Board 8 > Board 8 National Football League League (B8NFLL) Season 15: The Offseason

(+) Yeah! (+)

Team Financial sheet should now be fully updated

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Hip!

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Okay, a few random things that I like to bring up every offseason or two.

Here are the list of players who have played 10+ years in the league and have started every possible game. In parenthesis will be the team or teams that they have played for.

14 seasons:
DE Travis Johnson (Dolphins)
DT Tommie Harris (Broncos)

13 seasons:
DT Claude Wroten (Lions/Panthers/Ravens)

12 seasons:
DE Mario Williams (Bears)
FS Tom Zbikowski (Broncos, now retired)

11 seasons:
FS Ko Simpson (Vikings)
FB Mike Cox (Vikings, now retired)
TE Zach Miller (Dolphins)

10 seasons:
TE Rory Nicol (Giants)
TE Dane Guthrie (Wildcats)

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The league kicked off with a fantasy draft where all 32 teams could select any player in the game's database. Though 14 seasons have been completed there are still a few players who remain with the team that selected them in the draft. They are:

LT Khalif Barnes (Bengals)
LG Logan Mankins (Packers)
LG Justin Smiley (Lions)
C Jeff Faine (Packers)
RG Chris Snee (Seahawks)
RG Jonathan Clinkscale (Lions)
RG Shawn Andrews (Bears)
RT Elton Brown (Broncos)
RT Shane Olivea (Broncos)
LE Travis Johnson (Dolphins)
DT Tommie Harris (Broncos)
K Rob Bironas (Lions)
K Lawrence Tynes (Jets)
K Josh Brown (Packers)
K Jeff Reed (Colts)
K Nate Kaeding (Pioneers)
K Mike Nugent (Washington)
K Josh Scobee (49ers)
K Robbie Gould (Titans)
P Dave Zastudil (Vikings)
P Kyle Larson (Eagles)

Broncos, Lions, and Packers still have three.
Bears, Bengals, Colts, Eagles, 49ers, Jets, Pioneers, Seahawks, Titans, Vikings, and Washington have one left
Every other team has zero

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KCF0107 posted...

The league kicked off with a fantasy draft where all 32 teams could select any player in the game's database. Though 14 seasons have been completed there are still a few players who remain with the team that selected them in the draft. They are:

RG Shawn Andrews (Bears)

*gulp*

I will go through each division and list each head coach and their overall record, not just with the team they are currently with, as well as their winning percentage, represented by an actual percentage since it doesn't require any work from me as the game has it listed that way. The record/winning percentage includes the playoffs and any wins/losses they may have accumulated prior to B8NFLL (with one exception).

AFC West
Broncos - Donnie Henderson (90-87, 50%)
Chiefs - Rex Ryan (31-49, 38%)
Express - Jeff Fisher (173-154, 52%
Raiders - Norv Turner (163-192-1, 45%)

AFC East
Bills - Mike Holmgren (221-215, 50%)
Dolphins - Kailee Wong (12-5, 70%)
Jets - Chad Pennington (6-10, 37%)
Patriots - Ed Donatell (0-0, N/A)

AFC North
Bengals - Brett Favre (65-41, 61%)
Browns - Ernie Holmes (0-0, N/A)
Ravens - Jerry Gray (89-81, 52%)
Steelers - Bill Cowher (269-186-2, 58%)

AFC South
Colts - Ron Meeks (26-24, 52%)
Jaguars - Pat Williams (0-0, N/A)
Pioneers - LaVar Arrington (0-0, N/A)
Titans - Jamie Sharper (15-17, 46%)

NFC West
49ers - Mike Nolan (114-114-1, 50%)
Rams - Kerry Collins (57-18, 76%)
Seahawks - Mike Zimmer (55-62, 47%)
Wildcats - Bill Belichick (84-96, 46%)

NFC East
Cowboys - Derrick Brooks (14-5, 73%)
Eagles - Vinny Testaverde (100-58, 63%)
Giants - Marvin Lewis (104-122-2, 45%)
Washington - Will Shields (30-21, 58%)

