RichRiderBills

Dak cant put the team on shoulders. I would move on. He is a stat guy. Cowboys made him fair offers.

Cook blew that playoff game for them.

Well, there are holes here. First, it does have some elements of profit sharing. The cap floor is a product of this, as well as the cap in general. Thus passing on profits of the league to players as a result of the CBA. Then of course, NFL does share profits amoung owners, so its not the total truth. The crisis is not a reduced cap, the reduced cap is a by product of the crisis. Owners own finances/ assets/ empires may have been hit, and they may have less liquid cash on hand to even pay players. A lot of people were affected by huge losses in 2020. Ratings were down, bars closed, ticket sales got hit, along with all the economy of game day that boils down to hot dog sellers, security, to hotels and a hundred other aspects. Lastly, the budget crunch / low cap will likely reduce the amount of 1 year deals, which are harder on the cap. I think most 1 year deals become 2-3 year deals with easy out clauses and little guaranteed money. 3 year deals that are funtionally 1 year deals, the likes of which we've seen before.

I just realized i said the Pats should sign Alex Smith.

This stuff is just annoying after awhile. Why are the Pats in some people's heads?

My thought is Van Noy comes in and is Lorax 2.0 . Dont see him replacing Milano. Id love him in the zo role.

Intriguing. I think highly of this player and wonder if he could fit a Lorax type role. He's not a great fit to replace Milano. If coaches think he could be this SSLB role absolutely...

Yes, in the end, Watt is full of himself and full of it. Even Dan Patrick said his free agency was annoying. I did think he was a decent fit, but thought he'd come much cheaper. Was thinking 10-12 million per year range. I'm cool with not getting him. Let's move on.

Per other threads Alex Smith available.

I know we play this game all the time, but if Im NE i also would be interested.

I guess he can opt out again.

MacGahee time....get r done beane.

The league should cut teams a break for COVID opt outs who retire. Have a special break.

I'd probably take a pass now...thought the price was going to be around 12-13....i will say if i knew he would be healthy i may consider overpaying, provided its a deal i could get out of.

Disneyland has been closed for a year. Disney's lost money in many areas....so far ate their lunch on several big movies like Black Widow and are behind on all their movies.

Bills would be fine on cap...very workable. Minus the dead money which Panthers would absorb, its only two 8 million years ahead, then escalates somewhat. Could easily work that. As for pick 30, exact same situation as w Diggs. They've shown to be a team on cusp even more. Beane has proven to pull this trigger...yes they would do it. The holdup here is Carolina. They wont take a 24 million dead cap hit. ( per spotrac) . That would be foolish.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/christian-mccaffrey-21749/ Huge dead cap hit for Carolina if he's dealt. I dont see the value for Carolina to trade him. Not seeing a viable way to get er done. I think folks just went a bit wild w speculation. Yes, if a trade did happen....8 million per year for next 2 seasons then jumps up. I'd do the deal for 30 overrall in a heartbeat, but with that dead cap figure it would take more.

1 year deals are harder on the cap. A certain bracket may get them, but not going to be a ton.

No...in fact the guys cut by other teams being able to sign is a newer thing. The trade announcements were not allowed till the new league year and tampering was a bigger deal. This time of year was usually zero transactions and crickets, outside of cuts, retirements and the eventual tags. There will be fewer prove it 1 year deals this year. Fewer tags.

Im not sure how the NFL justifies this. Ratings down, and Disney has lost millions due to COVID. We will see where this goes. Companies like Amazon may end up with both out of market games and other broadcast rights....

I think you will see fewer 1 year deals and very few tags used. Puts too much strain on cap.

They dont have to use the same model as the sunday ticket. Your not wrong, but the all or nothing package model does not need to be invoked. In fact, that model is already problematic. To make big money, Amazon could adopt the a la carte pay per view model more typical of major sports features. They have 112 million subscribers and would likely get a boost. I also think the red zone channel, and more prime time games has reduced the marketability of a high cost "package" type bundle . The NFL also "discovered long ago" how to be stubborn. The profitability / business model for streaming is unfolding in a rapidly changing realm . If there were lessons learned 15 years ago about cable, they are obsolete. Again, I believe the NFL is not as smart as they let on, and the more forward thinking ideas would have been streaming and setting up thier own streaming service. In fact, they have much of this infrastructure already in place.

Likely advantage for out of market Bills fans...we will be getting more prime time games.

Yes, I agree. Bad Model. That huge cost buy in model was DTVs deal. I just cannot stand the company and relish in their demise. I hope the better method is to sell a la cart, like most other sport sites. 30 bucks a game..etc...DTV eventually did this at 50 bucks per game. Too much too late. I hate the notion of exclusive rights. I get it is a big lump sum pay check, but id rather just bid out the ability to stream at a set cost or profit share. Its also the lazy way. That way they could sell the pay per view rights to multiple networks or services at a set fee. That or the NFL develops its own network ( hey they have that) and own streaming service. Partnering with Amazon makes sense. Amazon has a good model, accesible, and could charge a la cart for choice content. They already do this, so its no real stretch. You dont need to charge 400 bucks for a package if the outreach is 10x what DTV gets. The a la carte model makes more sense. DTV only has 14 million Subscribers...Amazon 112 million! Could watch anywhere that fire stick gets a signal, much better.

The NFL is not as well run and forward thinking as they think. I could go on with the above, but Goodell has IMO done a very sloppy job under his tenure with uneven, chaotic, and sometimes lazy strategy. I dont think they are that well oiled. Ratings were down before Covid an DTV had issues selling the ticket. There is still big money, but its not being maximized.