NFL Offseason Thread

Ravens paying for that Flacco contract

 

Raiders in danger of not meeting NFL salary floor may offer DeMarco Murray big bucks.

 

Oh well, they have their franchise QB and a Super Bowl. They paid the prices for their souls, already. No refunds.

 

It would have made everyone in baltimore **** bricks, but they should have let flacco walk. He's grossly overpaid.

 

Revis to the Jets

 

So they could go back to the days before Flacco when they had dominant defenses and didn't do anything because they couldn't find a QB? In the last 4 years, they've won a Superbowl and been one or two plays from 2 more. And he's been outstanding in all of those postseason runs. I don't think they regret paying him one bit. Would it be more efficient to not pay him? Probably. But you'd be a fiscally efficient perennial 8-8 team desperate for a QB.

 

This is exactly right. Foles is a big guy that can take some hits. He's mobile enough to keep defenses honest. On the other hand, Bradford could blow an ACL coughing too hard.

This is a huge mistake for the Eagles. Mark Sanchez will take the majority of snaps next season.

 

The Saints have "allegedly" reached out to the Bucs for a trade. Brees to the Bucs for the first pic, plus the Saints have two first round picks of their own to trade. They did interview and scout Winston at the combine as well. I think NOLA fans would implode if this happens.

 

I could see that happening. What a crappy way to end Brees' career.

 

And now they're a fiscally inefficient perennial 8-8 team desperate for cap relief (which cannot be gotten via the draft).

It was a dumb move. I understand why they did it. But it was still dumb.

 

Except that reality disagrees. 2 years after signing that deal, they went 10-6 and were a few plays from making another Superbowl.

 

Sorry, I got my games wrong - they were 10-6 and a few plays away from the AFC Title game, losing to the eventual champs.

Can you name a team that let a good QB go without having a top-tier replacement lined up that had any real success at all? The only way to win consistently over an extended period is to have a good-to-great QB, and the only way to keep that QB is going to be to pay them a lot of money. There isn't a team in football that has won consistently any other way.

 

Maybe the Saints feel it's time to blow things up and start over. How else can you explain this rumor along with the Graham trade?

Right or wrong, it would be a bold move. Hopefully there will be no more Saints games on TV in Houston because they are bad.

 

People love to hate no Flacco, but Flaccos cap hit is about the same as it was last year though. It balloons next year and have to be restructured then, but they aren't "paying" for his contract now. 14 mill against the cap for a QB that has a proven record to lead the team in the playoffs isn't bad at all. They traded Ngata because of HIS cap hit of 16 mill, on top of paying players like Webb and Sizzle big money amongst others. Sizzle just restructured, but they have tried to extend/make both Ngata and Webb take pay cuts, but haven't been able to. So they had to clear some space. Haloti has contemplated retirement for a couple of years now, so he didn't want an extension or take a pay cut. He will probably retire next year. It sucks that the Ravens still have to eat 8 or 8.5 mill in dead money after trading him, but this isn't because of Flacco's monster contract, that contract becomes a monster next year.

 

Fitz to the Jets

 

Just so he leaves Houston. Watching him play is just painful.

 

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That shred Eagle thing really gaining steam quick. Maybe Orakpo is next.