2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

How are the plans for a new stadium going for the Vikings?
I imagine not very well considering the current state of their government.

As the Vikings supposedly were closing in on a deal to build a new stadium, July 1 came and went without a new budget deal in Minnesota, causing the state government to shut down.

Nearly 10 days later, the talks toward fixing the budget are making the CBA discussions look like they were strapped onto the rocket docket.

Per the Associated Press, Democratic Governor Mark Dayton (pictured) and Republican legislative leaders have met only twice since the government closed its doors, including one session that lasted less than 30 minutes.

As explained by the AP, the budget dispute and the resulting shutdown have resulted in the closure of historical sites and rest stops, it has shuttered the state lottery, it has made it more difficult to obtain a driver’s license, it has blocked the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses.

It’s also pushing the Vikings closer to the expiration of their Metrodome lease.

Source - http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-budget-talks/

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

How are the plans for a new stadium going for the Vikings?
I imagine not very well considering the current state of their government.

So true. At least Minnesota was lucky enough to get a good Governor (Dayton) to stand up to the crazies in the state legislature. Otherwise their government would be as bad as my state under con-man Rick Scott.

[Batman1980]

The player rep for free agent Randy Moss tells NFL.com that his client "has a huge chip on his shoulder" entering the 2011 season and is determined to be "the old Randy Moss."
Guess he's not retiring. "Randy has been working out, two-a-days, all spring and summer in West Virginia," agent Joel Segal said. "He is determined, motivated. ... He's not just coming in to be on the team, he's going to be Randy Moss - a difference maker." We'll believe it when we see it. While Moss has maintained plenty of straight-line speed, his "play when I wanna play" mentality rang truer than ever last season.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1655/randy-moss

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

The Pro Bowl is absolute garbage. But that just goes to showing how big the NFL is. You could literally tape NFL players eating lunch or dropping a log and get a 5.0 TV rating or better.

They should do it after the season like right now when we've been starved for football I bet that 8.6 would turn into a 10 or 12.

[dcowboy7]

Yea right....like peytons gonna play tomorrow in the pro bowl, tear an acl & be out for the year.

[SleeperAgent]

They could just televise scrimmages or even drills and probably kill the All-Star game's rating.

The NFL needs to come back.

[Batman1980]

AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
If and when the two sides finalize a deal, the new CBA will be 7 to 10 years. Good. Don't want to hear about this again until at least 2018.

Source - Twitter

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by SleeperAgent

They could just televise scrimmages or even drills and probably kill the All-Star game's rating.

The NFL needs to come back.

they televise the inter-squad scrimmage for the packers every year.

and the stadium sells out for it as well!!!

[Batman1980]

SI.com's Jim Trotter reports a previously undisclosed secret fund that would pay each player roughly $200,000 in 2011 may be the spark that ignited progress in labor negotiations Wednesday.
NFLPA boss DeMaurice Smith secured the insurance policy that would go into effect if there's no football this year. Ravens CB Domonique Foxworth threw that "ace in the hole" on the table with momentum at a standstill Wednesday. One source close to the owners acknowledged that the revelation "definitely" got their attention. Between the players' secret fund and Judge Doty's ruling that the owners could not touch their own "illegally created" $4 billion lockout fund, Foxworth's move may prove to be the turning point in the CBA discussions.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/...nique-foxworth

NFL Network's Albert Breer reports the "economics" of a labor agreement between the owners and players are "done" outside of a few "ancillary" issues.
In other words, the I's have been dotted and T's crossed on the rookie salary system and salary cap. Breer cautions that "there are still plenty of other hoops for the sides to jump through," so this does not mean that the lockout will be lifted Friday. PFT's Mike Florio suspects the owners may have one last stalling tactic up their sleeve to see if the players will give in at the goal-line.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/591/drew-brees

ESPN's John Clayton reports the salary cap for the 2011 season will be $120 million.
NFL Network's Jason LaCanfora has the cap at close to $123 million with exceptions that will make it "feel" like $130 million. This year's cap will also come with a salary floor, adding a new element. Some teams will have to spend in free agency to meet the floor while others will have their hands tied near the cap. This news is the final touch in a Thursday chalk full of progress. As Chris Mortensen suggested, "Even skeptical participants among negotiating teams are almost stunned at momentum resolving [the] remaining issues."

