News: 2014 Running Back Free Agent Market

[CCBoy]

2014 Running Back Free Agent Market
by Chase Stuart on April 12, 2014
http://www.footballperspective.com/2014-running-back-free-agent-market/



in Current Events, Rushing

The free agent running back market has been as peculiar as it’s been quiet. There have been no big contracts doled out and only a few sizable ones of note, although some of the ensuing narrative about the demise of the running back position has been overblown. Today I want to look at the ten biggest free running back signings1 of 2014 and see what conclusions we can draw.

Player contracts are notoriously complicated to analyze; I won’t pretend that we can truly and fully measure contracts handed out by ten different teams. But I won’t let the perfect be the enemy of the great: armed with the understanding that this analysis is not perfect, we march onwards. Over The Cap publishes detailed salary cap information, including the total value of the contract, the average per year, the amount of guaranteed money (which is never as clear as it sounds), the guaranteed money per year, the percent guaranteed, and the number of years. I’ve added one additional column: the approximate value of the contract in the first two years, which in itself is pretty tricky to calculate.2 It’s not close to perfect, but no method is, and I thought this was a better metric by which to sort the table than any other. Take a look:...

 

[CCBoy]

NameTeam/TotalValue/APYGuarantee/GuaranteePer Year/Percent Guaranteed/FreeAgency
Adrian PetersonVikings$86,280,000/$14,380,000/$20,250,000/$3,375,000/23.5%/2018
LeSean McCoyEagles$45,000,000/$9,000,000/$20,765,000/$4,153,000/46.1%/2018
Arian FosterTexans$43,500,000/$8,700,000/$20,750,000/$4,150,000/47.7%/2017
Matt ForteBears$30,400,000/$7,600,000/$13,800,000/$3,450,000/45.4%/2016
Marshawn LynchSeahawks$30,000,000$7,500,000$17,000,000$4,250,00056.7%2016
Jonathan StewartPanthers$36,500,000$7,300,000$11,500,000$2,300,00031.5%2018V
Ray RiceRavens$35,000,000$7,000,000$15,000,000$3,000,00042.9%2017
Jamaal CharlesChiefs$27,750,000$6,937,500$3,950,000$987,50014.2%2018
Frank Gore49ers$19,212,550$6,404,183$0$00.0%2015
CJ SpillerBills$25,672,087$5,134,417$11,854,169$2,370,83446.2%2015V
Trent RichardsonColts$20,489,796$5,122,449$20,489,796$5,122,449100.0%2016
Ryan MathewsChargers$18,920,000$4,730,000$4,231,000$1,057,75022.4%2015V
Chris JohnsonJets$8,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$1,500,00037.5%2016
Steven JacksonFalcons$12,000,000$4,000,000$4,000,000$1,333,33333.3%2016
James CaseyEagles$12,000,000$4,000,000$6,015,000$2,005,00050.1%2016
Reggie BushLions$16,000,000$4,000,000$4,000,000$1,000,00025.0%2017
Marcel ReeceRaiders$11,020,000$3,673,333$4,116,294$1,372,09837.4%2017
Toby GerhartJaguars$10,500,000$3,500,000$4,500,000$1,500,00042.9%2017
Donald BrownChargers$10,500,000$3,500,000$4,000,000$1,333,33338.1%2017
Darren SprolesEagles$7,000,000$3,500,000$5,500,000$2,750,00078.6%2017
DeAngelo WilliamsPanthers$10,000,000$3,333,333$4,000,000$1,333,33340.0%2016V
Shonn GreeneTitans$10,000,000$3,333,333$4,150,000$1,383,33341.5%2016
Ben TateBrowns$6,200,000$3,100,000$2,500,000$1,250,00040.3%2016
Joique BellLions$9,300,000$3,100,000$4,300,000$1,433,33346.2%2017
Knowshon MorenoDolphins$3,000,000$3,000,000$1,250,000$1,250,00041.7%2015
Benjarvus Greene EllisBengals$9,000,000$3,000,000$3,800,000$1,266,66742.2%2015
Danny WoodheadChargers$5,500,000$2,750,000$300,000$1,500,00054.5%2017
Fred JacksonBills$2,600,000$2,600,000$0$00.0%2016
Mike TolbertPanthers$10,000,000$2,500,000$4,200,000$1,050,00042.0%2016
Maurice Jones DrewRaiders$7,500,000$2,500,000$1,200,000$400,00016.0%2017
Rashad JenningsGiants$10,000,000$2,500,000$2,980,000$745,00029.8%2018
Jerome FeltonVikings$7,500,000$2,500,000$2,500,000$833,33333.3%2015V
Rashard MendenhallCardinals$2,500,000$2,500,000$500,000$500,00020.0%2014
Pierre ThomasSaints$4,000,000$2,000,000$2,100,000$1,050,00052.5%2017
Chris IvoryJets$6,000,000$2,000,000$2,250,000$750,00037.5%2016
LeGarrette BlountSteelers$3,850,000$1,925,000$950,000$475,00024.7%2016
Mark IngramSaints$7,416,750$1,854,188$6,030,375$1,507,59481.3%2015O
Bruce Miller49ers$5,400,000$1,800,000$2,431,000$810,33345.0%2017
Darren McFaddenRaiders$1,750,000$1,750,000$100,000$100,0005.7%2015
Doug MartinBuccaneers$6,787,528$1,696,882$5,471,956$1,367,98980.6%2016O
David WilsonGiants$6,684,502$1,671,126$5,382,979$1,345,74580.5%2016O
James StarksPackers$3,250,000$1,625,000$725,000$362,50022.3%2016
Darrel YoungCommanders$3,970,000$1,323,333$1,000,000$333,33325.2%2016
Giovani BernardBengals$5,253,340$1,313,335$3,249,400$812,35061.9%2017
Erik LorigSaints$4,800,000$1,200,000$1,000,000$250,00020.8%2018
Anthony DixonBills$3,500,000$1,166,667$750,000$250,00021.4%2017
Cedric PeermanBengals$2,165,000$1,082,500$350,000$175,00016.2%2015
Ronnie BrownChargers$1,050,000$1,050,000$110,000$110,00010.5%2014
Le'Veon BellSteelers$4,120,600$1,030,150$2,276,800$569,20055.3%2017
John KuhnPackers$1,030,000$1,030,000$100,000$100,0009.7%2015

