player opts out. Hightower and Cannon give us tremendous financial flexibility now...
Bingo. They approached this thing like they do every kind of negotiation and waited essentially until the deadline to lift a finger. Except this is not some labor dispute about money or power but a friggin pandemic.
The league screwed this up so badly that one can only hope that a lot of star players opt out as a response.
Is there anyone to sign?Just posted on the Hightower thread... these are pretty significant players to lose. (presumably) Starting FB, Our 2nd best defensive player and play caller/captain, Starting RT and a Core ST player.
On the plus side the Pats now have a TON of capspace... Vitale and Bolden werent huge #s but I think hightower was at $8m per ? and Cannon wasn't cheap either? Plus the money we picked up from AB/Hernandez we could actually sign a player or two...
I hadn't thought about it, but that sounds very plausible. They have had a single mental model about how to engage with the players and couldn't get out of their own way to discover flexibility in that regard. I'm sure part of that is that the pandemic isn't changing their lifestyle much.
Have to respect the tough call. Hopefully the Bills and other teams lose important players to opt-outs to even it out. This thing is looking harder and harder to control. A few other sports are having success in bubbles, you would think that without fans the NFL would of went that route.
Does this mean that the favorable cap situation won’t be quite as favorable next year since these opted out contracts are basically being pushed ahead a season?
So his contract year will not be accrued and will be pushed to next year and since his contract was due to expire after this year, his $8 million salary gets pushed to next year and he is under contract for 2021 when he was set to be a free agent.
We need to get Clowney and OBJ would be huge if there is a season that isSo if I understand it correctly his signing bonus hit stays with this year, correct ?
Meaning he will go into next year with an 8M price tag without any guarantees whatsoever. Seems like a prime candidate for either an extension or cut in salary in exchange for some guarantees.
How do you set a plan in April/May when you have no idea what the national situation will be in August/September?The NFL really fell on its face here. They had the luxury of being able to sit back and gauge the situation and see what worked and didn't for the other leagues. Instead they sat on their hands and pretending like everything would work itself out and had no plan days before camp. In turn the players became uncomfortable with the NFL's bumbling attempt to navigate through a minefield with no plan or protection and now there is a major trust issue and players are opting out.
lol Danny Vitale signs a contract and then Ops out... aint that a B