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1493/peyton-manning

[kpkelley]

The salary cap numbers are about equal to the 2009 Salary Cap($123M).

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

The salary cap numbers are about equal to the 2009 Salary Cap($123M).

Yeah, the big difference is that the salary floor will be higher. In 2009 teams only had to spend $107 million, and it is expected that teams will have to spend at least 95% of the cap ($114 million if the cap is $120 million). In addition teams will actually have to spend the money and can't use phony accounting like incentives deemed likely to be earned when in reality there's no way they'll be earned.

[Konfusion1230]

From Schefter...

First-round picks now will sign 4-yr deals, with options for a 5th-, that will decrease their money 40-50% from last yr. Vets get $ instead.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Yeah, the big difference is that the salary floor will be higher. In 2009 teams only had to spend $107 million, and it is expected that teams will have to spend at least 95% of the cap ($114 million if the cap is $120 million). In addition teams will actually have to spend the money and can't use phony accounting like incentives deemed likely to be earned when in reality there's no way they'll be earned.

Thank god. They needed a higher floor to get deadbeat owners to spend money. Not to name any names, but... the Glazers (Tampa).

[Konfusion1230]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Thank god. They needed a higher floor to get deadbeat owners to spend money. Not to name any names, but... the Glazers (Tampa).

They are a rumored team for Asomugha. That should get them over the cap floor

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Thank god. They needed a higher floor to get deadbeat owners to spend money. Not to name any names, but... the Glazers (Tampa).

Yeah, the Glazers had the lowest spending team last year with a payroll of $80.8 million, yet still felt the need to layoff all employees for a week in May. The Chiefs, who had the second-lowest payroll at $84.5 million and hosted a playoff game, cut pay of all employees. Last year 10 teams spent under the $114 million that would be the salary floor if the cap is $120 million.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Yeah, the Glazers had the lowest spending team last year with a payroll of $80.8 million, yet still felt the need to layoff all employees for a week in May. The Chiefs, who had the second-lowest payroll at $84.5 million and hosted a playoff game, cut pay of all employees. Last year 10 teams spent under the $114 million that would be the salary floor if the cap is $120 million.

They've been a complete disaster for the Bucs for many years now. They are total deadbeat owners. It seems like they just consider the Bucs their black sheep. Manchester United is their cash cow. Thankfully the Bucs have built through the draft well in recent years to stay competitive.

[Terjyn]

I understand the point of a salary floor, but if you are raising it 7+ million...that seems like a lot in one year.

If you can't get free agents to join your team...uhh...hire walk-ons to get to the 7 extra million?

Renegotiating contracts to give your players a raise seems moderately unlikely.

Just curious how this type of bump has been handled before.

[dcowboy7]

Albert Breer says 90% -- is this still being negotiated maybe ?

"The 2011 projected cap will be roughly $123 million, according to sources, but as a practical matter will "feel" more like $130 million to teams when cap credits and new cap exceptions are factored.
Teams will have to spend, in cash, 90 percent to the cap minimum and league-wide spending will be pegged at 99 percent to the cap."

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

I understand the point of a salary floor, but if you are raising it 7+ million...that seems like a lot in one year.

If you can't get free agents to join your team...uhh...hire walk-ons to get to the 7 extra million?

Renegotiating contracts to give your players a raise seems moderately unlikely.

Just curious how this type of bump has been handled before.

This isn't the NBA where a lot of crybaby superstar players outright refuse to play anywhere but one or two cities. The vast majority of NFL players will play wherever they're offered the best deal to play. I suspect teams won't have much trouble filling out their cap space with quality free agents.

[dcowboy7]

PFT says how Poilan is looking more & more like a real dufus.

He had basically said 18 games was a "fait accompli."