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BF004 wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 11:43

Sounds like Von Miller our for the year, that sucks for Denver.

NCF wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 12:03

He might need a new address next year.

BSA wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 13:06

NCF wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 12:03

He might need a new address next year.

He will be flying to GB for an exam/opinion from Dr Robert Anderson this week
If he wants to play for vet min, happy to have him !

BF004 wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 13:16

BSA wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 13:06

NCF wrote: ↑

09 Sep 2020 12:03

He might need a new address next year.

He will be flying to GB for an exam/opinion from Dr Robert Anderson this week
If he wants to play for vet min, happy to have him !

JJ Watt with a 17.5 million base salary next year, can’t imagine Houston letting him play on that.

I would imagine there could be mutual interest between the Packers and Watt next offseason

YoHoChecko wrote: ↑

10 Sep 2020 08:33

Packer fans: we can't afford all these players! Rodgers' contract is ballooning, the Smiths' contracts are ballooning, Kenny Clark's contract is ballooning! Cap hell awaits! Hard choices must be made!

Also Packer fans: Hey, JJ Watt might come available for us!

YoHoChecko wrote: ↑

10 Sep 2020 08:33

Packer fans: we can't afford all these players! Rodgers' contract is ballooning, the Smiths' contracts are ballooning, Kenny Clark's contract is ballooning! Cap hell awaits! Hard choices must be made!

Also Packer fans: Hey, JJ Watt might come available for us!

For Vikings running back Dalvin Cook, the bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. Primarily because it’s unclear whether two are even in the bush.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Vikings and running back Dalvin Cook have agreed to terms on a five-year extension.

NFL Media supplements our report with some basic numbers. The deal has a base value of $63 million, which equates to a new-money average of $12.3 million. Cook also has more than $28 million in injury guarantees at signing.

The deal is far better than Cook’s alternative. He would have rolled the dice for only $1.3 million this year, despite playing one of the most physically demanding positions in football. And if he’d made it through the season unscathed, the Vikings could have franchise-tagged him at an amount that has been dropping (due to the running back market) and will be in the range of $8.3 million if the cap craters to the agreed minimum of $175 million in 2021, due to the pandemic.

So taking the deal — which pays him above what he would have made over the next three years under the tag route — made a ton of sense for Cook, especially since the Vikings typically don’t pay players over the tag formula on a long-term deal.

Cook now has security and certainty, and the Vikings have under contract for six seasons one of the better running backs in the NFL, when healthy.

“When healthy” also was a big part of this decision. Cook has had an injury in every year of his career, starting with an ACL tear as a rookie. He knows what can happen without financial security, because he’s had it happen. Now, he has the security that, if he suffers another serious injury in 2020, he may have never had.

Per a league source, the Saints and running back Alvin Kamara have reached agreement on a five-year, $75 million extension. The deal includes $34.333 million in injury guarantees. Of that amount, more than $30 million is guaranteed for skill, injury, and cap at signing.

The contracts was reached just four days before the start of the regular season, with the Saints hosting the Buccaneers.

The new-money average of $15 million on Kamara’s contract ties him at No. 2 for all running backs, behind Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey at $16 million per year and even with Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott.

Kamara also gets a $15 million signing bonus, all of which will be paid out in 2020. McCaffrey receives $7.5 million of his signing bonus in 2020, another $7.5 million in 2021, and the balance in 2022.

Kamara’s cash flow through two years is $27.2 million, just behind Bengals running back Joe Mixon’s $27.517 million but in excess of Titans running back Derrick Henry’s $25.5 million.

Over three years, Kamara gets $38.2 million, Mixon gets $37.616 million, and Henry receives $37.5 million.

NCF wrote: ↑

12 Sep 2020 11:54

And, with that, the door is pretty much slammed shut on re-signing Jones.

NCF wrote: ↑

12 Sep 2020 11:55

How can the Saints even do that?

go pak go wrote: ↑

12 Sep 2020 14:26

2017 was a very good year for RBs for sure.

I wonder if it is also a league thing of how they are utilizing the RB position.

As for Aaron Jones, the other thing that will really impact Aaron Jones is how successful Jamaal Williams is this year.

Honestly, if Williams is the player the Packers think he can be, Rodgers has done nothing but praise, that will lower Jones's value. Everyone keeps saying Jamaal Williams is a half step quicker than last year. And I honestly thought Williams improved last year over his Year 2.