JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Howie roseman seems to have done exactly what Ozzie did after our super bowl lol
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JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Is it the owners? Or is it the top of the market players?
for me, the biggest issue is that the best players don’t get the biggest contract, just the latest. If the best CB in the league gets 20m per year early in the offseason, an above average starter who happens to be the best cb on the market the following year resets the whole market for 22m per year.
players demanding to be the highest paid at their position just because they’re the top dog in the current FA market has just poisoned the well, it has spiraled so far out of control at this point lol. Shit reminds me of student loans.
but turned it up to 11 lol
Willbacker
Ravens Ring of Honor
The owners ok that contract. They can't show no restraint?
JO_75
Hall of Famer
An interesting tidbit about he Saints and Chiefs game. Sean Payton had Mahomes & Lattimore 1-2 on their board after everyone else was drafted. Sean was struggling with what to do, take Lattimore and help the team win now or take Mahomes. The Chiefs made their trade and the decision was made for the Saints.
This would have been interesting... Brees was a free agent after 2017 so imagine if Brees had left in 2018 since they had Mahomes ready to take over. Andy Reid then probably trades up and takes Watson before the Texans do and Watson is the thorn in our side, not Mahomes.
This would have been interesting... Brees was a free agent after 2017 so imagine if Brees had left in 2018 since they had Mahomes ready to take over. Andy Reid then probably trades up and takes Watson before the Texans do and Watson is the thorn in our side, not Mahomes.
interesting that 2 of the best playcallers and offensive-minds in the last couple of decades were both much higher on mahomes than the rest of the league seemingly was
gtalk12
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Watson and Reid pairing sounds scary to me lol
Not going to pretend I expected Mahomes to be this good from my scouting, but looking back, it's insane that a guy on track to be one of the best the NFL has ever seen went 10th overall. And in a period of time where trading up to the top 3 at a minimum to get a top flight QB is almost mandatory, the fact that Mahomes went 10th is insane. And then you look at Trubisky sitting up there as the #2 pick.
at least the Bears actually drafted a QB that year - the jags drafted a 2-down running back 4th overall
or even more egregious was the Giants taking a RB 2nd overall in a class where 3 of the 5 QBs taken in the 1st round have been apparently major hits so far
more teams need to be like the Cards where if you already know your rookie QB doesn't have it, if there's one you like in the next draft then take them - if you're a team without a QB you should be drafting one basically every year until you find one tbh
rmcjacket23
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Well, actually, its your fault. And my fault. We are the train.
The player salaries are actually kind of irrelevant. They see those kinds of pay raises because they have a Union that bargains for half the revenue, and the revenue has skyrocketed every year.
So in order to find a job that has similar capabilities, you'd need one that has like 35% growth over a five year period, and also has a Union-backed workforce that bargains their way to 50% off the top.
Hence why there is no comparable company or industry, because they don't really exist. Its like asking me to find you another industry or company where new entrants to the market are "drafted" and have essentially no say in who they work for in that industry. Where does that happen? Answer... nowhere. Its the equivalent of getting a Computer Programming degree and then being told "you either work for Google, or you can't do any IT work at all". Obviously, that's not how things work.
And you are correct... its not sustainable. Every business or industry has a peak revenue model. When that revenue model plateaus or decreases, so will player contracts. But in order for that to happen, there has to be a significant change in consumer preference, i.e. a very large portion of football watchers stop watching football. So far, that hasn't happened. Some ignorant people will tell you that like a whole bunch of "people they know" stopped watching from the protesting or whatever else, but its immaterial.
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
I remembered months ago that you were talking about the Steelers cap situation. How do you feel about them going into this offseason?
he’s been a tackling machine but not really made any high impact plays until like a week ago when they got pounded 45-0 (first sack of the season)
he’s been given all the responsibility in that chargers defence but it might have been too much too early
Holy Shit. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like that.
we seem to be in pretty decent shape. I'd rather them make Bowser and Ngakoue priority before going after other teams players.
you can blame the AGENTS and the OWNERS for that.
so did @Truth and that's why he took him in the 1st round of the FM.
Much easier to do what the Cards did now than prior to 2010 when we didn't have a rookie pool and QBs were getting 50m deals as rookies.
I get that but they’re the only team to have done it in all this time