2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

I'm confused. The guaranteed money was the $5 mill + $15 mill + $21 mill 2009 bonus I thought. So why would he be due the $20.5 mill in 2013?

Regardless I'll be he's bankrupt by 2015. No way in hell that guy spends his money wisely.

Your right. My bad. NFL contracts are so badly structured though. I mean what athletes actually expect or earn the full value of their contracts aside from a few franchise QB's?

[dcowboy7]

NFL Network sent out their press release for next weeks combine coverage & this is the on field stuff:

Mike Mayock really gives great breakdowns of the players.

Saturday, February 25
9:00 AM – Workouts: Kickers, Offensive Linemen, Tight Ends – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Sunday, February 26
9:00 AM – Workouts: Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Monday, February 27
9:00 AM – Workouts: Linebackers, Defensive Linemen – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Tuesday, February 28
9:00 AM – Workouts: Defensive Backs – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)


http://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/...bine-final.pdf

[Navster]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

NFL Network sent out their press release for next weeks combine coverage & this is the on field stuff:

Mike Mayock really gives great breakdowns of the players.

Saturday, February 25
9:00 AM – Workouts: Kickers, Offensive Linemen, Tight Ends – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Sunday, February 26
9:00 AM – Workouts: Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Monday, February 27
9:00 AM – Workouts: Linebackers, Defensive Linemen – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Tuesday, February 28
9:00 AM – Workouts: Defensive Backs – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)


http://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/...bine-final.pdf

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by NavsterKing

Heh... I used to think that. But even run of the mill NFL workouts score pretty solid TV ratings nowadays. I've said it before. The NFL could televise random player drug testing and probably draw big ratings. Anything with the NFL stamp on it, regardless of how mundane seems to be ratings gold anymore.

[Navster]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Heh... I used to think that. But even run of the mill NFL workouts score pretty solid TV ratings nowadays. I've said it before. The NFL could televise random player drug testing and probably draw big ratings. Anything with the NFL stamp on it, regardless of how mundane seems to be ratings gold anymore.

I cant do it, I find the combine so freaking boring, i'd rather watch curling

Sunday's & Monday nights will suck until September

[ChadFL]

I can't help but wonder. How many HOF caliber players do you think there are who never get the opportunity to play in the NFL? I mean if Trent Green and Drew Bledsoe don't go down with major injuries there's a good chance Tom Brady and Kurt Warner never start a single game in the NFL. It's not like Bill Belichick had any clue Brady would be good, or else he would have played him before Bledsoe's injury. And without the Bledsoe injury there's a good chance Bill Belichick ends up being "just another coach." Belichick has an awful 41-55 record as a head coach until Tom Brady came along. Doubt he ever would have been a HOF level coach without Tom Brady as QB.

I'll bet there are quite a few HOF caliber players over the years who we'll never know about simply because they didn't get lucky like Brady or Warner.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by NavsterKing

I cant do it, I find the combine so freaking boring, i'd rather watch curling

Sunday's & Monday nights will suck until September

They have something close to that

UP UP UP

Stephen Paea breaking the NFL Combine Benching Record with 49 reps - YouTube

Oh I CANT WAIT

Originally Posted by ChadFL

I can't help but wonder. How many HOF caliber players do you think there are who never get the opportunity to play in the NFL? .

Thats why I always want them to throw guys like Colt Brennan in and just see what he can do. Once you've been eliminated from the playoffs why not see what you have

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

NFL Network sent out their press release for next weeks combine coverage & this is the on field stuff:

Mike Mayock really gives great breakdowns of the players.

Saturday, February 25
9:00 AM – Workouts: Kickers, Offensive Linemen, Tight Ends – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Sunday, February 26
9:00 AM – Workouts: Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Monday, February 27
9:00 AM – Workouts: Linebackers, Defensive Linemen – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)

Tuesday, February 28
9:00 AM – Workouts: Defensive Backs – LIVE COVERAGE
(Encores with cut-down versions at 8:00 PM & 12 Midnight)


http://nfllabor.files.wordpress.com/...bine-final.pdf

Thank you sir it has been added to my calendar

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by supersix4

They have something close to that

UP UP UP

Stephen Paea breaking the NFL Combine Benching Record with 49 reps - YouTube

Oh I CANT WAIT

LOL... I love how in that video they make it like some epic sports record is about to be broken when it's just some guy pumping iron. But that's how big the NFL is. Even the NFL combine draws big viewers.

[Galactus]

When are the Mod's going to nuke this thread like last year?

