Wait, what? Houston is giving Cleveland a second-rounder to take Osweiller? So that sucks up cap space to hit the floor and they get a second-rounder? That's funny, but a pretty slick deal.
Okay, Cleveland gives up their 4th for Osweiller and a sixth, and get Houston's second-rounder next year.
I still like it.
The #Jaguars deal for AJ Bouye pays him $44M over the first 3 years. Hefty.
Bears lose out:
@RapSheet 12m12 minutes agoAlshon Jeffery to the Eagles for 1 year — $14M
@RapSheet 6m6 minutes agoThe #Vikings, who just lost out on Ricky Wagner, are signing OT Reilly Reiff, source say.
Of course he refused to go there
@RapSheet 32s33 seconds agoAlshon Jeffery turned down a multi-year deal with more security from Vikings, but he is betting himself long term with the Eagles and Wentz
Herschel posted:I'd rather have Cutler than Glennon.
As a Packers fan, yes. As the Bears GM? MEH, who cares. 4-12 is 4-12.
D. Levy out in Detroit. Boy, he went downhill fast.
With the money Zeitler and Wagner got today, Aaron Gibson just threw out the box of twinkies and joined the gym.
I mean, Cleveland essentially paid $16 million for a second round pick. Cleveland is actually talking about releasing Brock Osweiller. Just ****ing releasing the guy. They just paid for the draft pick. It's an effing NBA deal. Buying an expiring contract. If they do release him. Is that the worst day a professional QB has ever had? Other than Jay Cutler of course who's had a lifetime of worst days.
If Cleveland releases Osweiller, it won't cost any real dollars correct? Just cap space which they have plenty of.
That's F'ed UP.
ChilliJon posted:I mean, Cleveland essentially paid $16 million for a second round pick. Cleveland is actually talking about releasing Brock Osweiller. Just ****ing releasing the guy. They just paid for the draft pick. It's an effing NBA deal. Buying an expiring contract. If they do release him. Is that the worst day a professional QB has ever had? Other than Jay Cutler of course who's had a lifetime of worst days.
I don't know. He's no longer with team that clearly didn't want him. If he's released, he's not forced to play with the worst team in all of sports. He still gets $16M. And, he's a FA.
That sounds pretty awesome to me.
Factory of Sadness hits a new low.
How? That's a good deal for them from a football standpoint.
It's a good deal for the Browns. They improved the OLine today too.
How is it a good deal for the Browns to waste cap space?
Mike Florio: "I've never seen a trade like this in the NFL."
FROM ESPN:
Cleveland is not committed to keeping Osweiler, 26, and is likely to try to trade him, sources said. If that happens, the deal would turn into a basketball-like trade in which NBA teams routinely trade contracts to get them off their books. That kind of move rarely happens in the NFL.
It's hard to remember another time in the salary-cap era when a team traded a contract to get it off its books. But Houston was so eager to rid itself of Osweiler and turn the page to its next quarterbacking chapter that it is giving Cleveland extra picks to take him and his contract.
The Browns headed into this free-agent signing period with more than $100 million worth of salary-cap space and would struggle to spend it all. Now they can devote some of it to Osweiler's contract and acquiring extra draft picks from Houston.
With that amount of astronomical cap room, it's a way to use it and get a high draft pick out of it. Per league rules, teams have to use X amount of their cap dollars on players/contracts and there was probably no way the Browns were going to find enough quality players to throw, what, 100m at to fill that requirement?
Still doesn't mean they won't continue their mass suckage, but hey at least they are spending $ in the trenches and getting creative.
ChilliJon posted:I mean, Cleveland essentially paid $16 million for a second round pick. Cleveland is actually talking about releasing Brock Osweiller. Just ****ing releasing the guy. They just paid for the draft pick. It's an effing NBA deal. Buying an expiring contract. If they do release him. Is that the worst day a professional QB has ever had? Other than Jay Cutler of course who's had a lifetime of worst days.
It is BRILLIANT! I must be the only one who has been really impressed by what the Brows are doing. Loading up on picks, building through the offensive line. If they make the right picks in the draft, watch out.
Browns have to spend a minimum amount of cap space. And get to try and trade him and only pay the difference.
Buffalo Bills sign Micah Hyde to a 5 year $32.5 million with $14million guaranteed.
That's a lot for Hyde. I predicted around 5 per year, but that deal is close to 7 per year. I thought 5 was too much, but I don't blame TT for walking away from that deal. McDermott prefers Zone Corners I think, so I'm sure Hyde will do well there. Seems like a lot though.
Im having a hard time letting go.....
TGIF!
