you may have some movement, but the majority will happen after the draft.
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UPennChem
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Am I having either recency bias or just ignorance? Doesn't it seem like there are gonna be more big name players to potentially sign following the draft this year than usual?
The 20s should be only DBs and RBs lol
The closer we get to the draft the less likely we are to see free agents getting signed
Might still see some trades though
rmcjacket23
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I think our offer was extremely competitive, when you consider that it was slightly better than the offer he took. It doesn't mean it wasn't competitive. It means we would have had to overpay to get him to come here, which I agree we shouldn't.
Actually quite happy that we didn't have to pay Jacksonville prices to get a 32 year old LB to play here.
rmcjacket23
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A lot of teams are focused on the draft, and its pretty routine for FA's to wait until after the draft. They want to see how that shakes out. Prices can both increase and decrease depending on how a team addresses needs in the draft.
This is pretty routine honestly. What’s left in the market are (a) guys who aren’t getting offers that they thought they’d get so they’re waiting it out and picking the best situation and (b) cheaper depth guys that always have to wait. This is normal. Don’t let the impatience sway you lol
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Oh I agree with you. It's competitive in terms of fair market value. It wasn't competitive in relation to LAs offer when all things were considered and that's obviously why he chose LA. Can't expect a trivial amount of money to sway someone's base desires as you said.
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Yeah ok I won't haha. I'm just trying to remember last year and idk why I can only really recall Justin Houston being a bigger name that waited forever to sign. I'm sure there were others that just did not sign with us obviously and maybe I just missed that stuff.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
The hilarious part of wagners deal is that he took less to play there but then when CA taxes are imposed he’s gonna make substantially less.
At least I would assume CA taxes are higher than MD…
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
It was never about the money.
Maybe a few more names than normal but also have to realize that there’s no reason for them to rush right now. Not like teams are about to run out of money. So the teams sit and wait while the players figure out what’s best for them at this point. Classic case where teams aren’t going to bid themselves up for impatience. Let them sit out there and the market comes to them when those players are ready.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
It was about disrespect, and when we see the rams in the super bowl Lamar is gonna run circles around his ass like he did in 2019
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Makes sense. My greater thought was with seemingly more names still out there, and given our number of holes, that only helps us
Helps and hurts. Prices are going down over time but there’s also a real possibility that a lot of these guys are going to end up preferring a 1 year deal to try FA again next year and that’s always hard for us to do with how we approach the cap.
Corvus Purpura
Practice Squad
I live in California and used to live in Maryland. The state income taxes seem about identical to me.
I hope it does
rmcjacket23
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I understand that fans and the media play up the "higher taxes" component, and I'm not saying they're wrong to do so.
But just realistically, its pretty clear that wealthy people don't give a shit about that generally. If they really cared about high taxes, nobody would ever play professional sports, start a business, etc. in California. I understand people are leaving there, but they're still a gigantic population center in this country, and will be for many decades, minimum, even with high taxes, high cost of living, etc.
Its LA. You pretty much can't beat the weather, and people like to live around other rich, successful people.
I lived in MD for 18 years. Haven't lived there in 17 years. Don't miss it one bit. It's not a great State to live in. If I adjusted for compensation, I'd live in LA 10x quicker than I would ever want to live in really any part of MD. It's the same political landscape, only with worse weather. Taxes are still fairly high, cost of living is still fairly high, and what beaches we have are total shit.
There's a reason why a lot of wealthy people that work in DC and surrounding areas live in Northern VA or even WV.
rmcjacket23
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Not close.
California state income taxes on wealthy people are super high. Basically over $300K of income is taxed anywhere from 10-14%.
In MD, the highest tax rate is 5.75%, but they tax at over $250K.
California's taxes on the middle class are ridiculously high compared to most other States.
JAAM
Hall of Famer
Yea I’m broke in this bitch. Fuck California