05-03-2024, 03:47 PM | #901 |
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ex-Bears/Steelers/Dolphins WR Chase Claypool has signed with the Bills
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05-03-2024, 04:10 PM | #902 | |
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this article has video footage of both the crash AND him and his friends leaving the scene. https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/fe...e-is-revealed/ |
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05-03-2024, 05:02 PM | #903 | |
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Agree. I think leaving the scene in general should be treated like a DUI. We charge people with DUI if they refuse the breathalyzer, but we don't if they run away and sober up? I remember Lance Briggs did something like this years ago in Chicago. https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2992847 Last edited by RainMaker : 05-03-2024 at 05:02 PM. |
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05-04-2024, 04:40 PM | #904 |
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DUI is one of those things I don't think we punish hard enough because too many rich white guys worry they could easily get caught for it.
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05-04-2024, 06:50 PM | #905 | |
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I remember that. For a while the next morning, the story on the radio was "they found his car by the freeway" like they didn't want to say what happened, but everyone could put 2 and 2 together. |
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05-04-2024, 08:04 PM | #906 | |
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Now, will Atlanta be correct in their assessment about Penix? Probably not, but they have to trust their own evaluation process. In an ideal world, they wouldn't have signed Cousins. As much as I like Cousins, he's never been named to the All-Pro team nor has he ever garnered any MVP or OPOY votes. So giving a soon to be 36-year-old quarterback coming off Achilles surgery that contract was debatable given the track record of quarterbacks at that age. If their plan was always to sign Cousins and draft who they felt was the best quarterback available, then they're idiots. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt though that it was a situation where they never initially intended to draft a QB and simply fell in love with a player as they continued to get closer to the draft. And again, I think they have to trust their own evaluation. So assuming they have Penix scouted as a top-tier quarterback - and not just the best QB available - then I don't have a problem with the process of spending the pick on your potential long-term franchise QB. In the same vein, and I know this seems somewhat contradictory, but I have no problem with the fact that the Giants didn't take a quarterback, despite them not having a long term answer at the position. If their assessment is that McCarthy/Penix/Nix don't have that elite tier potential, then they shouldn't be reaching there. At the end of the day, teams have to trust their own evaluations. |
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05-07-2024, 04:08 PM | #907 |
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Rashee Rice: WR under investigation for assault, police say | wfaa.com
Rice reported to have hit a photographer. And he's being sued twice for the crash too. And...all 8 counts he's charged with are felonies. I don't see how he doesn't go to jail for at least a year. |
05-07-2024, 05:13 PM | #908 |
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I wonder if the Chiefs don't just cut him soon.
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05-07-2024, 05:52 PM | #909 |
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Chiefs are amazing at winning but Im not sure they give a crap about ethics and character.
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05-07-2024, 06:50 PM | #910 |
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Pee Wee Jarrett is available again!
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05-08-2024, 03:45 PM | #911 |
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If someone is signed as an UDFA, and then is later cut. Do they get the total amount of money they signed for? Or do they only get paid for the amount of time with the organization?
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05-08-2024, 04:09 PM | #912 |
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Depends on the contract.
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05-08-2024, 04:42 PM | #913 | |
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The latter. I think there have been some UDFA contracts with guaranteed money, but they are pretty rare.
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05-08-2024, 04:55 PM | #914 |
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They would get the guaranteed money and then they probably also get a certain amount of money for each week that they practice with the team in the off-season. It’s most likely in the hundreds of dollars range.
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05-08-2024, 05:05 PM | #915 |
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The signing bonus is guaranteed. Some players get up to $70k, but most guys that are in some kind of demand get in the $10-20k neighborhood. There is a team cap on UDFA signing bonuses at around $180k.
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05-08-2024, 06:19 PM | #916 |
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Okay let me rephrase then.
Guys that aren't big names or high in the draft. I mean really if they were undrafted they weren't high anyway. What brought up this question was that I've read that some UDFAs have been cut already! I can't imagine UDFA contracts having any sort of bonus signing if they are still having to "audition" for the team to see if they make it! |
05-08-2024, 06:24 PM | #917 |
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also Grant, could you be my agent and get me signed to a team please?
Just get me the lowest signing bonus and I'll be good. Then I'll audition and....take my money... |
05-08-2024, 06:36 PM | #918 |
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From my understanding, they almost all sign for the league minimum. That contract has no guaranteed money. Now teams do offer a signing bonus which is guaranteed but is usually small (like $20k). The higher sought after UDFAs can command 6 figure bonuses though.
As for players being cut, my guess is they were either not given a signing bonus or a small one where $10k is not altering your cap number much at all. And they likely needed to cut the person because they wanted to sign someone else and needed the roster slot. |
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05-08-2024, 07:19 PM | #920 | |
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It's probably also worth mentioning that there's still a roster limit for NFL teams, even during the offseason (though it is significantly expanded), so any team that has already at that limit would have to cut someone before they could sign anybody else.
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05-08-2024, 08:15 PM | #921 | |
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But there are plenty of guys that teams scramble for that are un-drafted. Every team will usually end up with a couple of those guys hanging on the roster. Sometimes it is easier to make a team as an UDFA than as a low round draft pick. The more in demand guys are at least very likely to get on practice squads. They are usually guys with either high athleticism but very rough technique, or they lack athleticism but are very fundamentally sound. |
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NFL probably tossing Xmas day games on ...Netflix
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