2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[sycro]

Originally Posted by kidkash

Bill got that cap on lock down. You wait for that Matt Ryan extension 30 million a year cap hit.



He signs a new extension every couple years they will get that cap hit down.

Best quote I've seen for romo

Romo retiring for career in broadcasting, he will cover only the regular season and plans to not show up for playoffs

He's smarter than Flacco.

And he can renegotiate and spread out the cap hit all he wants, but that ends when he retires and all those signing bonuses are dead cap space each year. They honestly might as well take those hits while he's still there instead of killing themselves while they try to replace him.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by sycro

He's smarter than Flacco.

And he can renegotiate and spread out the cap hit all he wants, but that ends when he retires and all those signing bonuses are dead cap space each year. They honestly might as well take those hits while he's still there instead of killing themselves while they try to replace him.

Brady's cap hit is never killer if he retires. If he retired after the 2017 season his dead cap would be $14 million, and if he retired after the 2018 season it'd be $7 million. Both of those amounts are manageable, especially since they could take the hit over 2 years. They haven't done what the Cowboys did with Romo and restructured his contract every year to move money into the future.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Brady's cap hit is never killer if he retires. If he retired after the 2017 season his dead cap would be $14 million, and if he retired after the 2018 season it'd be $7 million. Both of those amounts are manageable, especially since they could take the hit over 2 years. They haven't done what the Cowboys did with Romo and restructured his contract every year to move money into the future.

I love how your avatar is still free Brady.

[walruswarrior]

Originally Posted by CZAR

We might not get 1st round compensation for Romo but I also said we would not cut him and let a team get him for free. Im all good with him retiring a Cowboy for life! Let teams like Houston & Denver continue with crap QB's while Romo is chilling. Either you pay to get him or live with what you got. We calling all bluffs. Most of yall said we would cut him and not get anything for him. So how about that!!!! Got Em!!

And like we said. No one is going to trade for his overpaid injured shell of a body.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Rblu-Dblu

And the Cowboys released Romo even though he retired. Not much of a bluff.

Originally Posted by walruswarrior

And like we said. No one is going to trade for his overpaid injured shell of a body.

And like I said, no team would just be able to sign Romo without any compensation. We can keep going back and fourth but we only released him because he wanted to go to tv. Got Em!!

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by CZAR

And like I said, no team would just be able to sign Romo without any compensation. We can keep going back and fourth but we only released him because he wanted to go to tv. Got Em!!

Wouldn't surprise me if he had some language that allowed him to get out of his CBS contract to play in he NFL next year.
That way he gets to keep his signing bonus by not retiring and the cap hit isn't as bad for Dallas.

[Rblu-Dblu]

Originally Posted by CZAR

And like I said, no team would just be able to sign Romo without any compensation. We can keep going back and fourth but we only released him because he wanted to go to tv. Got Em!!

Cowboys had no control over him going to tv. He retired, he can do what he wants.

Romo retires, Cowboys release him, Romo goes to work for CBS or can unretire and sign with any team he likes.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Rblu-Dblu

Cowboys had no control over him going to tv. He retired, he can do what he wants.

Romo retires, Cowboys release him, Romo goes to work for CBS or can unretire and sign with any team he likes.

Hell be on tv pimp. Its a done deal. Got Em!!

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Rblu-Dblu

Cowboys had no control over him going to tv. He retired, he can do what he wants.

Romo retires, Cowboys release him, Romo goes to work for CBS or can unretire and sign with any team he likes.

Romo didn't retire. He was released.
The reasoning, as I stated previously, is he will probably look to sign with a team next season.

[rickah88]

http://www.fox4news.com/news/246469356-story

Wasn't this the guy giving advice to Zeke? If that's not a textbook example of the blind leading the blind, I don't know what is.

[kidkash]

Originally Posted by sycro

He's smarter than Flacco.

And he can renegotiate and spread out the cap hit all he wants, but that ends when he retires and all those signing bonuses are dead cap space each year. They honestly might as well take those hits while he's still there instead of killing themselves while they try to replace him.