NFC North
Bears - Corey Dillon (47-25, 65%)
Lions - Lovie Smith (104-126-1, 46%)
Packers - Jon Gruden (186-136, 57%)
Vikings - Flozell Adams (0-0, N/A)

NFC South
Buccaneers - Brian Billick (163-170-1, 48%)
Falcons - Jim Mora Jr. (132-120, 52%)
Orcas - Tutan Reyes (0-0, N/A)
Panthers - Ron Rivera (23-43, 34%)

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Here are the coaching backgrounds for each of the current head coaches

Offense (13)
Corey Dillon
Brett Favre
Mike Holmgren
Brian Billick
Vinny Testaverde
Chad Pennington
Tutan Reyes
Jon Gruden
Norv Turner
Kerry Collins
Flozell Adams
Will Shields
Bill Belichick

Defense (19)
Donnie Henderson
Ernie Holmes
Rex Ryan
Ron Meeks
Derrick Brooks
Kailee Wong
Jeff Fisher
Jim Mora Jr.
Mike Nolan
Marvin Lewis
Pat Williams
Lovie Smith
Ron Rivera
Ed Donatell
LaVar Arrington
Jerry Gray
Mike Zimmer
Bill Cowher
Jamie Sharper

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Here in B8NFLL, we are truly a diverse league. Here are the racial breakdowns among our headcoaches:

White (16)
Brett Favre
Mike Holmgren
Brian Billick
Rex Ryan
Vinny Testaverde
Jeff Fisher
Jim Mora Jr.
Mike Nolan
Chad Pennington
Jon Gruden
Ed Donatell
Norv Turner
Kerry Collins
Mike Zimmer
Bill Cowher
Bill Belichick

Black (13)
Corey Dillon
Donnie Henderson
Ernie Holmes
Ron Meeks
Derrick Brooks
Marvin Lewis
Pat Williams
Lovie Smith
LaVar Arrington
Jerry Gray
Will Shields
Jamie Sharper
Flozell Adams

Asian/Native Hawaiian (1)
Kailee Wong

Hispanic (1)
Ron Rivera

Unsure (1)
Tutan Reyes

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To Do:

• Hall of Fame ceremony sometime Sunday
• Begin the first offseason event (RFA) on Monday

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Whoever converted the Pumpkins back into the Eagles is a loser

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The real loser is whoever came up with "Portland Express"

My HoF vote:
QB Aaron Rodgers - Yes
HB Darius Walker - Yes
HB Jamario Thomas - Yes
HB DeAngelo Williams - Yes
HB Reggie Bush - No
WR Mike Williams - Yes
G Jake Grove - Yes
DE Mathias Kiwanuka - No
DE Luis Castillo - No
OLB Kamerion Wimbley - Yes
OLB A.J. Hawk - No
MLB Anthony Schlegel - No
FS Tom Zbikowski - Yes
SS Keon Jackson - Yes


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Correction: The Browns HC is Earl Holmes

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I will accept Hall of Fame votes for another 20 minutes

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We had 8 voters this time around:
KCF
Shattered
Stan
Nee
prof
Eddv
Ranlom
VI

Yes votes from five users were needed for enshrinement. Here is your fourth Hall of Fame class:
G Jake Grove - 8
HB Darius Walker - 7
OLB Kamerion Wimbley - 7
FS Tom Zbikowski - 7
DE Mathias Kiwanuka - 6
HB DeAngelo Williams - 5
WR Mike Williams - 3
HB Jamario Thomas - 2
SS Keon Jackson - 2
QB Aaron Rodgers - 1
HB Reggie Bush - 1
MLB Anthony Schlegel - 1
DE Luis Castillo - 0
OLB A.J. Hawk - 0

Congrats to the six who joined the 16 previous members!

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Restricted Free Agency

This minor but oddly detailed offseason event is for a small subset of players who just completed their untampered rookie contract that was exactly three years in length. These players are not eligible to be originally offered multi-year contracts by the team that holds their rights but instead one-year contracts of fixed figures based on the tender level that you offer them.

