2019 NFL Offseason: Chargers Started Early

Springbok said:

The point is, you could pick up Rosen for peanuts - he may or may not pan out, but Seattle hasn't done dick without an ELITE defense and you've now strapped yourself in with a good (not great) QB with the highest salary in the NFL. In my mind, you only ever CONSIDER doing that with somebody young and elite - Mahomes, Mayfield etc. Wilson and the Seachickens have doomed themselves to mediocrity until this laughable deal expires. Wilson won't care though, and his agent has to be laughing himself dickless. The idea that you "have to lock him down" is some of the most Stockholm Syndrome bullshit I think I've ever seen. Like a guy making $80k dating a supermodel, and SHE'S the one saying "man I better lock this down or this big swinging dick is going to get it elsewhere".

Insanity.

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What? Those are guys on rookie contracts with only one year of actual play. You'd give those guys 35 mil/year contracts? Did you say the same thing about Cassel and Flynn?

the issue is

the teams are PAYING the QB's that. One of the biggest issues with football in general is,,,physical sport and the player attitude is,,,today is the day i might get injured and not be able to play so i have to get the most money possible(reasonable attitude frankly) and then they get paid that by the teams, which other players go, hey my "stats" are as good as xxx, i should get that much too, then we have the QB which the entire offense runs through, and -except for a few exceptions(Brady) end up being the highest paid player on the team -usually by a large margin.

if the players-QB- took a step back and went, if i take slightly less money, the money spent on ME can go to getting a better offensive line or etc etc etc..making the TEAM better, thus we win, have a reasonable chance at a superbowl, bada bing bada boom. for all the hate the Patriots have, typically, they do not go for the top free agents and pay them, they go for the Good not great player, thus can save a bit of money, thus being able to spread said money out among the players as a whole instead, you get half of your allowable money being spent on ~10 people who are GOOD/Great, just not great.

now to check my numbers-all 2019 cap numbers according to spotrac:
patriots 10 players 6 defense 4 offense
seahawks 7 players 2 defense 5 offense
chiefs 10 players (mahommes rookie contract- he is 10th highest paid) 4 defense 6 offense
rams 8 players- (goff on rookie contract) he is 8th 4 offense 4 defense
steelers 9 players 4 defense 5 offense
Browns- 13 players 7 offense 6 defense- provided it all works out the Browns could be a contender for the next few years- or at least make the playoffs-barring injuries.

looks like my 5 out of 54 number is off by a few....looks like most of the well run teams have ~7-10 players @half the salary cap.

the one thing i noticed looking at the top 10 cap hits for the teams, the pats are one of the only teams that have more defensive people in the top 10 cap hits than the other teams..

Regime said:

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This could just as easily go in the College Football thread... or maybe that was the point?

Wilson provided immense value for the Seahawks on his rookie deal. They paid Matt Flynn 10 million to sit down Wilson's rookie year, they had to pay him.

He also won a Super Bowl, should have won 2.

Brown's are big time baby!

Browns to be featured in four prime-time games

AFC North and NFC East rejoice. You all get 3 free wins by playing the AFC East this year. It's not the 5 free wins the Patriots get, but it's close.

Hey the Bengals are in the AFCN. I'd hit the brakes on the three free wins thing.

only time will tell as to what actually happens for the other teams but i think the jets/bills/dolphins will be better this year than last in the afc east.

afc North, steelers -might not make the playoffs
ravens might not make playoffs
browns...i think-barring injuries- might make playoffs by winning the division... they finished 3 games out LAST year @7-8-1
bengals..probably not

Bengals will snag a top 5 draft pick next year.

Steelers and Tomlin will turn into the next Jeff Fisher going 8-8 for the next decade.

Ravens could win 4 games or they could win 12. Who fuckin knows.

On paper, the Browns should run away with the division, but 9 maybe 10 wins is probably what will play out.

Unless the Bucs somehow play like not-shit and make the playoffs I hope they tank bowl their way to Lawrence. That is if Winston doesn't somehow have a ridiculous year and the defense doesn't shit away the season, which is possible but unlikely.

Alabama makes a fortune off their football program


Clinton-Dix tweeted Thursday that Alabama is holding his degree because he owes $1 on his account balance from the 2018 spring semester.

Sadre Spinegnawer said:

New neighbor moved in across the street, a decent dude with a family who is not a family of meth heads (yech, bad neighbors). I helped him move some trash out of the back yard the other day. He has his Browns flag flying off the front, the classic colors, the helmet, and the caption "It's ALWAYS Football Season."

Nice to have a neighbor with his priorities in order for a change.

(btw, my neighborhood is safe as milk, anyone who lives in a city area knows the brokeass stuff tends to drift through. No biggie.)

edit: it helps a city police lives about 4 houses down, and across the street two houses lives a police's sister hehe.

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It’s always football season!!!!!