Is he? Flacco waited till after he had a super bowl ring to ask for top dollar. Matt ryan wanted a new contract a week before the bowl with 2 years remaining. As for the cap there is a reason the pats had 60 million in cap space after winning the bowl. They know what they are doing.

[West E]

Raiders and Seahawks are expected to work out the Marshawn Lynch details soon. Lynch met with the Raiders today after Seattle granted him permission.

Seahawks' GM said Lynch will only come out of retirement for the Raiders and that the transaction will be very smooth since both GMs are longtime friends.

[bootsy]

Originally Posted by kidkash

Instead of asking him to give back that 5 million they let him keep it, a fragile qb who made 20 million plus to ride the bench. And now will cost them a cap hit of 18 million over the next two years. Plus you got your supposed next superstar on the roster so why not save some money for him. No instead they let romo keep it. At this rate romo will still be on the books when they sign dak to an extension.

Yeah I don't think the Cowboys are going to be hurting for that $5 million. That's just my guess.

[bootsy]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Romo shouldn't even be in the HOF discussion. Nothing about his career is worthy of the Hall. He's a 4-time Pro Bowler who never made a first-team All-Pro team. He only has 2 playoff wins. He's 29th in career passing yards, behind players like Kerry Collins, Dave Krieg, and Boomer Esiason. He's 21st in passing touchdowns. The only QBs from the last 30 years in the Hall with fewer passing yards and touchdowns than Romo are Steve Young, Troy Aikman, and Kurt Warner, and all three of them had Super Bowl wins, Super Bowl MVPs, and at least one first-team All-Pro appearance.

Yeah I agree, I love Tony but he's not a HOFer. If he had a Super Bowl ring or maybe even an appearance in the Super Bowl along with his numbers he'd probably get in one day but not getting to the championship round at least is not HOF worthy.

[F13BluRay]

Originally Posted by sycro

14 with the signing bonus. Eventually he's going to retire and all those backtracked payouts are going to cause some expensive dead years.

$14mil is his signing bonus that he's put off many years. His actual salary is $1 mil for 2017.

I don't think those "backtracked payouts" are going to hurt the team. Brady and his people will work out something with Belichick, Kraft and his people so that the team will not be hurt. Belichick is aware of all

Brady is the G.O.A.T.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by F13BluRay

$14mil is his signing bonus that he's put off many years. His actual salary is $1 mil for 2017.

I don't think those "backtracked payouts" are going to hurt the team. Brady and his people will work out something with Belichick, Kraft and his people so that the team will not be hurt. Belichick is aware of all

Brady is the G.O.A.T.

If he retires, he can't just work out a new deal that stretches the money across differing years.

[kidkash]

Originally Posted by sycro

If he retires, he can't just work out a new deal that stretches the money across differing years.

He wouldn't just go I'm done bye. They would pull a romo make him a June 1 cut spread the money than press conference and retire. Every qb who retries will probably have some kind of cap hit they usually get 20-30 million signing bonuses.

[Rblu-Dblu]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Romo didn't retire. He was released.
The reasoning, as I stated previously, is he will probably look to sign with a team next season.

OK so he didn't officially file his retirement papers. He said he was going to retire, Cowboys released him. He's now free to do whatever he wants. Stay on tv or start for the Browns. His choice.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by West E

Raiders and Seahawks are expected to work out the Marshawn Lynch details soon. Lynch met with the Raiders today after Seattle granted him permission.

Seahawks' GM said Lynch will only come out of retirement for the Raiders and that the transaction will be very smooth since both GMs are longtime friends.

I know the GMs are friends but there's no reason for the Raiders to give more than a 7th round pick for Lynch. If Lynch wants to come back the Seahawks will have to release him because they aren't going to pay him the $9 million he'd be due this season. They've only got about $10 million in cap space, and even if they had plenty of space they still wouldn't pay Lynch that much.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by West E

Raiders and Seahawks are expected to work out the Marshawn Lynch details soon. Lynch met with the Raiders today after Seattle granted him permission.

Seahawks' GM said Lynch will only come out of retirement for the Raiders and that the transaction will be very smooth since both GMs are longtime friends.

He'll look GOOD in silver and black.