2010 Contract Years (1 Viewer)

[az_prof]

Normally a contract year is a year where we say the player is going to put forth their best effort. For some players, it could be a chance to exit a bad situation and start elsewhere, but for others, if they aren't resigned, it could mean the beginning of a bad road. So, looking at this list, whose fortunes will look up and whose down? Who gets re-signed and will be cut. If cut, will they start somewhere else?

These are based on Go Deep's spread sheet. I don't think I have ever seen this many unsettled contracts for this many positional stars. I wonder if it has to do with the CBA?

QBs:

Manning

Brady

Orton

McNabb

Vick

RBs:

Deangelo

Bradshaw

P. Thomas

Foster

Benson

Addai

M. Bush

Ronnie Brown

Hightower

Harrison

Sproles

WRs:

Miles

S Rice

R Moss

S. Smith North

Ocho

Holmes

Floyd

MSW

Breaston

B Edwards

M. Clayton

TEs:

Gates

VD

Z Miller

Owen Daniels

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Im pretty sure Gates signed and extension earlier this year

 

[BallparkFrank]

Brady's locked up through 2014.

 

[freakinback]

Miles has a 5 year contact.

 

[gandalas]

Here are my predictions:

QBs:

Manning - Definitely Re-signs with Indy

Brady - Already signed extension, correct?

Orton - I believe Denver re-signs him if this aerial barrage keeps up

McNabb - Washington has to look at re-signing him

Vick - If Kolb is still the starter, then Vick is gone

RBs:

Deangelo - Who knows? They have Stewart, but D-Williams is good

Bradshaw - New York will re-sign him

P. Thomas - He is gone from New Orleans

Foster - Houston will re-sign him

Benson - Cincy will re-sign him

Addai - Likely gone from Indy

M. Bush - Depends on the remainder of the year and how McFadden does, I think

Ronnie Brown - Likely back in Miami, I would think?

Hightower - Arizona likes him, so they may re-sign him

Harrison - New team, probably no massive deal now

Sproles - Depends on his asking price

WRs:

Miles - Is this Miles Austin? No way Dallas lets him go

S Rice - Depends on how well Moss does, and how he can come back from injury

R Moss - Got a new contract with the trade, I believe?

S. Smith North - I think that they will try to keep him

Ocho - depends on the rest of the year

Holmes - depends on the rest of the year

Floyd - depends on how well Jackson re-integrates, and whether they will keep one over the other

MSW - Have to keep him - nothing else there at WR

Breaston - I would think they will try and re-sign him

B Edwards - depends on whether he or Holmes does better, I think

M. Clayton - definitely earned himself a new deal with his nice start

TEs:

Gates - already re-signed

VD - already re-signed

Z Miller - Will be re-signed

Owen Daniels - Will likely NOT be re-signed, barring a great 2nd half

 

[az_prof]

Here are my predictions:

QBs:

Manning - Definitely Re-signs with Indy

Brady - Already signed extension, correct?

Orton - I believe Denver re-signs him if this aerial barrage keeps up

McNabb - Washington has to look at re-signing him

Vick - If Kolb is still the starter, then Vick is gone

RBs:

Deangelo - Who knows? They have Stewart, but D-Williams is good

Bradshaw - New York will re-sign him

P. Thomas - He is gone from New Orleans

Foster - Houston will re-sign him

Benson - Cincy will re-sign him

Addai - Likely gone from Indy

M. Bush - Depends on the remainder of the year and how McFadden does, I think

Ronnie Brown - Likely back in Miami, I would think?

Hightower - Arizona likes him, so they may re-sign him

Harrison - New team, probably no massive deal now

Sproles - Depends on his asking price

WRs:

Miles - Is this Miles Austin? No way Dallas lets him go

S Rice - Depends on how well Moss does, and how he can come back from injury

R Moss - Got a new contract with the trade, I believe?

