2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[fatediesel]

The details are out for Dalton's deal, and it's nowhere near as lucrative as the original numbers made it sound, as the true base value is 6-years, $95 million, and the only way he'd get the $115 million is by leading the Bengals to a Super Bowl victory:

The most important numbers are the numbers fully guaranteed at signing. Dalton receives a signing bonus of $12 million and a roster bonus in three days of $5 million. That’s a total of $17 million out of the gates. Coupled with his $986,000 base salary (which isn’t guaranteed as a legal matter but it is as a practical matter), Dalton will make $18 million in the first year of the deal.

Then, on the third day of the 2015 league year in March, Dalton earns a $4 million roster bonus. He also has a $3 million non-guaranteed base salary in 2015. That’s $25 million over two years.

The rest of the base deal is simple. In addition to annual workout bonuses of $200,000, Dalton has base salaries of $10.5 million in 2016, $13.1 million in 2017, $13.7 million in 2018, $16 million in 2019, and $17.5 million in 2020.

Unlike the Kaepernick deal, which loaded up the base value artificially and then used de-escalators based on playing time and team or personal achievements, Dalton’s deal potentially goes up, not down.

If in any year he participates in 80-percent of the regular-season snaps and the Bengals get to the divisional round of the playoffs (via wild-card win or bye), he gets another $1 million in each additional year of the deal. If he qualifies at any point for the conference title game (with 80-percent playing time in the regular season), another $500,000 flows into the base value of the deal, for each additional year. If he wins a Super Bowl he won’t be driving off in a Hyundai; Dalton will get another $1.5 million per year for each remaining year of the deal.

So if the Bengals win the next Super Bowl this year and if Dalton participates in 80 percent of the regular-season snaps in 2014, he’ll get another $18 million over the life of the deal, pushing the new-money average from $16 million per year to $19 million. Getting to the divisional round this year pushes the new-money average to $17 million.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...h-early-march/

[Mr. J]

Was given VIP access to the Falcons Training Camp this past Saturday....for those that care. Got a football signed by 4 of the players, including Trufant. We were right on the field with the guys. It was awesome!

Click spoiler for pics

[Show spoiler]

I'm on the left talking to Trufant

[jwerk]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Was given VIP access to the Falcons Training Camp this past Saturday....for those that care. Got a football signed by 4 of the players, including Trufant. We were right on the field with the guys. It was awesome!

Click spoiler for pics

[Show spoiler]

I'm on the left talking to Trufant

That's great! Thanks for the pics

[Show spoiler]Why the

[MaCruz]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Was given VIP access to the Falcons Training Camp this past Saturday....for those that care. Got a football signed by 4 of the players, including Trufant. We were right on the field with the guys. It was awesome!

Click spoiler for pics

[Show spoiler]

I'm on the left talking to Trufant

Nice. Let me guess.... someone at work offered VIP access for you?

Originally Posted by jwerk

That's great! Thanks for the pics

[Show spoiler]Why the

Oh Mr. J.... Don't worry about him. He's more like "Mr. post once a month". He thinks he's the internet badass around here. There's only one, and that's me

[Navster]

[Navster]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Was given VIP access to the Falcons Training Camp this past Saturday....for those that care. Got a football signed by 4 of the players, including Trufant. We were right on the field with the guys. It was awesome!

Click spoiler for pics

[Show spoiler]

I'm on the left talking to Trufant

Oh, look who decided to show up months later, too good for us now

[StereoMike]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Was given VIP access to the Falcons Training Camp this past Saturday....for those that care. Got a football signed by 4 of the players, including Trufant. We were right on the field with the guys. It was awesome!

Click spoiler for pics

[Show spoiler]

I'm on the left talking to Trufant

Originally Posted by MaCruz

Oh Mr. J.... Don't worry about him. He's more like "Mr. post once a month". He thinks he's the internet badass around here. There's only one, and that's me

[Moviefan1203]

I wonder if Mr. J will make it on Hard Knocks.

[StereoMike]

Originally Posted by Navster

Oh, look who decided to show up months later, too good for us now

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

I wonder if Mr. J will make it on Hard Knocks.

[Mr. J]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

I wonder if Mr. J will make it on Hard Knocks.

Yeah the HBO crew was filming while we were there

[Navster]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Yeah the HBO crew was filming while we were there

If I were you I would have held up a big sign saying Macruz is a

[StereoMike]

Originally Posted by Navster

If I were you I would have held up a big sign saying Macruz is a

[TitansFan4Life]

I guess the Titans will appear, briefly, on Hard Knocks.

Viewers will be confused and wonder what team is out there with the Falcons. For some it will be the first time they've ever heard of us.

[dcowboy7]

The wierd part is the networks just keep showing ratings killers broncos, packers, cowboys, 49ers, patriots & yet pass over the titans.

[Tony208]

Packers retiring Favre! HoF next!

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11...me-summer-2015

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Was given VIP access to the Falcons Training Camp this past Saturday....for those that care. Got a football signed by 4 of the players, including Trufant. We were right on the field with the guys. It was awesome!

Click spoiler for pics

[Show spoiler]

I'm on the left talking to Trufant

Another Falcons fan?

[TitansFan4Life]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

The wierd part is the networks just keep showing ratings killers broncos, packers, cowboys, 49ers, patriots & yet pass over the titans.

Well, they've gotta do what they've gotta do. It's understandable, but you do realize our practice with the Falcons was just today, right?... it'll end up on Hard Knocks. Let me know if it doesn't though because that would be incredibly stupid.

Since 1999 (when we were officially named the Titans), we have more wins than the Cowboys and 49ers...

Obviously a lot is different in today's game, and the Niners are leaps and bounds better than we are. Cowboys are worse than us, and America will see that on week 2. Scratch that... we don't win games, our opponents lose them. So the story on ESPN will just be how the Cowboys struggled, not how we destroyed them. Yea, I'm pretty confident about that game. And don't worry... if we lose, you can rub it in. I'll deserve it. And I'll eat crow. And I'll expect a miserable year for our team... because you guys really are bad (worst defense in the league again, no doubt). lol

But hey, we're still top 10 in wins since 1999... that's better than a lot of teams. We're still a "new" team to Nashville. Fan base will grow... we just need to get back to the winning ways of 1999-2003. And when Peyton retires we will finally have a chance of having east TN's support. They are all a bunch of losers for never supporting us though.

[Mr. J]

Originally Posted by sycro

Another Falcons fan?

Yeah, big Falcon's fan. The wife and I go to at least 3 or four games per year!

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Mr. J

Yeah, big Falcon's fan. The wife and I go to at least 3 or four games per year!

Nice! I try to go to 1 when I'm there for Thanksgiving or Christmas.

[XLIV]

Can't wait for the season to start...almost here.


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