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It's a 3-year contract that it can be voided after the first season, the 2nd and 3rd years were made to reduce the cap hit. There is no way we do not reconstruct the his contract after this season if we want to keep him. His cap hit is 10 million in year 2 and 3. Edit: Contract detail: http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/75707/bills-get-creative-with-percy-harvin-pact

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/646100021037953024 Mike Garafolo: Following tests today, there's a possibility Eagles LB Kiko Alonso will be lost for the season with a knee injury, sources say.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/646069337044873216 Adam Schefter: MRI confirmed Drew Brees did not suffer serious shoulder injury Sunday, per @edwerderespn. Ability to play depends on response to treatment.

You are assuming Bills can sign Murray in FA with the same contract Eagles gave him, which is likely not true. There are rumors that Raiders actually offered significantly more guaranteed money than Eagles, but Murray went to Eagles anyway. Free agents may start to view Bills differently with the new owner, but Raiders and Bills are usually low in FAs' list. Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/297321071.html Kelly obviously didn't want McCoy back - as evidenced by the comparable contract he gave Murray. The Eagles offered Murray more per year than the Jaguars, general manager David Caldwell told reporters on Monday. And they bid more than the Cowboys. But the Raiders did offer Murray significantly more guaranteed money, an NFL source said.

R.I.P.

Sometimes I also ask myself this question. I have no tie to Buffalo, never been to Buffalo, and never watch a game in Ralph Stadium, but somehow I support Bills and keep suffering.

Of course, Smith is the sole reason Jets are 5-4. Just like Dilfer is the only reason Ravens won their first superbowl. /sarcasm off

one question to Lewis and Suggs is how Goodell can predict blackout will help 49ers. If Goodall wants to take a chance, why didn't he just take a chance that 49ers will play better even without blackout? In week 2 this season against Seahawks, 49ers played like sh*t before a long lightning delay and played even worse afterward. Obviously a long delay doesn't always help them.

exactly, no win is easy especially on the road. If Panthers went for 4th&1 and converted or refs didn't call PI on Kuechly, people on this board would have talked about how Jets would dominate us. Now, after a win, people become cocky and talk about easy wins.

Joe Buscaglia ‏@JoeBuscaglia League source confirms @RapSheet's report that the #Bills and C Eric Wood have agreed on a contract extension. No numbers yet.

Thanks

Tebow, the mighty Tebow.

It looks to me he actually makes progression in his read. He was looking at someone else who likely didn't get open, and looked at #15 and threw to him.

Aaron Hernandez Destroyed Home Security System and Phone, Sources Tell ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/US/aaron-hernandez-destroyed-home-security-system-phone-sources/story?id=19445131#.UcNLS0FKzRa Police plan to go back to the home of New England Patriot's tight end Aaron Hernandez today with another warrant based on evidence that "he destroyed his home security system,'' an investigator close to the case told ABC News. The investigator, and other law enforcement sources, confirmed that the security system - which included video surveillance - was smashed intentionally. And a cell phone used by Hernandez was handed over to investigators "in pieces'' by his attorneys, the sources said. Police also want to know why a team of house cleaners were hired on Monday to scrub Hernandez's mansion, sources told ABC News.

Source: Patriots' Hernandez likely to be arrested http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130620/aaron-hernandez-new-details/?sct=hp_t11_a7&eref=sihp

https://twitter.com/KathyReports/status/347400970558402560 https://twitter.com/KathyReports/status/347401417985773568

You are confusing "market value" to "market price". In your example, $8m is the market price, not market value. When market price is higher than market value, the person is overpaid. When market price is lower than market value, the person is underpaid. So yes, people can be overpaid or underpaid. http://en.wikipedia....ki/Market_value http://en.wikipedia....ki/Market_price Market value is a concept distinct from market price, which is “the price at which one can transact”, while market value is “the true underlying value” according to theoretical standards. The concept is most commonly invoked in inefficient markets or disequilibrium situations where prevailing market prices are not reflective of true underlying market value. For market price to equal market value, the market must be informationally efficient and rational expectations must prevail.

good call

Jimmy Clausen agrees with you that their grading is correct.

