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Yeah, that tweet, like much of Twitter, is silly.
Perhaps this is the reason teams have said what they said, learning from last year's fallout.
Look what happened last year with Watson.
it’s an interesting thought; or if a team like the dolphins signed him. One would think they’d have to give the 24 and 25.
Well, what's Houston getting for the 2nd overall pick in this scenario? In most trade down scenarios you're still netting a first in the trade year. Especially for the 2nd overall. They also still have the 12th pick.
From what I remember about the franchise tag, a team would need a draft pick in the next draft to be eligible to sign a player to an offer sheet. In your example, HOU could trade the #2 pick . . . but they wouldn’t be able to make an offer to Lamar until after the draft ended in April. Since the “next draft” would be then be 2024, they could then get back in the mix with their 2024 and 2025 picks.
While no one should feel sorry for the owners, the CBA stipulates that all guaranteed money in a player’s contract has to be placed in escrow at the time the contract is signed. So a team would need to pony up say $250M immediately. Very few people have that kind of scratch just lying around. I’ve heard some discussion on TV about this, and many times they have to borrow a chunk of the money. Can’t imagine what the interest rate is on loans that amount.
Good point but would have to think NFL teams/owners would have access to friendly loan deals.
I bet Robert Kraft has that kind of scratch sitting around his house.
if this was some conspiracy why would they handle it this way? Wouldn’t it look better if a few teams did negotiate but stood strong on the “fully guaranteed” part.
I would say it's because they're all fully aware of what his demands are from the Ravens and this is their way of publicly saying, "sorry, no, not happening."
They didn't do it intentionally, but soon as it happened this was predicted, and specifically predicted about Lamar
Congrats?
It is what it is.
Well some of you seem oddly proud of it. Just seems like an odd stance. My team is run by idiots but at least it will cause some chaos in the league.
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Good point, especially since Lamar doesn't have an agent to do the sneaking around for him.
I don't know whether there was collusion or not (I lean to not) but it's not like Lamar getting slapped with the non-exclusive franchise tag was a surprise to anyone.
No idea what Vegas is thinking with the Bears on there. 0% chance they end up with Lamar. They aren't giving up #1 overall, and a 1st next year, to pay a ton of money, for what might not even be much of an upgrade. If they were gonna move on from Fields, they'd just draft a guy #1.
Tells me that it sort of helps to have certain things... like maybe ummm... an agent?
Yep, but if an owner has the capital, he can lend it to the team for no interest if he chose to do so.
Yeah, that'll show 'em!
What's wrong with having $100k in a checking account? As interest rates rise and homes begin to fall back a couple levels, not a bad idea to have a lot of loose cash on hand to make offers on RE so you don't have to borrow money at 6.5% from the Feds.
What it really does is make the Mahomes and Allen contracts look like absolute steals for the Chiefs and Bills already.
If 31 out of 32 teams won't make a fully guaranteed contract you don't have to either. You just have to make him the best one.
Sometimes a ball gets tipped and goes your way. No problem being happy about it right?
So, what you're saying, is that you should invest that $100k in your checking account.What's wrong with having $100k in a checking account? As interest rates rise and homes begin to fall back a couple levels, not a bad idea to have a lot of loose cash on hand to make offers on RE so you don't have to borrow money at 6.5% from the Feds.
-I get what you're saying, point well taken
Funny thing, the idea of trading fields for Lamar had been brought up on the Herd and a couple places before last week. The bears have the extra money. Although I’m not sure if they’d be aiming to guarantee any more than other teams.
Whatever helps, I guess.
When you have loose cash around you can buy and sell a lot easier.So, what you're saying, is that you should invest that $100k in your checking account.What's wrong with having $100k in a checking account? As interest rates rise and homes begin to fall back a couple levels, not a bad idea to have a lot of loose cash on hand to make offers on RE so you don't have to borrow money at 6.5% from the Feds.
-I get what you're saying, point well taken
If you have this sort of wealth and own an NFL franchise, do you need more money laying around in investments or would you use a couple of hundred mill on your NFL team? This list is five years old so these folks likely have made enough in investing their billions to cover the escrow to sign Lamar and if you notice, Jimmy Haslam isn't in the top-ten.
Investments are making money. Money in a bank account is lying around.