S. Smith North - I think that they will try to keep him

Ocho - depends on the rest of the year

Holmes - depends on the rest of the year

Floyd - depends on how well Jackson re-integrates, and whether they will keep one over the other

MSW - Have to keep him - nothing else there at WR

Breaston - I would think they will try and re-sign him

B Edwards - depends on whether he or Holmes does better, I think

M. Clayton - definitely earned himself a new deal with his nice start

TEs:

Gates - already re-signed

VD - already re-signed

Z Miller - Will be re-signed

Owen Daniels - Will likely NOT be re-signed, barring a great 2nd half

Thanks for the update and analysis. So, of the guys who are not resigned, and who likely won't be, do they go to better or worse situations?

 

[Go deep]

Here are my predictions:

QBs:

Manning - Definitely Re-signs with Indy

Brady - Already signed extension, correct?

Orton - I believe Denver re-signs him if this aerial barrage keeps up

McNabb - Washington has to look at re-signing him

Vick - If Kolb is still the starter, then Vick is gone

RBs:

Deangelo - Who knows? They have Stewart, but D-Williams is good

Bradshaw - New York will re-sign him

P. Thomas - He is gone from New Orleans

Foster - Houston will re-sign him

Benson - Cincy will re-sign him

Addai - Likely gone from Indy

M. Bush - Depends on the remainder of the year and how McFadden does, I think

Ronnie Brown - Likely back in Miami, I would think?

Hightower - Arizona likes him, so they may re-sign him

Harrison - New team, probably no massive deal now

Sproles - Depends on his asking price

WRs:

Miles - Is this Miles Austin? No way Dallas lets him go

S Rice - Depends on how well Moss does, and how he can come back from injury

R Moss - Got a new contract with the trade, I believe?

S. Smith North - I think that they will try to keep him

Ocho - depends on the rest of the year

Holmes - depends on the rest of the year

Floyd - depends on how well Jackson re-integrates, and whether they will keep one over the other

MSW - Have to keep him - nothing else there at WR

Breaston - I would think they will try and re-sign him

B Edwards - depends on whether he or Holmes does better, I think

M. Clayton - definitely earned himself a new deal with his nice start

TEs:

Gates - already re-signed

VD - already re-signed

Z Miller - Will be re-signed

Owen Daniels - Will likely NOT be re-signed, barring a great 2nd half

I agree with most, except i think DWilly is gone. The Panthers are a bad team, and it doesnt make sense to resign a 28 year old RB to that amount of money.

Im not so sure Houston will resign Foster, unless he settles for non starter money.

I cant imagine the Vikings letting Rice go. He is only 24, 10 years younger than Moss. Rice is one of the most talented WRs in the league and unless his hip problem is worse than expected, the Vikings will resign him.

Holmes is alot more likely to stay in NY than Edwards.

The Rams have alot of young WR's and Avery coming back next season. Im not so sure Clayton is back with the Rams, especially when you take his injury into account.

 

[Buckna]

Unless it goes away in the new CBA, Foster will be a RFA. Highly doubt he goes anywhere.

 

[Futz]

Here are my predictions:Im not so sure Houston will resign Foster, unless he settles for non starter money.

What exactly does this mean? Are you saying Houston won't shell out the money or are you saying that Arian isn't worth NFL starting RB cash?

 

[Go deep]

Here are my predictions:Im not so sure Houston will resign Foster, unless he settles for non starter money.

What exactly does this mean? Are you saying Houston won't shell out the money or are you saying that Arian isn't worth NFL starting RB cash?

I guess alot depends on what happens the rest of the season. If Foster finishes in the top 5 leading rushers, which seems very possible, he might want to be paid as such. I just dont think Houston will pay him that type of money.

 

[The_U]

Here are my predictions:Im not so sure Houston will resign Foster, unless he settles for non starter money.

What exactly does this mean? Are you saying Houston won't shell out the money or are you saying that Arian isn't worth NFL starting RB cash?

I guess alot depends on what happens the rest of the season. If Foster finishes in the top 5 leading rushers, which seems very possible, he might want to be paid as such. I just dont think Houston will pay him that type of money.