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Prof. Farnsworth

When are the Mod's going to nuke this thread like last year?

never! we lost all our pages since 2007 after that

and it was some of the best football analysis in the history of the sport

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by supersix4

never! we lost all our pages since 2007 after that

The agent for Joe Flacco is targeting top-five quarterback money in long-term extension talks with the Ravens.
Flacco isn't a top-five quarterback and probably isn't even top-ten, so this could drag things out for Baltimore. "If the game is about wins and losses, he has to be in the top five," said agent Joe Linta. "... And he’s done something that no one has ever done. In his four years in the league, he has never missed a game and has more wins than any other quarterback."

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4677/joe-flacco

[SleeperAgent]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4677/joe-flacco

Top 5 money for Flacco?

Let him walk Baltimore. He ain't worth top 5. For top 5 money we could go after Peyton Manning. Or for a little less get Matt Flynn.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by SleeperAgent

Top 5 money for Flacco?

Let him walk Baltimore. He ain't worth top 5. For top 5 money we could go after Peyton Manning. Or for a little less get Matt Flynn.

I'd give him bonuses and conditional money, which would put him on par with the top5 qb's, but not top 5 guaranteed money.

I still think he's worth at least another 2-3 years to really evaluate he's proven enough, and has had enough success that he deserves that (IMOP)

[SleeperAgent]

Originally Posted by supersix4

I'd give him bonuses and conditional money, which would put him on par with the top5 qb's, but not top 5 guaranteed money.

I still think he's worth at least another 2-3 years to really evaluate he's proven enough, and has had enough success that he deserves that (IMOP)

He is a good QB, I'll admit that. But there is no way he is top 5 QB money. Maybe if they put escalators for Super Bowl wins then they can pay him top 5 that way. I'd have no problem giving him the money if he gets some rings. But with Cam Cameron I just don't see it happening.

Regardless he still isn't the reason for that 44-20 record.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by SleeperAgent

He is a good QB, I'll admit that. But there is no way he is top 5 QB money. Maybe if they put escalators for Super Bowl wins then they can pay him top 5 that way. I'd have no problem giving him the money if he gets some rings. But with Cam Cameron I just don't see it happening.

Regardless he still isn't the reason for that 44-20 record.

Super Bowl wins, Championship game wins, pro bowls, completion percentages, yards, and touchdowns all that is fair game they can even give him kicking bonuses.

I wouldn't have a problem if the above payouts equaled say 40-50 million and he had 15-20 guaranteed.

[Hatter]

You go to love agents deluding their clients into thinking they're something they're not.

Flacco had a good regular season and solid playoffs. Big deal. How can you get top 5 money if your not a pro bowl, alternate or even QB flu epidemic alternate?

Right now he's outside the top ten for quarterbacks.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Super Bowl wins, Championship game wins, pro bowls, completion percentages, yards, and touchdowns all that is fair game they can even give him kicking bonuses.

I wouldn't have a problem if the above payouts equaled say 40-50 million and he had 15-20 guaranteed.

Flacco is going to get a lot more than $15-$20 million guaranteed. Ryan Fitzpatrick got $24 million guaranteed and Kevin Kolb got $21 mlllion guaranteed (although both could be less if they got cut). My guess is Flacco will get a seven-year deal worth up to $90 million with at least $30 million guaranteed.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Hatter

You go to love agents deluding their clients into thinking they're something they're not.

Flacco would rather have that agent than one who undersells him, though. It's just run-of-the-mill negotiations. Both sides beef up their positions to appear better than they are, while at the same time slamming their opponent to make them think they're worse off than they are.

They'll likely meet in the middle.

My buddy is in the midst of dealing with, among 'better' (my word) clients, the whole Matt Flynn thing. No doubt he'll try to make Flynn appear like the best QB in the history of the world. If he does anything less, he needs to get a different job.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Flacco is going to get a lot more than $15-$20 million guaranteed. Ryan Fitzpatrick got $24 million guaranteed and Kevin Kolb got $21 mlllion guaranteed (although both could be less if they got cut). My guess is Flacco will get a seven-year deal worth up to $90 million with at least $30 million guaranteed.

True , I guess I just meant keep the money low

Originally Posted by Hatter

You go to love agents deluding their clients into thinking they're something they're not.
.

I don't fault them for trying, I only fault them when they pull a TO or Sprewell.

No normal person would say to a promotion or job offer "well I'm not worth that much, but close."

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by supersix4

No normal person would say to a promotion or job offer "well I'm not worth that much, but close."

That's not the same. Nobody would ever say no thanks if offered. This is I demand to be paid this much scenario.

On 60 minutes they showed Drew Rosenhaus talking like an idiot and getting these large contracts for his clients. Are GM's that weak?

But 30 million guaranteed does seem about right. There was the McNabb 23 million guaranteed Redskins fiasco which he signed while struggling.