NFL News and Cuts

[Mr. Scot]

Side note regarding Panthers.com: What happened to Bryan Strickland?

[ellis]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Side note regarding Panthers.com: What happened to Bryan Strickland?

He was one of the finer reporters to ever cover the team, IMO. Very thorough. Entertaining to read.

[steven8989]

2 hours ago, Captain Morgan said:

Tom Pelissero
@TomPelissero
#Bucs DT Ndamukong Suh was fined $21,056 for roughing the passer in Aug. 23 preseason game — a hit on #Browns QB Baker Mayfield.

 

So Cam gets to play this guy twice and Alonzo with the saints now twice. And the oline the way it's looked, omg it's going to be a long season.

[Black&BlueBubba]

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

One deal done...

 

Another reportedly "close"...

 

And yet another potentially on the horizon...

 

[Mr. Scot]

This one's done too...

 

[MechaZain]

mahomes is gonna get half a billion give or take

[Ornias]

Can't wait until QB's are taking up 25% of the cap. We are going to see a lot more rookie and journeyman QB's starting in the league. 

[MHS831]

The salary increases are not being spread around proportionately--when average QBs start making above $30m, something is wrong.  I think teams should have a scale where you have 1 A player, 2 B players, 5 C players, etc.  The A player--whoever it is--gets $20m.  The B players get $15m, The C players get $12m, for example--like the rookie cap.

The owners would go for it, the majority of the players would go for it.  $2m per game?  No Qb is close to being worth that.  Think about it--if the QB is on the field for half a game, that comes to $1100 per second.  That means the QB makes about $5000 per play. 

[Glitchh]

57 minutes ago, Ornias said:

Can't wait until QB's are taking up 25% of the cap. We are going to see a lot more rookie and journeyman QB's starting in the league. 

Soooo, you think I'm right about this being Cam's next to last season in Carolina?

[Mr. Scot]

10 hours ago, MHS831 said:

The salary increases are not being spread around proportionately--when average QBs start making above $30m, something is wrong.  I think teams should have a scale where you have 1 A player, 2 B players, 5 C players, etc.  The A player--whoever it is--gets $20m.  The B players get $15m, The C players get $12m, for example--like the rookie cap.

The owners would go for it, the majority of the players would go for it.  $2m per game?  No Qb is close to being worth that.  Think about it--if the QB is on the field for half a game, that comes to $1100 per second.  That means the QB makes about $5000 per play. 

The bubble is going to burst at some point.

Oddly enough, if I recall correctly, Newton was the first quarterback drafted when the league implemented the rookie wage scale.

[Bartin]

10 hours ago, Ornias said:

Can't wait until QB's are taking up 25% of the cap. We are going to see a lot more rookie and journeyman QB's starting in the league. 

QBs have been pretty consistently around 17-18% for the top end. It’s just that the cap keeps going up. Mahomes could possibly get 20%.

[ellis]

I found this mildly interesting. I know the league went under, but it did serve a purpose in the end. Maybe some of these guys around the league will get a shot long-term. 

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

That whole story wound up being a mess. Wonder how the XFL will go this time.

Word now that the Falcons have done a couple of restructures to clear some cap space. Speculation something may be up for Julio Jones but it could be unrelated.