I'd venture to guess there's a decent-sized contingency that feels Foster is a system back. Could I see Shanahan making a play for him? Yeah, but other teams that don't use the Shanahan-Kubiak scheme/philosophy? Not so much.I am not saying Arian stinks. I've liked him since his days at Tennessee. I did not consider him elite talent at UT and I still do not - nor did all 32 teams in his respective draft year. He's a solid player, playing in the right system. He's not going to leave that system and get paid unless it's by some clueless chump team. I don't see Foster leaving Houston.Other points: I don't see a huge market for Addai and I think Indy knows what they have in him. A tough guy who plays through his myriad injuries, does just enough in actually running the ball and receiving but does a pretty damn good job protecting Manning, who will of course re-sign with Indy. I disagree Addai is "likely to leave Indy". Addai leaves Indy if Indy leaves Addai - OR if some aforementioned chump team throws big bucks at yet another guy who is definitely a system RB. Other RBs: I expect Hightower to remain a Cardinal and I think if he is not tagged at all, Ronnie will test the waters and see what's out there. For as injury prone as he's been, Ronnie's a guy I could actually see getting a decent deal. He is not as much of a system guy as the other fellas mentioned above. Finally I believe NYG likes what they have in Bradshaw and unless he suffers yet another injury and proves to just be too fragile, he'll be retained.I agree on most thoughts on the QBs and while I'll toss out the caveat that this is a position that sees ridiculous cash thrown at mediocre players and anything can happen, I would guess a good portion of these WRs stay put including Malcom Floyd over Jackson; there is no way Jackson in a Charger next year. I could see Ocho taking a parachute out of Cincy. And to confirm: Miles Austin signed a huge ($60M maybe?) deal just a few months ago.

 

[Go deep]

Here are my predictions:Im not so sure Houston will resign Foster, unless he settles for non starter money.

What exactly does this mean? Are you saying Houston won't shell out the money or are you saying that Arian isn't worth NFL starting RB cash?

I guess alot depends on what happens the rest of the season. If Foster finishes in the top 5 leading rushers, which seems very possible, he might want to be paid as such. I just dont think Houston will pay him that type of money.

I'd venture to guess there's a decent-sized contingency that feels Foster is a system back. Could I see Shanahan making a play for him? Yeah, but other teams that don't use the Shanahan-Kubiak scheme/philosophy? Not so much.I am not saying Arian stinks. I've liked him since his days at Tennessee. I did not consider him elite talent at UT and I still do not - nor did all 32 teams in his respective draft year. He's a solid player, playing in the right system. He's not going to leave that system and get paid unless it's by some clueless chump team. I don't see Foster leaving Houston.Other points: I don't see a huge market for Addai and I think Indy knows what they have in him. A tough guy who plays through his myriad injuries, does just enough in actually running the ball and receiving but does a pretty damn good job protecting Manning, who will of course re-sign with Indy. I disagree Addai is "likely to leave Indy". Addai leaves Indy if Indy leaves Addai - OR if some aforementioned chump team throws big bucks at yet another guy who is definitely a system RB. Other RBs: I expect Hightower to remain a Cardinal and I think if he is not tagged at all, Ronnie will test the waters and see what's out there. For as injury prone as he's been, Ronnie's a guy I could actually see getting a decent deal. He is not as much of a system guy as the other fellas mentioned above. Finally I believe NYG likes what they have in Bradshaw and unless he suffers yet another injury and proves to just be too fragile, he'll be retained.I agree on most thoughts on the QBs and while I'll toss out the caveat that this is a position that sees ridiculous cash thrown at mediocre players and anything can happen, I would guess a good portion of these WRs stay put including Malcom Floyd over Jackson; there is no way Jackson in a Charger next year. I could see Ocho taking a parachute out of Cincy. And to confirm: Miles Austin signed a huge ($60M maybe?) deal just a few months ago.

Im not saying Foster wont resign with Houston, i just dont think it is a sure thing. Odds are he resigns with Houston, but it wont be for "good starting RB" money, and im not sure how willing he will be to take that. How good would Dengelo look in a Houston uniform.

 

[Futz]

Here are my predictions:Im not so sure Houston will resign Foster, unless he settles for non starter money.