Our Tender Levels for this season
No Tender = no potential draft pick compensation = $0
Low Tender = potential original round draft pick compensation = $1.10 mil
Mid Tender = potential 1st round draft pick compensation = $2.39 mil
High Tender = potential 1st + 3rd round draft pick compensation = $3.18 mil

Now, the mentioning of draft pick compensation there is only applicable if another team attempts to sign your player. It has no bearing on this first phase of RFA. It wouldn't make much sense if you had to give up draft picks to sign your own player now would it? Newcomers and people who don't have a good memory are certainly free to ask me what round a player was drafted in if that affects their tender level.

That being said, you might want to keep in mind about that draft pick compensation when you determine what tender to offer your player. If you think highly of your player, you might want to offer the highest tender to deter other teams from attempting to sign them. If you don't consider a player to be a part of your future plans, you might want to offer the low tender so that they barely count against your cap space and you could end up even getting draft pick compensation if someone else wants him.

A word of advice from me: The full monetary amount attached to the tenders is NOT GUARANTEED and in many cases is less than what they would make on the open market, so there is essentially 0 risk to offering all of your players a tender unless you personally hate them with a passion.

You can also engage trade talks with other teams so that you can prearrange a trade that if X player is not signed by another team, you will trade them to Y team for Z compensation that might be lower than what Y team would have had to give up to sign them during RFA. In this scenario, you might want to offer the highest tender level to deter the maximum amount of teams from disrupting the trade.

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RFA Rules

1. I will privately contact every user and inform them of their RFAs and the tender levels. If you dont have any RFAs, then you wont be notified.

2. Users will have three days to inform me which players they wish to sign and at what level.

3. I will publicly reveal all RFAs from user and A.I. teams that can be signed by other teams (AKA were offered a tender) plus their tender levels and the base kind of deal they are looking for.

4. I will give users five days to decide any action, if any, they wish to take. If they do wish to take further action, they will PM me.

Now by "any action you wish to take," I mean that everyone has an opportunity to attempt to sign RFAs from other teams. You might see some sticker shock but keep in mind that some positions are more expensive (WRs, DTs, QBs) than others (OLBs, Cs, TEs) relative to their overall rating. An 80 WR will usually be more expensive than a 90 C, and that's just how things are

5. If a team attempts to sign another teams RFA, then the user who owns the RFAs rights will have three days to decide whether or not to match the offer.

The deadline for the first phase (encompassing rule #s 1 + 2) will be Friday, April 16th at Noon ET . As always, do not hesitate to ask me any questions.

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All users should have received a PM containing your RFAs. I think every team did receive one, but if you didn't, it is because you have no RFAs this season and thus have nothing to do for the first phase of RFA.

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can the bengals change their stadium name to Brett Favre's Wrangler Jeans Field?

Or Brett Farve Field By Wrangler Jeans

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In case people weren't aware, I have a spreadsheet that tracks draft prospects OVR process through the years. If you click the 2016 tab then all the players in yellow are potential RFAs if they were offered their default years on and weren't cut/extended.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hd7lQcU2_bECw_12qH7aMQVq0qraKN4z5gPGYOl38OU/edit?usp=drivesdk

As a sidenote. If anyone needs an extra 1st or 3rd for RFA purposes, I'm open to offers. I probably don't have the cap space to participate in RFA myself.

Just over 12 hours until the deadline

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RFA Phase 2

The following posts will contain a list of all RFAs, sorted by team, that were offered tenders by their team during the first phase. Each player will have in parenthesis the draft pick compensation required to sign (not simply offer but actually sign) them as well as the default deal that they are looking for to the side.

In order to even submit an offer to a player, you must have the draft picks on hand. Early has the NFL Draft order, which includes any draft pick ownership changes based on previous trades. There have been a few trades since, so keep those in mind for those affected. You should also keep in mind that if you own multiple picks in a round, signing an RFA will have you lose the worst of how ever many picks you have. For example, let's say the Orcas try to sign Bengals DE Ezekiel Ansah. They own the 10th and 11th picks in the 2nd round. Should Ansah accept their offer and the Bengals elect not to match their offer in the third phase, the Orcas will end up giving the Bengals the 11th pick in the 2nd round (43rd overall).

