Najee Harris signs with the Chargers

I think Najee was from the Bay area.

 

Not so much

 

Not anymore.

This crossed my mind last night after the Hampton pick. I haven't seen that the specific triggers for the incentives have been made public, other than they're based around rushing yards. But I do know that regarding incentives, the CBA categorizes them as either Likely to be Earned (LTBE) or Not Likely to be Earned (NTLBE).

LTBE incentives count against the current year's salary cap. NTLBEs are retroactively applied to the following year if they're triggered. Most are NTLBE, and I've yet to see Harris' cap number include anything other than his base and signing bonus, so I assume that's what his were as well.

So, as far as the incentives go, after Hampton was announced last night you could hear the faint sound of Taps playing softly in the distance.

 

I’m basing this on nothing but I’d bet a cold IPA the Steelers tried to extend him and he over played his pair of twos so they called his bluff

Somehow he made himself unwelcome

 

Yep

 

I just posted this on the draft thread, but it works here, too. One of the main reasons I argued that the Steelers made a mistake in not exercising the fifth-year option on Harris was that they would have to use valuable resources this offseason to replace him. They just proved me right by taking Kaleb Johnson in the third round. I would have much rather they still had Harris and used that pick on Sanders, help on the lines, or in the secondary.

 

Nope

They didn’t replace Harris they upgraded from Harris

The team is better

 

The new RB sounds like he’ll be better

the guy must be good otherwise we wouldn't have spent a 3rd rounder on a RB. We could easily gotten a RB through FA or the waiver wire.

 

Maybe, but that is a resource they could have used elsewhere and still had a solid backfield.

 

Totally agree. There is an excellent liklihood that we enter 2025 with two RB's better than Harris. Can't complain.

 

Yes, Martinez, California , close to San Francisco.

 

Being compared to Melvin Gordon III