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In general, I’d only consider such a deal if we were getting some significant value beyond the draft pick equivalent of the cap hit - especially considering the pick would be a year away. In this case, it’d depend on the compensation. We’d be paying Johnson $11.15M to play for us in 2020 or $10.2M not to. I’d expect the latter. Cleveland took a second to eat $16M. That’s a big discount so it is not my ballpark. I pass unless I get their 2021 first, which won’t happen even with us giving a 2020 third or something like that. What’s likely to happen is that Arizona eats part of his salary and trades him.

There were two special circumstances that led to the Osweiler trade: 1) Houston needed cap space immediately. Arizona doesn’t. They’re unlikely to be able to use all of their space almost no matter what they do. Even if they go totally nuts this offseason they can easily push out first year cap hits on their deals. 2) Cleveland needed to work around a big issue. They could not get free agents to come there without massively overpaying. So it made sense to use some of their ample cap space to buy a draft pick - a pick in the following season due to league rules by the way. Buffalo isn’t a premier destination, but things aren’t remotely in that ballpark here. Think about it this way: The Bills would want to be fairly compensated for eating X dollars of cap space. Each draft pick has a dollar value equivalent. Simply put that'd be the market value of an equivalent FA player minus the contract of the rookie (total over 4 seasons). The Bills would want that to be compensated with whatever pick equated to X dollars - or better. Why would either team make that trade without some additional incentive? Neither team here really has that.

Please control yourself. You’re making a spectacle.

Not with these cuts. All had way underperformed their contracts and were expected cuts before the regime change.

Arizona is estimated to have $51.5M of free cap space in 2020. They can pay Drake fair value and Johnson for one more season if they want. Incidentally, Spotrac estimates Drake’s market value at 4 years, $22M or $5.5M AAV. That’s nothing for the Cards to take on right now. They are fine. The big difference with Houston was that they were in awful cap shape when they made their deal with Cleveland. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/kenyan-drake-19023/market-value/

Or one will make a mistake. You just have to wait and see. Nothing wrong with “We’d love to have you back, but we know this is a business. Check around and see what is out there for you and please talk to us once you have.”

I agree. The thought of Jones and Oliver manning the interior of the DL on passing downs while Star plays running downs with one of them makes me giddy. But Spotrac estimates Jones’ MV at $19.2M AAV. That’s just too much in resources to have tied up long term in the 3 man DT rotation.

Yeah, this is the kind of deal the OP was talking about. It isn’t a bad idea at all, but the Cards are fine with cap space (unlike Houston at the time of the BO deal) so they aren't in a bind. Also we’d have to wait until 2021 for the 3rd. Cleveland had to wait a season for their 2nd when they got BO and a 6th for a 4th. Prior to that, the league vetoed a trade where the Browns got a better pick and BO for a lower pick all in the same year.

Ok. That’s fair.

I didn’t know that you work at Lowe’s.

Once a new CBA is agreed to there will be rollover to 2021. No way does an agreement happen without that.

That’s a ridiculously high floor for any prospect. Just a ridiculous statement to make. I think the mock was nicely done in general. Probably a little high for Wirfs especially with the other OTs on the board and definitely low for Simmons at 14, but a good job overall.

I can’t post the one from Nov 15th, 2019 here due to premium restrictions from where it came from. Believe me or don’t. I’ll leave it there except to reiterate that Rudolph calling Garrett a racial slur doesn’t excuse Garrett‘a actions.

I dropped you a note regarding what I got the same day. I can’t link it here, but this is a mainstream media link from within a week of the incident:

I always think it’s tough for a guy like Norman to play for a small contract unless he’s chasing a ring. 32 years old and made $65M so he’s not going to take a prove it deal. We made the playoffs so maybe an incentive laden deal would get it done. If he’s worth it. I haven’t seen him play in years, but it doesn’t sound like he’s played well. Maybe it was scheme. Maybe it was him. Dunno.

The nut shot, helmet twisting and going after Garrett after he was locked up with DeCastro should’ve led to a suspension for Rudolph too. It doesn’t forgive the helmet swing, but it should’ve been more than a $50k fine.

I made it clear that I agree with that. How about this as a takeaway for Garrett: How about next time don’t do something that could’ve been unforgivable in retaliation to a slur? Then maybe people can focus on the slur you were called and the guy who called you it rather than your much worse response. As for pushing the issue of the slur, there’s no way that was happening during the indefinite suspension. Had Garrett done so I am positive that he’d still be suspended. In fact I’m surprised he brought it up again. It might not help him in the future.

I’m from Cleveland. People around the team were talking about it that same day. I think the NFL wants to avoid the PR nightmare. No way do they even admit it happened.

First off let me be clear in saying that in no way shape or form does it justify his actions. But Garrett was mic’d up for that game and there were field mics everywhere, yet no audio has been released or leaked. If it didn’t happen it could’ve been easily disproved. To me it looks like the NFL locked down an exceptionally bad PR situation. A lot of things about this situation could’ve been a lot worse. Garrett could’ve connected with that helmet swing with horrifying consequences. But beyond Rudolph’s serious injury and Garrett’s lifetime ban it’d have ended there. Now instead imagine the situation as it stood (no serious injuries) and audio of Rudolph dropping the N word on Garrett getting leaked. The media storm, protests and backlash would’ve been massive. Alienation of substantial demographic groups of fans and real damage to the shield. Again, the allegations would’ve been very easy to disprove and there’s only one reason that’s not happening. Edited to add: An important piece of info many might not be aware of is that In the locker room immediately after the incident Garrett was livid about Rudolph dropping the N word on him. This wasn’t something that an agent came up with later.

It’s not like Dallas couldn’t have gotten a discount last year. Now it’s pay market value (or very close to it) or tag him and go down that road.

If there’s one QB in the league that I’d love to see a lot more of before forming my full opinion on, its Dak. His stats and advanced metrics are elite, but I’ve seen a notch below that on the rare instances I’ve seen him play. I’d wager that’s the difference between the two sides now. Also there is plenty of time on the clock for negotiation so neither side has to make a move yet. This will drag out.

You don’t get to be a grandma at 34 by knowing how to put up a stop sign - or by teaching your kid how to. A cousin on the wife’s side tried to get her tubes tied when she was in her twenties and the hospital refused. She already had 4 kids and didn’t want more. Incidentally she was pretty hot early on, but 4 kids took its toll.

He’s probably just a French fast food fan

Yeah. He is a far better QB than the Lions deserve. They’ve wasted his career to this point. I do not want to see him playing for Belichick. He’d easily be the best QB in the AFCE if he went there.

Seriously. You see a poster with a handle from one of your all time favorite movies and you think he’s a decent guy. Then something like this happens........