Going back to the deals in question, these deals are for the other 31 teams in the league. The team who first offered the tender is stuck with the 1 year deal unless a team submits an offer during this phase. You can also offer them a long term deal later on in the offseason as well as any time during the pre, regular, and postseason, but what's important right now is that you understand that you can do nothing about your own RFAs at this moment.

If you do wish to submit an offer to an RFA from another team, the deal mentioned is not the exact deal that you have to offer them. You are free to mess with the years, total money, and/or guaranteed money. As a word of caution though, unless you are trying some bizarre psychological attack to where you offer a deal that would devastate a team financially but would be practically forced to accept, you will want to submit an offer that would ultimately net you the player you seek. Not only that, but you are in essence competing with 30 other teams for the right to simply sign an RFA. If you skimp out on any combination of years, total money, and guaranteed money, you are decreasing, sometimes substantially, the odds that you will get the player.

If you do submit a custom offer, use the base deal as a benchmark. Using Bears C Bobby Crosby, he is asking for a 3 / $8.71 mil / $1.62 mil contract. Dividing the latter two figures by the years, you find out that he is asking for an average cap hit of $2.90 mil (8.71 / 3) and annual bonus of $540k mil (1.62 / 3).

I hope that everyone understands the slash line that I explained earlier in the topic, but if not, do not hesitate to ask any questions. You can direct them to me via PM, through the topic, or Discord.

Do not feel compelled to be active in this phase if you don't want to. While most users do not, several do as well as the AI, so it isn't as if nothing happens.

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Whoops, forgot about this. Fuck me I guess

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Bears
WR Adam Thielen (3rd) - 3 / $14.6 mil / $2.43 mil
C Bobby Crosby (4th) - 3 / $8.71 mil / $1.62 mil
CB Mike Hayes (4th) - 5 / $17.2 mil / $1.85 mil

Bengals
C Brandon Linder (1st) - 3 / $11.2 mil / $2.34 mil
RE Ezekiel Ansah (2nd) - 4 / $14.3 mil / $2.16 mil

Bills
RG La'el Collins (1st) - 3 / $16.0 mil / $3.21 mil
HB Danny Duff (6th) - 5 / $10.1 mil / $1.60 mil
CB Alfred Williams (3rd) - 5 / $14.4 mil / $1.60 mil
QB Tom Henley (5th) - 5 / $9.79 mil / $1.55 mil
LOLB Chris Phillips (4th) - 4 / $7.66 mil / $1.12 mil

Broncos
LOLB Jordan Jenkins (1st) - 3 / $15.7 mil / $3.03 mil
CB Nevin Lawson (1st) - 4 / $22.1 mil / $3.24 mil
MLB Lionel Walker (4th) - 3 / $11.5 mil / $960k

Browns
LOLB Kwon Alexander (1st + 3rd) - 3 / $20.3 mil / $4.02 mil
CB Justin Gilbert (3rd) - 5 / $18.5 mil / $2.00 mil
DT Justin Ellis (4th) - 5 / $13.5 mil / $2.25 mil

Buccaneers
LOLB Elandon Roberts (1st) - 4 / $10.6 mil / $1.76 mil
RE Roderick Baker (1st) - 5 / $14.5 mil / $1.80 mil

Chiefs
QB Dan LeFevour (4th) - 5 / $18.5 mil / $3.10 mil
FS Damarious Randall (3rd) - 4 / $9.99 mil / $1.64 mil

Colts
RG Kevin Pamphile (1st) - 4 / $10.6 mil / $2.00 mil
HB Storm Johnson (3rd) - 5 / $12.9 mil / $2.20 mil

Cowboys
LT Ereck Flowers (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $39.0 mil / $10.6 mil
LG Tre Jackson (1st) - 3 / $14.1 mil / $2.82 mil
CB David Martinez (1st) - 5 / $22.6 mil / $2.30 mil
LE Dion Jordan (3rd) - 5 / $11.7 mil / $1.50 mil