@AdamSchefter 6h6 hours ago This is up to Mike Glennon: Bears have gone 31 seasons without a Pro-Bowl QB, the longest active streak in the NFL by a decade, per Elias.
Do I hear a 32? 32 anybody? Going once 31. 32?
If I'm a medical staffer for any QB-needy team I'm going right to the GM "Look, you pay me to get guys on the field but you also pay me to keep you from doing stupid ****. Say "no" to Romo!"
"Look, you pay me to get guys on the field"
"On November 22, 2003, the night before an away game in Baltimore, Maryland, trainer Ken Smith gave named Plaintiff Jerry Wunsch an Ambien. The next day, before the game, Coach Holmgren asked Mr. Wunsch if he could play, despite excruciating pain down the whole right side of his body, to which Mr. Wunsch replied “I can’t play, Coach. I can’t play today. It’s my first game. I just can’t do it.” Coach Holmgren then called Sam Ramsden, the Seahawks’ trainer, and asked “what can we do to help Mr. Wunsch play today.” Mr. Ramsden brought the doctors over, who gave him a 750 mg dose of Vicodin and Tylenol-Codeine #3, saying they would help, even though Mr. Wunsch was already taking anti-inflammatories as prescribed by his doctors. He played – feeling high – and after half time, the Medications wore off and he told anyone who would listen that he could not play anymore, but Mr. Ramsden, the head trainer, gave him another 750 mg of Vicodin on the field for the second half, telling Mr. Wunsch, “Don’t sue me personally for this.”
But Goodell will sit your ass down for weed and PEDs.
Yeah, that's some seriously ****ed up stuff there.
A couple of mid-tier guys I was hoping the Packers might look at sign contracts elsewhere.
Colts sign John Simon.
Bears sign Prince Amukamara
I like the Dolphins trade for William Hayes also, though I think he's strictly a rotational guy.
Logan Ryan=could have been Sam Shields 2.0. His contract with the Titans was hardly outrageous and would have been the same cap hit as what Shields is now had he not concussed himself out of football. Would have instantly become the number 1 CB on the team.
AJ Klein=signed what is in reality a 3 year 15 million dollar deal with the Saints. Would have been an instant upgrade at ILB and he and CMIII would have made for a pretty damn good ILB corps. He was buried in depth behind Luke and Co in Carolina.
The Packers had the cap room to make the same contracts with no problems.
Klein is just a guy. 5th round pick with 4.67 speed that doesn't do anything great. Not enough there to justify putting him ahead of Ryan or Martinez. And certainly not enough to justify a FA deal this early into FA. He started the last 6 games of 2016 when Kuechly went down. Totaled 6 tackles in those 6 games.
Lets see how interest develops with Zach Brown and Kevin Minter.
Ryan contract is lower than I thought it would be. But you have to wonder why BB would let him walk for that price while playing pretty well but giving Gilmore $14 million per and (apparently) prepared to let Malcom Butler walk. I still think I would have taken a chance on him for $10 million per though.
Because BB is the smartest man in the entire universe.
From Andrew Siciliano. 21 of the 32 first round draft picks from 2012 are either on other teams, suspended indefinitely, out of football entirely, or current unsigned free agents.
Nick Perry is not one of those 21. Tough to be a GM.
That might also be indicative of the guys coming into the league now who are younger than in years past. After four years of college, guys are more mature and readier for life than they are after only one or two years of college. Today's younger players means GMs are betting on guys barely out of their teens. You're going to have more misses than hits trying to predict those guys.
Lawrence Timmons signs two year deal with Miami. $12 million total. Three down 3-4 MLB with a little gas left in the tank. Maybe lost a step in coverage but still very productive. He's missed two games in his 10 year career. None since 2009. That is a good signing.
Pats trade their 2nd round pick to Carolina for DE Kony Ealy and Carolina 3rd round pick. Carlolina drafted Ealy in round 2 2014. Probably means BB is done with Chris Long.
Vikings putting final touches on deal to bring OT Mike Remmers to Minny.
Im just going to leave these Remmer SB gifs here....
Good pick up. Didn't Minny throw him out of town a few years back?
Rick Spielman picking up offensive lineman. Illustrated.
#MoneyTweet: I'm told Julius Peppers received a 1-yr deal from the #Panthers worth a base of $3.5M that reaches up to $4.25M w/ incentives.
— Josina Anderson (@JosinaAnderson) March 10, 2017
Cheap for Peppers....
How badly did BB want Brandin Cooks? He just traded his 1st and 3rd for Cooks and NO 4th.
Gadzooks Billy wanted that guy bad.
