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The Cowboys could get under the cap and sign AP if they signed Dez to a long-term deal right now. If they can't do that then they can restructure Romo's deal to reduce his $28M cap number. They aren't doing that yet in order to give them more leverage against Dez.
I said the same thing about Ingram. I said Ingram was gone no matter what because they can't afford him. Couple days later, they sign the guy.
Good point. I remember a baseball player (Caminiti maybe) talking about how amazing it is when a player comes back from an injury and is suddenly much stronger and better than they were as a 24 or 25 year old. He said that steroids and pharmaceuticals greatly help the healing process and the player start to realize that it can be taken from them so they stay on. Adrian is a great example of this - he averaged 33 more YPC and a full 1.0 YPC during that season. That's the only thing I can come up with. I'm not judging him for it. I'd do it. That's legacy changing money.
for how many years?
No, but if ADP were to rework a deal, he could easily be something like $5 mill against the cap this year with a $20 million signing bonus. All he really has to do is make his cap dollar cheap this year.
There's no evidence that having 450 touches has any effect on a player. For every player that gets injured the next season or regresses badly, there is a player who had a good year.
AP is worth $13 million if he's playing on a contender and if he's in shape.
Agreed.
The author makes a pretty compelling case that the Vikings may not be able to get a 1st round pick for him based off of previous RB trades. Trent Richardson is really special in this regard, because he did get a 1st round pick.
They have stated they would pursue Peterson aggressively. There is a connection between Peterson and Frasier.
But if you go back 26 years, there was that one trade involving a 27.5 year old RB - 3 1sts, 3 2nds, a 3rd, a 6th, and some other pieces. For a similar star, a 2nd doesn't seem to far fetched.
because that's the same team that traded for revis, signed him to a long term deal, then cut him a year later.
i still think its funny for people who watch football to still doubt Peterson and for people who hold the 30 yo mark as a rule as if it effects everyone including the person who many can conclude is not human.
This needs to stop being a valid reason to draft or trade for a player. The same justification was banter about about for Johnny Football and Tim Tebow. How about start winning some games? The fans will suddenly show up.bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
While what he did to that poor kid was certainly animalistic or even otherworldly evil - I'm pretty sure that he is human.VarsityBlues123 said:
Plus, Tebow and Johnny were moving the needle nationally. Peterson's not on that level. Only reason he's a national figure is negative. I keep saying the guy is seriously not understanding what's happening. Sometimes you've got to jump through the hoops.
Do you? Well, there are currently 3 relevant running backs in the NFL who are over 30. If that's funny or inconsequential to you, so be it. They might sell some jerseys though and that must mean something. Might put some asses in the seats. But at say $100 per ticket, you'd have to put 100,000 more asses in the seats just break even on the salary. So we are looking at 12,500 more per game to break even on his salary if he agrees to 10m per season.VarsityBlues123 said:
Yeah, I didn't say that very well. I meant a national media figure that moves the needle outside of football people. Seems to me that's the kind of figure that would actually make a difference in jersey sales. Tebow, JFF, maybe even Michael Sam. And Minny's not a big media center, where a player like Sanchez becomes a major figure just because there's so much coverage there.
Just to be clear, Tebow did win some football games, he had a winning record in fact. These things, winning and selling jerseys and pr are not mutually exclusive. Peterson is not a broken down OJ Simpson or even MJD. If Sanders had unretired after 1 year out there would have been similar reason to sign him. Greats like Sanders and AP are not just about measurables, it's about vision, instincts, moves, football intelligence, and all that never goes away. Personally I don't want AP in TB because I think it might help them "win some games." Putting Manziel in this conversation is beyond apples and oranges, it's steaks and pineapples, or something.
Of course, disaster, he was totally worn down and he had quit mentally. - You think AP is more like Campbell or Sanders?Remember the Saints trading for a 29-year-old Earl Campbell 31 years ago?SaintsInDome2006 said:
Dunno ... Peterson is probably more of a physical freak in his own way than either guy.
That spot would be a very interesting story. Probably be good for him to, completely away from the division, the conference, nice weather wouldn't hurt much either.
