Mariota probably won’t get a starting job anywhere else and he’d be an ideal backup but at $7m - $8m minimum he is too expensive for a team with...
Rule applies to all contracts extending beyond the final year of the CBA unless something has changed. It includes free agents. I think we are...
Pushing base salary in to the future benefits the team in the short term because it reduces the players cap number. Take Steven Nelson, his...
What they normally ‘pull out of their butts’ is restructuring the contracts of high earning players, just like every other team. There really...
The 30% rule means that a players salary cannot increase more than 30% year on year following the end of 2020 season. Teams often work around the...
The Steelers has a lot of backloaded contracts on the roster, Heyward, Vince, Nelson, Ben, Pouncey and AV’s cap numbers all increase dramatically...
Cam is going in to his last year and is coming off an All Pro season, he is a virtual certainty for an extension. Don’t count on it saving a tonne...
The current projections whereby they have under $2m of Cap available includes the expected increase in the cap. I think they have estimated a $10m...
I’d agree with that. You could put WR in there but it’s a bit down the list. They could do with a burner type, Cain showed some promise and maybe...
Agreed. Barron would be the only one of that trio that I would consider keeping. If they all go that gets you about $14m between them, enough to...
The transformation of the 49ers since Lynch and Shanahan took the reins is absolutely remarkable. That is how you build a football team! They have...
Rudolph and Lynch will likely back up Ben. They can’t really afford anything else. They have no round 1 draft pick and there is no point picking...
Yes of course, I have no doubt they are planning well ahead, that is their job. We can only speculate what moves they have in mind. Looking at...
I listened to a good podcast over the weekend in relation to the Steelers Cap situation for the upcoming season. It’s the BTSC podcast hosted by...
We would all love that but looking at the numbers I just don’t see how it can be done without making really damaging cuts elsewhere. It would...
Definitely a concern re Ben, even leaving the injury aside the other members of his famed draft class are in steep decline. Age gets everyone in...
It would take some serious wizardry with the cap to keep both given they are right up against it and the new 30% rule prevents them from using...
Can’t see them getting a vet backup QB, not a good one anyway, they’ve no cap space, holes everywhere, something has to give way. Keeping Dupree...
We are all in the dark in relation to his injury but I would not be overly concerned about his conditioning. He will be well aware that he needs...
And it will mean that Ben can go out there knowing the 21 points wins most games. He had to score 28-35 points per game the past few seasons to be...
