Galian Beast
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This has been a very interesting off-season as we've all witnessed.
I would say the following things have set this crazy off-season into motion.
- NFL Domestic Violence
- The varying degress of failure of the Eagles, 49ers, and Saints, Broncos, Seahawks
- The firing of Rex Ryan (and re-hiring) and Jim Harbaugh
We've seen fire sales and we've seen aggressive purchases. Divisions with parity haven't been all that aggressive, whereas divisions with a glaring lack of parity, we've seen huge moves made.
Buffalo, Miami, and New York sense their opportunity to dethrone the Patriots, and they're all getting aggressive. I almost guarantee one of these teams will get Drew Brees.
But more important than any of this, I think nfl players have finally realized that all that matters is guaranteed money. Dead money with the cap increasing so much, just doesn't really have an impact on teams cutting players that it once did.
You have to entirely throw out the formula for guaranteed money from the past. The new NFL contract is shorter in terms and higher in guarantee. We can't confuse this as the most guaranteed money we've ever seen, because it isn't. What is new though is how much these agents are getting guaranteed for these pretty short deals. It's going to be hard to get Tyron Smith like deals in the future. Smith only got 22 million guaranteed on like a 10 year deal.... Cole Beasley got 7 million guaranteed on a 4 year deal.
It's obvious what is holding us up with Dez now. It's the guaranteed money. I'm guessing that Dez Bryant wants somewhere between 50-65 million guaranteed.
I would say the following things have set this crazy off-season into motion.
- NFL Domestic Violence
- The varying degress of failure of the Eagles, 49ers, and Saints, Broncos, Seahawks
- The firing of Rex Ryan (and re-hiring) and Jim Harbaugh
We've seen fire sales and we've seen aggressive purchases. Divisions with parity haven't been all that aggressive, whereas divisions with a glaring lack of parity, we've seen huge moves made.
Buffalo, Miami, and New York sense their opportunity to dethrone the Patriots, and they're all getting aggressive. I almost guarantee one of these teams will get Drew Brees.
But more important than any of this, I think nfl players have finally realized that all that matters is guaranteed money. Dead money with the cap increasing so much, just doesn't really have an impact on teams cutting players that it once did.
You have to entirely throw out the formula for guaranteed money from the past. The new NFL contract is shorter in terms and higher in guarantee. We can't confuse this as the most guaranteed money we've ever seen, because it isn't. What is new though is how much these agents are getting guaranteed for these pretty short deals. It's going to be hard to get Tyron Smith like deals in the future. Smith only got 22 million guaranteed on like a 10 year deal.... Cole Beasley got 7 million guaranteed on a 4 year deal.
It's obvious what is holding us up with Dez now. It's the guaranteed money. I'm guessing that Dez Bryant wants somewhere between 50-65 million guaranteed.