http://overthecap.com/top-player-salaries.php?Position=RB

 

[CCBoy]

Runner...2Yr Val...Car Rsh...9/1 Age...2Yr RshYd...2Yr YPC...2Yr TD...2Yr Rec...SuccRt..PFF

Toby Gerhart-$7.00-276-27.4-452-5.26-32-43-43%-0.6
Donald Brown-$7.00-551-27.4-954-4.54-73-07-43%-5
Rashad Jennings-$5.25-387-29.5-1016-3.85-84-22-38-%2.5
Maurice Jones-Drew$5.00180429.512173.8640035%4.9
Ben Tate$4.354212610504.27618941%2.3
Knowshon Moreno$4.2584627.115634.111471546%15.4
LeGarrette Blount$2.4057927.89234.7694042%6.9
Anthony Dixon$2.35148271342.7343045%-0.3
James Starks$1.9932228.57484.68412045%1.8
Darren McFadden$1.858832710863.29736630%-29
Chris Johnson--17422923204.181257737%-12.4

 

[CCBoy]

Oh, and only to Galian Beast. Read the original article posted in the OP...and see if YOU can find only one!

 

[Galian Beast]

Nope, I didn't find any. Wondered why you posted this irrelevent poorly formated copy and paste job, but then I realized who I was dealing with...

 

[Alexander]

Well, looks like Jerry Jones can finally get McFadden for cheap.

 

[burmafrd]

Nope, I didn't find any. Wondered why you posted this irrelevent poorly formated copy and paste job, but then I realized who I was dealing with...

because it pretty much makes hash of all your bleating....

 

[Galian Beast]

because it pretty much makes hash of all your bleating....

Except it didn't. There were no running backs in the top 10 who were free agents this year. Using that as a frame of reference for a down market is pretty ridiculous... Running backs are certainly being devalued, but that doesn't mean they're still not getting paid in certain figures.

 

[Setackin]

Nope, I didn't find any. Wondered why you posted this irrelevent poorly formated copy and paste job, but then I realized who I was dealing with...

Lmao