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2021 NFL Free Agency Thread (1 Viewer)
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
As I posted in the Patriots thread yesterday, with the cap surplus they had for 2021 and so few players signed past this year, NE had $211M worth of projected cap room for the 2022 season. They literally could create an entirely different roster for next year. They also have opt-out guys they can drop or renegotiate without big penalties, so they can open up even more space.
They should have franchise tagged Henry instead of picking up Mike Williams 5th year option but I'd look out for Colts and Jags with Henry, teams with need and space.
massraider
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Texans should have a good kick return game next season. They're cornering the market.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
During the season in an interview BB basically called 2020 a reset year due to the dead cap money they had on the books, a lot of high priced veteran contracts that were winding down, and the COVID situation. Now that they have cap room, they can actually sign some players. Whether they end up with the right players at the right price is a different story, but they are at least bringing in some new blood.
nittanylion
Footballguy
Grahamburn
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
This remains to be seen in terms of whether Cam remains their starting QB and for how long. They are paying him backup money and they could be drafting their QB of the future in the draft.
massraider
Footballguy
Thuney to the Chiefs.
Cut both OT, and sign the most expensive OG? Hmmmm
Cut both OT, and sign the most expensive OG? Hmmmm
ffmail4me
Footballguy
Smart. And if they can swing it, they should sign Trent Williams too. We all saw how average the offense looks without good blocking
Anarchy99
Footballguy
IMO, Thuney is good but not worth that amount of money. He was the 2nd highest paid guard last year and ranked as the 14th best at his position by PFF.
Spotrac projected his market value at 4 years, $54 million. He got 5 years, $80 million (if he sees it all).
caustic
Footballguy
Huge upgrade for KC in a much needed area, although giving top-5 OT money to a guard is a little wild -- they still have 0 proven starting-caliber tackles. Must be pretty high on Lucas Niang.
Obviously they had cap space in a year many did not but at some point I wonder how much having a head coach and owner approaching 70/80 respectively is making them try and speed up the rebuild timeline.
Boston
Footballguy
The issue is their drafts have been very bad so they really did not have a choice...this is not a go for it free agency but a building a foundation free agency.
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
Kraft the owner will be 80 in a few months, but from what I can tell he isn't that actively involved in the day-to-day operation of the team all that much. It's his son that is the one that is more involved. I think a better question is how likely would BB want to stay involved with a team that wasn't very good, so he is the one pushing to get the team back into contention. TB12 winning the SB has given him more motivation to win.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Somewhere along the line today, I saw a Tweet that mentioned that JuJu told his teammates he won't be returning to PIT. So there's hope.
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
think they do like Niang....and they get Duvernay-Tardif back as well
LT-TBD
LG-Thuney
C-TBD
RG-Duvernay-Tardif
RT-Niang
obviously still some work to do in FA.....some have KC attacking OT in first few rounds including the first....gut says what was a nightmare situation will be ok by the time the dust settles.....don't think they can afford to make a huge splash at LT in FA but we will see...
ChiefD
Footballguy
The thing is, the two guys they cut were both coming of injuries. Fisher tore his Achilles in the AFC Championship game, so his availability for 2021 was really iffy (and expensive).
And Swartz missed a large part of the season with a bad back and recently had back surgery (and he was also really expensive).
Those were moves they HAD to make.
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Hu-Tang Clan
Footballguy
Not a lot of action on the skill position players so far.
rockaction
Footballguy
I get what they're going for. I mean, who hasn't been there? Well, not me. Not as a woman. But I don't get that fully. Is that a meme?
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Done. Five years, $92M.
ETA: Weird. Shefter saying 2 years and $26M. Wonder where the first numbers came from.
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