NFL Free Agency thread

Hes been a pro bowler and all pro every single season hes been in the NFL including his rookie season. Hes been the qb and leader of that ravens defense since ray retired which remained among the top 10 all those respective years. He played for nick saban so his football acumen and IQ are there. Great tackler, leader, and pretty solid in coverage. Jets got a great player.

 

I'd love to have a mid-career Lawrence Timmons on this team right now.
Maybe not for 85 mil though...

 

he's def a solid player but not 85 mil lol. never really progressed and is coming off one of his worst seasons. dunno man just don't think he's elite. solid player that's it. lot of guys played for saban and did not pan out that's college ball bro means nothing in the league

 

Not every single player is going to pan out for him that's just a ouraegous expectation but a lot of his players have been productive. And stop talking about 85 million he got 51. He may not get all of that 85 I never look at the overall NFL contracts just the guranteed money.

 

51 guaranteed for an above average but not elite player. yikes. sucks for the jets. He for sure won't get the 85 he will end up cut after a few years. don't even think he graded top 20 in pff and is pretty bad in coverage. Lawrence mosley

 

How does an above average guy make the pro bowl and all pro team every single season of his career?

 

i don't think he made it every season of his career. he's not worthy of the contract he got. that's all i'm saying. most people would probably agree. dude is already declining and is just a tackle a guy 3-4 yards down the field linebacker. facts bro FOH

 

You're right he missed it in 2015. Hes made both all pro and probowl 2014 and 2016-2018.

 

The Cleveland Browns are poised to add another piece to an already potentially potent defensive front.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that the Browns are expected to sign defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson to a three-year contract worth $36 million, per sources informed of the situation.

 

No only the guranteed money counts as dead money against the cap and it counts when teams cover it into signing bonus and stuff like that. Not just money left on the contract. And dont be mad at other teams because Pittsburgh wont pay.. and you just gave the reason why I dont count it. I have an idea that he will in fact get that 51 no matter what. I dont know whether he will or will not get the rest.

 

Way off base. The norman deal was only 5 more million fully gurnateed than Gilmore. That's of course a lot of money but that's not a lot to say wow he got way more than Gilmore did and overall only got 10 million more. Isnt like how AB for example only got 19 million guranteed when Julio, Hopkins, Mike Evans, Odell, hell even BRANDIN COOKS got over 20+ million more than what ab got fully guranteed. Stefon Diggs who never even made a pro bowl got far more guranteed money and this was AFTER they had just gave Kirk cousins fully 83 million gurnateed so I dont want to hear the "we had to pay Ben they dont have QBs know big contracts" excuse. The Steelers just dont pay high guarantees nor do they go get any big time free agents. That was the first thing ian rapporport said in his video last yr when he talked about the deadline for leveon and Pitt to come to a deal. He stated Pittsburgh Is just a team that doesnt pay high gurantees up front.

Also at that particular time norman was actually considered better than Gilmore. Gilmore up to that point hadnt even made a pro bowl. And I still dont think hes all that he gets toasted and roasted a lot but bill belichick and his system gets the best out of its players. He got malcolm butler all that from Tennessee and they benched him last yr lmao.

 

Even Jesse James got 11 million fully guranteed..

 

FWIW Leveon just changed his twitter background color to green.

 

You're basing a big part of your argument on hindsight. You aren't giving Norman's play before the big contract the proper credit. Gilmore was not clearly head and shoulders better when he hit free agency than Norman had been. The difference is Norman went into a system that was completely wrong for him and his play declined while Gilmore got better after joining the Patriots.

 

We agree again

 

It's actually looking like the Ravens..... Barf.

A BIRD told me that @LeveonBell will be a Steeler “NEVERMORE.” Edgar Allen Poe can confirm. #Enigma

 

They say his background is green. Could mean packers or eagles.

 

By all means, show us the evidence that you knew all this at the time. Otherwise, it's hindsight.