What exactly does this mean? Are you saying Houston won't shell out the money or are you saying that Arian isn't worth NFL starting RB cash?

I guess alot depends on what happens the rest of the season. If Foster finishes in the top 5 leading rushers, which seems very possible, he might want to be paid as such. I just dont think Houston will pay him that type of money.

I'd venture to guess there's a decent-sized contingency that feels Foster is a system back. Could I see Shanahan making a play for him? Yeah, but other teams that don't use the Shanahan-Kubiak scheme/philosophy? Not so much.I am not saying Arian stinks. I've liked him since his days at Tennessee. I did not consider him elite talent at UT and I still do not - nor did all 32 teams in his respective draft year. He's a solid player, playing in the right system. He's not going to leave that system and get paid unless it's by some clueless chump team. I don't see Foster leaving Houston.Other points: I don't see a huge market for Addai and I think Indy knows what they have in him. A tough guy who plays through his myriad injuries, does just enough in actually running the ball and receiving but does a pretty damn good job protecting Manning, who will of course re-sign with Indy. I disagree Addai is "likely to leave Indy". Addai leaves Indy if Indy leaves Addai - OR if some aforementioned chump team throws big bucks at yet another guy who is definitely a system RB. Other RBs: I expect Hightower to remain a Cardinal and I think if he is not tagged at all, Ronnie will test the waters and see what's out there. For as injury prone as he's been, Ronnie's a guy I could actually see getting a decent deal. He is not as much of a system guy as the other fellas mentioned above. Finally I believe NYG likes what they have in Bradshaw and unless he suffers yet another injury and proves to just be too fragile, he'll be retained.I agree on most thoughts on the QBs and while I'll toss out the caveat that this is a position that sees ridiculous cash thrown at mediocre players and anything can happen, I would guess a good portion of these WRs stay put including Malcom Floyd over Jackson; there is no way Jackson in a Charger next year. I could see Ocho taking a parachute out of Cincy. And to confirm: Miles Austin signed a huge ($60M maybe?) deal just a few months ago.

I have to wholeheartedly disagree with the popluar sentiments that Arian is a "system back" then. When I watch Arian run, it has Terrell Davis written all over it. A one cut and decisively "go" type of back. No shake and bake, just here I am and good luck trying to stop me type of attitude type of running. Houston has been searching for a true go to guy at RB since Kubiak has arrived. They have now found that guy IMO and the only thing stopping him from being resigned for big kwan is whether or not Kubiak survives another year at the helm since Arian is his guy. If Arian doesn't like the new coach or management, he could walk and will command big bucks.

 

[SSOG]

Orton's signed through next year.

 

[Drink G2]

Here are my predictions:

QBs:

Manning - Resigns, deal similar to Bradys

McNabb - Resign most likely

Vick - Gone. I would say one of the following:

Arizona (depending on how Hall/Skelton/Anderson finish the season),

Buffalo (Could help get team more national expsoure),

Cincinnati (It's time to jump ship on Palmer, Vick is the kind of player they have been giving shots lately such as pacman and T.O.),

Jacksonville (Similar to Buffalo expsore, Vick throws and runs better than Garrard)

RBs:

Deangelo - Gone probably. Not sure where alot I think will depend on how backs finish the year like Benson, Turner, Wells

Bradshaw - 90% chance resigned

P. Thomas - Gone, or resigns for less than he could get else where...which isn't much I'd think

Foster - Resigns

Benson - 75% chance he resigns

Addai - I want to say gone, could get a short-term contract with Colts maybe

M. Bush - Why even try and predict what oakland does?

Ronnie Brown - I think he resigns

Hightower - resigns, isn't high profile but does what Zona needs him to

Harrison - Would say iggles give him a short term deal

Sproles - gone, or small deal

WRs:

Miles - resigns

S Rice - resigns

R Moss - dont think he resigns

S. Smith North - resigns

Ocho - no idea

Holmes - resigns

Floyd - no idea

MSW - no idea

Breaston - no idea

B Edwards - I don't think so

M. Clayton - Not sure with the injury

TEs:

Z Miller - 90% resigned

Owen Daniels - not resigned