Recent content by Holy Schneikes

Kalso didn't "voluntarily" retire in his prime to serve his country.  He was fulfilling his ROTC obligation.  That doesn't make Kalso's sacrifice any less, but it is a meaningfully different scenario.  Tillman was a fairly unique guy who made a fairly unique decision.  I also disagree that he...

They can pull the tag any time before the deal that goes along with it is signed.  After it is signed, like Hankmoody said, Cousins is going to get that money from the Skins or another team they trade him to.  The only other possibility is that Cousins signs a different deal with either team...

To the folks concerned about Howard's situation this year... How much worse is it going to be than last year?  From week 3 on (when he began to start), he was the #7 RB.  On a 3-13 team with 3 different starting QB, all of whom sucked pretty badly, with very few good receiving options to open...

The risk is real, but it is low.  If he has a mediocre/slightly bad season, he won't get top dollar, but almost certainly someone will give him at least as much as his extension would have netted him in new guaranteed money.  Cap will go up, and even a bottom half guy will command $30M in...

They never countered, and I don't see why they would.  The Skins (still) seem to be in denial and Kirk's team recognized that fact.  Why bother when you have a perfectly good guarantee sitting right in front of you?  All of the motivation to make a deal was on the Skins' side and if they never...

I find this whole thing fairly fascinating. On one hand, I tend to agree that Cousins is NOT a top 3 or 4 type QB.  He may not be top 10.  So I understand not backing up the armored car to secure his services forever. On the other hand, even given that, it seems like the Redskins have badly...

The exact concussion concern scale: 1 not a big deal. 2  not that big a deal 3 not a huge deal, but a little concerning 4 Houston, we have a problem 5 This probably means football isn't for you anymore 6 Too late, the 5th one scrambled your brain so much that you don't recognize the 6th...

Yeah, in the grand scheme it seems to me that while the offset language COULD be real money, the payout schedule is pretty much peanuts compared to the overall compensation.  I think that's why most teams cave on that pretty easily on that and stick harder to the offset language.   I was going...

OK, but the top five from this year isn't a fair comparison either.  Two of those guys had no offset language, so you can throw them out.  So you are looking at #2 and #4.  Better than one and worse than the other. But "historically" if you want to look at top 5 here is a blurb from CBS sports...

I wouldn't say they have ALL of the power.  Teams hold enjoy a huge advantage with these rookie deals, but they do have some risk as well.  It is possible (however unlikely) that they get NOTHING out of their 3rd overall pick.  Don't think they'd like that.  There is pressure on both sides.  At...

Since the beginning of the current CBA, no third overall pick has had both offset and language AND bonus deferral into the next year.  This year, 19 of the first 24 picks have had their ENTIRE bonus paid before the end of the calendar year.  It's not like it's unheard of. The Chargers' "best"...

There is a vast difference of opinion on that first statement.  Some believe it is fair, many others don't.  There are really only two significant things the rookies can negotiate on these days.  Bosa's team has said they will give in on one of them.  The Chargers have said, nope, we'll have...

It would be crazy for Bosa to see this to the end.  Just too much to lose.  The team knows it and is using it against him - as is their right.  It would also be crazy for him to fake an injury at some point during the season.  But people getting bullied sometimes do crazy things... And he IS...

This is an awful indication for his long term success.  But given that, the trade itself is probably neutral or slightly positive. Sure didn't look like he was going to succeed in Ten.  Philly took a cheap flyer and will give it a shot.  MAYBE it turns on the light for DGB.  Hpefully he sees...

I really like that post and I agree with you on many fronts.  The league DOES care or at least wants to appear that it cares, or the rule wouldn't be in place at all.  Some of the fans care as well, and I'm sure some of the players care too.  So a lot of people have strong feelings on this.  I...