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From NFL Reporter Matt Lombardo: "The NFL's Biggest Free Agency Winners, according to executives who know" https://bsky.app/profile/mattlombardo.bsky.social/post/3mh6bozlgbc2x

thx. other than the potential for 1 year players to show off their impact and potentially make more $$, are there any other upsides for a player viewpoint to want a 1 year contract?

was curious about why all the one year deals. Does that help or hurt for next season in terms of resigning? it should help with the cap, I'd expect.

NFL reporter Matt Lombardo has some nice things to say: I’m so beyond all-in on the Panthers’ free agency moves, and GM Dan Morgan may be one of the biggest winners, so far. https://bsky.app/profile/mattlombardo.bsky.social/post/3mgxahfuags2a

Teddy B unretired to the lions

Falcons officially released Kirk Cousins

Reports now suggest the NFL is looking to add a Thanksgiving EVE game to the calendar So we'd have games on... Week 10 Thursday the week before thanksgiving Sunday before Thanksgiving Monday night before Thanksgiving Week 11 Thanksgiving Wed Three games on Thanksgiving Black Friday game Sunday after Thanksgiving Monday night after Thanksgiving https://bsky.app/profile/sportsmediawatch.bsky.social/post/3mgsb3kxzts2w

bring it. can't wait to hear all the crying in baseball when that happens

still better than that mess of whatever baseball does

Panthers have agreed to terms on a 1-year deal with OLB Trevis Gipson, per a league source. https://bsky.app/profile/mikekayefootball.bsky.social/post/3mgs6dalah22s

HAHAHAHAHHAHA (breathe) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://bsky.app/profile/miketanier.bsky.social/post/3mgrsnaveak22

doublechecked the text in the Observer article. Yup, their math is wrong. Shouldn't that read $80 ? And that wouldn't support the "only" qualifier in that sentence

imagine the concession demands of a Costco-sponsored stadium It'll be better than the Falcons $5 meal deals (that are actually pretty decent for the price)

Merch sales The packers team store is huge, and makes a ton of money. Easily at least 10x the size of the dinky Panthers store at BoA

percentages can be misleading. a 5% change for a $100 ticket is a $5 difference, but it's $25 for a $500 ticket but a $5 change to a $50 dollar ticket is a 10% increase. It's still a $5 increase, but people who look just at the percentage could scream about the higher percentage number vs other seats

Packers increasing from $4 to $22 per game Saints staying the same Patriots are increasing "a little more than 7%" Bears increase 13.5% Lions staying the same-ish Dolphins staying the same

Unsure how "most affordable" is written to refer to the $500 seats.

Prices increase 12% for the coming season (fresh off a... [checks notes] "playoff run") Per the Observer, Panthers increased their season-ticket prices by 6% in 2025 and by 4% in 2024. https://bsky.app/profile/charlotteobserver.com/post/3mgpobbfz4n2v

needed to change his image from "meddling owner" to "hands-off". The positive players' grade jump for ownership from last year to this year is likely attributable to that.

Buried in yesterday's news was updates about the James Pearce situation (five felonies?!?! Multiple 911 calls?) Pretty sure it's only a matter of time before the Falcons end up having to cut him from the roster or take other actions

From NFL reporter Matt Lombardo: The Carolina Panthers, at the time of signing, committed the most money in NFL history to a free agent pass rusher, plucking Jaelan Phillips from the Philadelphia Eagles, on a deal that includes $80 million fully guaranteed. Now in Carolina, Phillips is the centerpiece of an ascending defense that produced just 30 sacks while backing into the NFC Playoffs. Only eight edge rushers produced more pressures than Phillips’ 73 last season, which included 57 hurries, according to Pro Football Focus, which makes it easy to see why a Panthers organization that is looking to take the next step would pay a major premium at a premium position. In a division as wide open as the NFC South, Phillips and Derrick Brown are as formidable a duo up front as there is, certainly good enough to power a playoff push. https://bsky.app/profile/mattlombardo.bsky.social/post/3mgnnj2hojk27

Per NFL reporter Matt Lombardo, a lot of deals were "made in a steakhouse over the last few weeks" The deals that drop at 12:01 are the ones that were never really in doubt. They’re the marriages that had been quietly arranged for weeks. Meanwhile, the genuinely contested signings, the ones where multiple teams are legitimately competing for the same player, those tend to resolve in the days between tampering and the official start of the new league year on Wednesday. That’s why you see the most coveted players “agreeing to terms” today, and by Wednesday both players and teams are shopping for ideal fits to fill needs and the best opportunities rather than making decisions built largely on securing a market-setting bag. https://bsky.app/profile/mattlombardo.bsky.social/post/3mgn4nawxmc2o

oh look, we get to play Philly on the road this season?

99m is... a lot https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3mgn4673vej2u