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Quarterback Colt Brennan, signed by the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League, said he has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, jeopardizing his playing career.
This year, the salary cap went up by $10 million per team. Next year, it could go up even more. Ditto for the following year. The upper limit of the quarterback market, already at $20 million when the cap was $123 million per year, also will go up as the cap increases.
Soon, the high-water mark will be $25 million per year. Eventually, it will be $30 million. By next year or 2016 at the latest, Kaepernick’s deal (whatever the truth is) could be viewed as a bargain for the 49ers.
LyricalRico wrote:Jeez, Kaepernick getting WAY overpaid on his new reported deal. But maybe not?This year, the salary cap went up by $10 million per team. Next year, it could go up even more. Ditto for the following year. The upper limit of the quarterback market, already at $20 million when the cap was $123 million per year, also will go up as the cap increases.
Soon, the high-water mark will be $25 million per year. Eventually, it will be $30 million. By next year or 2016 at the latest, Kaepernick’s deal (whatever the truth is) could be viewed as a bargain for the 49ers.
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Kind of scares me about what Danny Boy's gonna give RG3...maybe first $200M deal?
verbal8 wrote:LyricalRico wrote:Jeez, Kaepernick getting WAY overpaid on his new reported deal. But maybe not?This year, the salary cap went up by $10 million per team. Next year, it could go up even more. Ditto for the following year. The upper limit of the quarterback market, already at $20 million when the cap was $123 million per year, also will go up as the cap increases.
Soon, the high-water mark will be $25 million per year. Eventually, it will be $30 million. By next year or 2016 at the latest, Kaepernick’s deal (whatever the truth is) could be viewed as a bargain for the 49ers.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... en-higher/
Kind of scares me about what Danny Boy's gonna give RG3...maybe first $200M deal?
The Kaepernick deal actually is a pretty good model for what RG3 should get. A lot of money, but very little of it guarranteed. The Kaepernick deal is basically set-up so the team can walk away from it at any point.
The New England Patriots have traded Logan Mankins to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a draft pick and Tim Wright.
Mankins is a six-time Pro Bowler at guard.
Mankins will count $4 million against the Patriots' salary cap in 2014 and another $4 million in 2015.
The Buccaneers have been searching for an upgrade at left guard.
After months of backing, it only took a few hours of backlash from the video of Ray Rice punching his wife in the face for them to draw the line.
The Ravens announced they had terminated the contract of the star running back, who still had one game of suspension left.
LyricalRico wrote:Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.
Ruzious wrote:LyricalRico wrote:Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.
Not to mention they lose their 2016 1st round draft choice. The cover-up was worse than the crime. If he had come clean from the start, he wouldn't have gotten more than a game penalty - maybe just a fine, imo. Heck, Aaron Rogers admitted he has his over-inflated, and nobody blinked.
LyricalRico wrote:Ruzious wrote:LyricalRico wrote:Holy cow, 4 games for Brady?!?! I was thinking one or two. Gotta think it goes down on appeal.
Not to mention they lose their 2016 1st round draft choice. The cover-up was worse than the crime. If he had come clean from the start, he wouldn't have gotten more than a game penalty - maybe just a fine, imo. Heck, Aaron Rogers admitted he has his over-inflated, and nobody blinked.
Yeah, probably right. Also the fact that the Pats have broken rules before.
Five trades that should happen (but won't)
On Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, we'll again experience the least exciting, most boring trade deadline in all of sports -- the NFL trade deadline. It is the one area in which baseball, basketball and hockey decidedly out-excite the NFL.
So, in an effort to spruce it up, we're proposing five trades that should, but won't, be made -- although we plead with the involved teams to reconsider.
1. Washington trades quarterback Robert Griffin III to Kansas City for quarterback Chase Daniel.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid liked Griffin III coming out of the draft, Brad Childress is Kansas City's spread game analyst and the Chiefs could have a quarterback their head coach could groom to run it. Perfect. In turn, Washington would acquire another intriguing quarterback alternative, someone the Chiefs have shopped despite the fact he was impressive in the preseason.
LyricalRico wrote:And then there's this from Adam Schefter:Five trades that should happen (but won't)
On Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, we'll again experience the least exciting, most boring trade deadline in all of sports -- the NFL trade deadline. It is the one area in which baseball, basketball and hockey decidedly out-excite the NFL.
So, in an effort to spruce it up, we're proposing five trades that should, but won't, be made -- although we plead with the involved teams to reconsider.
1. Washington trades quarterback Robert Griffin III to Kansas City for quarterback Chase Daniel.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid liked Griffin III coming out of the draft, Brad Childress is Kansas City's spread game analyst and the Chiefs could have a quarterback their head coach could groom to run it. Perfect. In turn, Washington would acquire another intriguing quarterback alternative, someone the Chiefs have shopped despite the fact he was impressive in the preseason.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13979786/robert-griffin-iii-chiefs-calvin-johnson-panthers-five-trades-happen-nfl
A couple other interesting ones in there. I do wish NFL GMs were more creative with player trades, but dead cap penalties probably factor in because of the hard cap. Maybe they can address that in the new CBA? To soften the dead cap space rules specifically for trades, or allow teams to negotiate who will absorb the penalty as part of the trade?
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