26CornerBlitz Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 Breer: The farce of free agency's tampering periodYou’ll hear a lot about free agency and the rules over the next three weeks. There will be breathless speculation over what will go down during the NFL’s so-called “tampering period,” a 48-hour stretch when teams and agents can legally negotiate for the first time. There’ll be clocks counting down to March 14 at 4 p.m.Just know this: Pretty much all of it is for show. The deals that will be done in 20 days? Those are real. But most of the other stuff you’ll hear between now and then isn’t much above fiction.Listen to the words of one prominent agent, who’s going back with us through a timeline from a few years back, when a client of his hit the market. At this point, the agent is recounting leaving the combine in Indianapolis, with a week left before the legal tampering period, and how he absolutely knew by then that: A) he had his financial figure, and B) at least two teams would pay it.
K D Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Edited February 22, 2018 by kdiggz 4 3
MrEpsYtown Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 Guys like Kirk Cousins, AJ McCarron and such probably already know where they are going.
BillsShredder83 Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 Very neat to read. Sounds like a war being waged with spies and everything.
whatdrought Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 I started loving the Free Agency period back when I was younger and it still opened at midnight. I love the excitement and the buzz. The Mario escapade is still one of my favorite bills memories. As much as I know most of it is just for show, I still love following it and keeping up with the news.
DCOrange Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 You always knew this stuff was going on, but it was pretty cool to actually read the details of it.
1st&ten Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, whatdrought said: I started loving the Free Agency period back when I was younger and it still opened at midnight. I love the excitement and the buzz. The Mario escapade is still one of my favorite bills memories. As much as I know most of it is just for show, I still love following it and keeping up with the news. Yes, that was a good memory. I remember several years back the board got a good chuckle when the Bills signed a player about 12:05. I think it was a LB.
26CornerBlitz Posted February 23, 2018 Author Posted February 23, 2018 11 hours ago, JohnBonhamRocks said: Yeah no one follows this rule. The parameters of many deals are already known.
Thurman#1 Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 "If you follow the NFL closely, and you were born before yesterday, you probably know that teams and agents alike treat the rules governing free agency like glorified yellow lights. What you might not know is to what degree everyone has their foot on the gas in advance of being able to legally contact the proverbial belles of the ball." Nice. Shows the whole "he couldn't know if anyone was interested, or how much" thing is nonsense. An interesting look behind the scenes.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/22/2018 at 10:14 AM, MrEpsYtown said: Guys like Kirk Cousins, AJ McCarron and such probably already know where they are going. I'd be surprised if they know now, based on the info laid out in that article. But by the time they leave the combine they'll pretty much know what the market is and who the top contending teams are
The Jokeman Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) On 2/22/2018 at 11:36 AM, 1st&ten said: Yes, that was a good memory. I remember several years back the board got a good chuckle when the Bills signed a player about 12:05. I think it was a LB. Jeff Posey http://a.espncdn.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1515839.html Edited February 24, 2018 by The Jokeman 1
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/22/2018 at 11:36 AM, 1st&ten said: Yes, that was a good memory. I remember several years back the board got a good chuckle when the Bills signed a player about 12:05. I think it was a LB. ....Marv signed Kawica Mitchell from the Giants at like 12:01AM I think.................... 1
NewEra Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 Sean Miller has signed on with Drew Rosenhaus’ agency. Drew deemed him invaluable to the tampering period.
JaCrispy Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) On 2/22/2018 at 11:36 AM, 1st&ten said: Yes, that was a good memory. I remember several years back the board got a good chuckle when the Bills signed a player about 12:05. I think it was a LB. If I was another team that lost draft picks due to tampering I would be pissed after seeing that the whole league does it. Edited February 24, 2018 by JaCrispy
26CornerBlitz Posted March 6, 2018 Author Posted March 6, 2018 Bringing this up again with the "legal tampering" period less than one week away (March 12).
boyst Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 This time last year Gilmore was going to Chicago after Carolina let McDermott and Co go. Anything is possible...
HiddenInLight Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 I honestly don't think the NFL cares when it is obvious that neither the team nor the player are interested in re-signing.
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