Teams can still utilize the roll-over cap and take less hit in the cap in future years though. One way to do it is, instead of giving big signing bonus, give roster bonus to the FA. Vikings did this on 2004 when signing Winfield. Vikings had lots of extra cap room that year due to quite a few LTBE bonuses didn't meet in the previous season. By giving Winfield 10.8M roster bonus instead of 10.8M signing bonus, this 10.8M all counted to 2004 cap, not prorated to the length of the contracts. Of course, Viking had much more extra cap room in 2004, but this tactic can still be used when there are fewer extra cap room, for example, reduce signing bonus and give more roster bonus in the 1st season. There are some risks, for example, players may not agree to it because they want the bonus when signing the deal (signing bonus) instead of when season starts (roster bonus), or players can choose to retire early and don't need to repay the bonus. But these are relative minor issues. In short, there are ways to utilize the rollover cap and not waste it while taking smaller cap hit in future years. --------------- WINFIELD'S BONUS IS 2004 MONEY The Minnesota Vikings have made good use of that $33 million in cap room. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Winfield's $10.8 million in bonus money wasn't a signing bonus but a roster bonus. This means that the money gets paid in 2004 -- and that it counts against the 2004 salary cap. Winfield's 2004 cap number, including bonus and salary, is $12.5 million. The move means that the Vikings will carry only Winfield's salary against the cap in future years -- not prorated portions of his bonus money. It also means that the Vikings can dump or trade Winfield at any point during the life of the deal, with no cap hit.

There are still too many possible scenarios in this whole mess, for example (1) Te'o didn't start the hoax, never knew about it the whole time, didn't embellish his relationship of his "girlfriend" to get publicity (2) Te'o didn't start the hoax, never knew about it the whole time, but embellished his relationship of his "girlfried" to get publicity (3) Te'o didn't start the hoax, but knew it early and embellished his relationship of his "girlfried" to get publicity (4) Te'o started the hoax and used it to get publicity Now, from Te'o's side of story, he "probably" didn't start the hoax, but he never showed anything to remove the doubts about him embellishing the relatinoship to get publicity. In fact, there are reports saying he wasn't that close to his "Lennay" and just used "her death" to get publicitgy. However, people defending Te'o are quickly to toss the whole thing away and claiming nothing to be seen here. When others have any more questions about him, they are called Te'o haters trying to trash a young man like Te'o. There are many things still needed to be answered for public to form their opinion on Te'o, maybe Te'o doesn't care, maybe Te'o doesn't have the evidents like 8-hour nightly call, maybe Te'o just thinks he doesn't need to prove anything anymore. But the bottom line is there are still questions and Te'o defenders are way too early to anounce his innocent. Personally I don't care if Te'o started the hoax or not, what I care is whether he used death by cancer to get publicity no matter he started the hoax or he embellished the relationship. When you have famility members suffering and fighting cancers, you wouldn't be able to support Te'o until he clears his name on whether he used cancer and death for publicity in any way.

He didn't have to mention his girlfriend though. What he said was “I don’t like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfirned to cancer". The question doesn't seem like directly to something about his girlfriend. He could easily said “I don’t like cancer at all. I lost my grandparents to cancer" and didn't need to bring up the girlfirend himself.

People are just too focusing on whether Te'o is the victim of the hoax or he is part of it, and seem to think he is off the hook if he is the victim of the hoax. This article posted by Jauronimo was buried in this thead which provides a different angle: http://deadspin.com/5976762/manti-teos-teammates-had-their-doubts-about-lennay-kekua?tag=manti-te.o --------------------------------- The debate among teammates wasn't whether or not Manti actually knew this girl - it was clear that they had been in contact; no, players just didn't think that it was fair to call Lennay Kekua Manti's girlfriend, period (it is well-known on campus that he has had relations with other girls during his time at Notre Dame). They recognized what was going on for what it was - a terrible publicity stunt used to fuel Manti Te'o's Heisman campaign. In fact, many of the players privately commented that they didn't want the students to wear leis in support of Manti and wouldn't participate themselves - they cited that the team never responded so publicly to tragic events for other players. But there was also the feeling that Manti didn't deserve to benefit from publicity from the death of somebody he barely knew. --------------------------------- Early in my conversation with the source, the Notre Dame player said, “He lied, but the media blew it up.” In response to my follow-up question asking if the source thought that Te’o kept the story going because of the media attention, the player replied, “Yeah. Right after the Michigan [state] game. He should have never brought her in the media. His grandma passing was enough.” --------------------------------- When asked if he thought Te’o was a good actor, the player replied, “Very good.”

From this article: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The debate among teammates wasn't whether or not Manti actually knew this girl - it was clear that they had been in contact; no, players just didn't think that it was fair to call Lennay Kekua Manti's girlfriend, period (it is well-known on campus that he has had relations with other girls during his time at Notre Dame). They recognized what was going on for what it was - a terrible publicity stunt used to fuel Manti Te'o's Heisman campaign. In fact, many of the players privately commented that they didn't want the students to wear leis in support of Manti and wouldn't participate themselves - they cited that the team never responded so publicly to tragic events for other players. But there was also the feeling that Manti didn't deserve to benefit from publicity from the death of somebody he barely knew. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's true that Te'o has had relationship with other girls on campus and just used "Lennay's" death for publicity purpose, it'll look even worse for him.

none of the questions listed asking if he ever "met" her though. On the other hand, his father did say she came to visit him in Hawaii, that's a separated question though.