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I find that hilarious, whether or not it was already planned. It's exactly what I'd put out there if I was his agent. "LeSean, you were planning to head to - I don't know, somewhere far away - Phoenix. For training. Today. Now get on a plane and get the f*** out of Philly. Remember, it was a planned trip."

Yup. And two groups of people who think normal laws and rules don't apply to them. Naw! Couldn't be!

Funny how there's always problems with the cameras in bars when something like this happens.

Possibly with a "conduct detrimental" clause. Notably, cap relief is directly tied to real dollars paid. Things like recouping portions of signing bonuses are tied to funds repaid, which basically never happens. But that's all jumping the gun quite a bit. Also the Bills would actually lose cap room in 2016 by releasing McCoy unless they designated him a post June 1st cut.

Post of the year so far!

I can totally see how that scene likely played out. Several variations and none of them good. If the following facts are correct, it's bad:- the incident started when NFL players took champagne bottle from officers' table and - the off-duty officers are the only ones injured. Still a chance Shady didn't actually participate in the fight/assault though. I haven't seen him specifically accused of that.

Typically teams do get cap relief for suspended players. It usually amounts to the game checks from the games the players miss, but would also include any bonuses they'd miss because of the missed time. I believe that the cap room would get added back as games were missed, not at time of suspension (but I'm not 100% sure about that). For McCoy that's $300k per game.

38, if they're 10-2. Also I'd note that many of those teams also were starting an elite QB. I will try to look it up.

Wow. Stat of the game, right there.

The Patriots are not exactly in great cap shape. It would have to be a cheap, short, ring chasing deal.

It's a lot like talking about the long, illustrious career Johnny Unitas had for the Indianapolis Colts.

Well, I was wrong on this one. The game was just too big for Carolina. Denver made plays, Carolina let them slip by - repeatedly. Dropped passes, dropped interceptions, dropped carries. Pitiful. Oddly, they reminded me of the '80s Broncos teams that repeatedly looked unbeatable in AFC Championship games, but fell apart in the ensuing Super Bowls.

Yeah, it always strikes me as funny that anyone ever reads anything into a member of the current staff - or those close to them - saying anything positive about current players, coaches or front office people. Wow! The guy who drafted EJ thinks he could be good! Shocking!

Me, too. It's a huge concern. The franchise tag for offensive linemen is expected to be $13.678M. They'll need that cleared before the new league starts. That's some pretty heavy lifting.

We are attending a party and are bringing: Cioppino (SF, host city) Krispy Kreme bread pudding (NC headquartered) Macarons in orange and blue (Denver colors)

It depends. Depending upon the new cap (which has not been finalized/released yet) Incognito is likely to fit with just Clay's restructure. Gillmore's cap hit for 2016 will decrease with a new deal. Other moves will certainly need to be made for Glenn to fit and a big part of it that is probably Mario. I haven't seen when his roster bonus is due, but that is the date to watch. That assumes Glenn even re-signs with Buffalo. I don't see why he wouldn't follow the money and I very much expect him to get better offers on the open market.

As I said previously, the players on the team were going to privately support the guy who could help them win over the guy who couldn't hack it in the league regardless of any other factors. That was obviously Incognito, who was probably their best offensive lineman. They knew Martin wasn't cutting it. Of course they wanted Incognito to stay, but it became impossible to support him publicly. He's not the first, last or worst slimeball that they'll play with. As long as the slimeball in question can help a team win, it'll usually get overlooked.

That seems like a reasonable order. Richie seems the most logical choice for the first deal. It'll be the smallest of the three contracts and he probably has the fewest options.

You have to be careful about that. It can lead to some real problems in future years.

No idea. Concussions? Or some other injury maybe?

Yup. And we also would have to do it at the same time as we were trying to replace Mario and find a compliment to Watkins. Plus other needs like LB and RT. That's a tough shopping list for one offseason. That's a good point. You very well may be right. I'd say that Haden was the better player leading up to their deals, although not by a lot. And for some reason Haden really sucked this season. Not sure what happened to him.

That's pretty close to what I was thinking, although mine was just a little lower. I used Jimmy Smith's contract from last year and added a bit for inflation. Smith got 5 years, $48M. Was thinking 5 years, $50M-$52M for Gillmore. The Ravens really kept Smith's first year cap hit low though - only $3.6M. If Gillmore got 5 years, $50M with a $15M signing bonus and a first year salary of $1M they Bills would lower his 2016 cap hit from $11M to $4M. http://overthecap.com/player/jimmy-smith/1382/

Yes on Gilmore. A long term deal would almost certainly lower his 2016 hit somewhat. Some significant cap space is going to get freed up, but people will be surprised how quickly it gets used up. Also you have to start looking toward 2017 because contracts with low first year hits rise quickly.

False. To win this game the Broncos will need some great offensive play so it'll likely go to Manning. I don't see that happening, but it is Manning's last game and it is Carolina's players first trip to this big of a game so you never know.

I actually read through all the released texts. I don't know what happened outside of those, but I can tell you what they led me to believe. Richie incognito did not seem to be bullying Martin, but did come off as an absolutely terrible person and a complete flaming A-hole. In fact if you look at his history, Richie incognito has worn out his welcome (to put it mildly) everywhere he's been. He's probably still a terrible person. I'd sure put money on that. But he's an excellent OG and the Bills need one (okay, two) of those. I'm OK with him continuing to be an excellent OG for the Bills for couple more years if he keeps his nose clean for that period of time. The Bills should protect themselves contractually in the event he screws up again, however.