NFL offseason thread

Tractor pulls and rodeos and seg academy football are going to do incredible ratings this year. Just you wait.

 

That's 303m per team per year for national tv rights alone (including the commissioner's office cut). Must be nice to cover the salary cap with plenty of room to spare and still have ticket sales, local sponsorships, a merchandise cut, local media rights etc. to feather the nest. How cheerleaders settle for $50 a game and a pair of tickets is beyond me.

 

You don’t have Amazon Prime?

 

Poor stiff missed out on Ted Lasso.

 

Wait, and the league wanted to reduce the cap for one year?

The NFL ALWAYS sucks.

 

There's so many elements to this. First these teams has to evaluate the top QBs save Lawrence and if the Texans really like Wilson or Lance they probably need to be in the top 5 so only N.Y. Jets, Miami or Atlanta can work for him. If they really like Justin Fields and Mac Jones than Carolina and Denver are also in the picture.

The problem is as good as Deshaun Watson is, and he's a great player, there have to be some questions about mortgaging so much capital for one player....any player except maybe Patrick Mahomes.

The Jets have significant holes at multiple positions and an opportunity to build correctly and reset their salary floor with a new quarterback on a rookie contract. They need a quarterback, a guard/right tackle, depth at cornerback, wide receiver and linebacker. They can fill most of those needs in the next two drafts and that probably holds more value than Watson.

The Dolphins already reset their salary floor with the young QB and even though they are still learning about him it seems like they are willing to give him a chance. They are much closer to playoff contention and this draft gives them the opportunity to get the playmakers needed to compete for championships.

Atlanta would be interesting because they could take on Watson's salary if they could find a trade situation for Matt Ryan. There would need to be a third team involved (San Francisco? Maybe Kyle Shanahan would want to reunite with Ryan for a final run) and then maybe Garappolo goes to Houston along with a mix of draft picks and maybe a starter from the two franchises.

But Houston needs a top 5 pick AND a couple more firsts AND probably a third AND probably a top-end starter and that's just tough for a team to part with.

 

Ted Lasso is on Apple TV

 

Is that how you think the cap works?

 

Every vet who signed a one-year deal for what seemed like short money in the last week is now a happy man, because their investment in themselves now has a huge potential payoff.

 

Oops. My bad. They all run together in my head.

 

Now including the investigation into Watson and masseuses

 

I have no idea how it works, but you have to admit dropping the cap while in the midst of negotiating a 12-figure TV deal is not a good look.