Dolphins
CB Ross Cockrell (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $34.3 mil / $7.44 mil
LG Cody Wichmann (1st) - 3 / $21.5 mil / $4.35 mil
LOLB Jatavis Brown (1st) - 3 / $15.7 mil / $3.03 mil
RT Andrew Donnal (3rd) - 3 / $15.4 mil / $3.54 mil
MLB Kwame Castorani (3rd) - 3 / $16.7 mil / $2.67 mil
HB Chris Thompson (2nd) - 4 / $17.4 mil / $3.24 mil
C Cody Whitehair (3rd) - 3 / $9.97 mil / $1.98 mil
QB Marcus Mariota (2nd) - 4 / $19.7 mil / $3.56 mil
HB Lorenzo Taliaferro (3rd) - 5 / $13.8 mil / $2.35 mil
TE MarQueis Gray (4th) - 4 / $9.33 mil / $1.36 mil

Eagles
WR Justin Blackmon (1st) - 3 / $19.5 mil / $3.30 mil
LG Marcus Martin (1st) - 4 / $10.6 mil / $2.00 mil

Express
SS Keanu Neal (1st + 3rd) - 2 / $9.99 mil / $1.10 mil
DT Jonathan Hankins (3rd) - 3 / $23.0 mil / $4.60 mil
ROLB Elvis Massey (4th) - 4 / $9.37 mil / $1.48 mil

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49ers
HB Jerick McKinnon (4th) - 5 / $13.8 mil / $2.35 mil

Giants
P Lachlan Edwards (1st) - 3 / $3.33 mil / $870k
HB Charles Sims (4th) - 5 / $12.9 mil / $2.20 mil
FS Justin Simmons (4th) - 4 / $9.99 mil / $1.64 mil

Jaguars
LG Ali Marpet (1st) - 3 / $16.0 mil / $3.21 mil
CB E.J. Gaines (3rd) - 5 / $15.8 mil / $1.75 mil

Jets
LG Chaz Green (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $11.3 mil / $2.16 mil
HB Branden Oliver (2nd) - 5 / $13.8 mil / $2.35 mil
MLB Bill Abbott (1st) - 3 / $10.0 mil / $930k
CB T.J. Carrie (1st + 3rd) - 5 / $17.2 mil / $1.85 mil

Lions
SS Karl Joseph (1st) - 2 / $7.77 mil / $860k

Orcas
RT Trent Brown (2nd) - 3 / $11.5 mil / $2.25 mil
ROLB Todd du Plessis (4th) - 4 / $9.37 mil / $1.48 mil

Packers
HB Isaiah Crowell (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $27.1 mil / $5.32 mil
LOLB Reggie Hartley (4th) - 4 / $9.37 mil / $1.48 mil

Panthers
LOLB Matt Douglas (1st) - 4 / $9.77 mil / $1.60 mil

Patriots
DT Brandon Williams (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $31.6 mil / $5.88 mil

Pioneers
LT Cyrus Kouandjio (2nd) - 4 / $20.6 mil / $4.72 mil
CB Ike Foley (1st) - 4 / $20.1 mil / $2.56 mil
HB James White (4th) - 5 / $14.8 mil / $2.60 mil
RG Jamil Douglas (4th) - 4 / $8.49 mil / $1.56 mil

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Raiders
LE Datone Jones (1st + 3rd) - 5 / $14.0 mil / $1.75 mil
DT Sylvester Williams (1st) - 5 / $20.3 mil / $3.95 mil

Rams
DT Will Sutton (1st) - 4 / $29.4 mil / $5.56 mil
CB Jason Verrett (1st) - 4 / $22.1 mil / $3.24 mil

Ravens
LG Jeff Allen (1st) - 3 / $27.2 mil / $5.55 mil
LOLB Lorenzo Mauldin (3rd) - 4 / $9.77 mil / $1.60 mil
RE Lewis Wynn (4th) - 5 / $12.9 mil / $1.65 mil

Seahawks
SS Quandre Diggs (2nd) - 3 / $8.42 mil / $1.17 mil
RG Jack Mewhort (3rd) - 4 / $11.3 mil / $2.16 mil
ROLB Clay Shields (4th) - 4 / $7.66 mil / $1.12 mil

Steelers
FS Tre Boston (4th) - 3 / $9.77 mil / $1.68 mil
TE C.J. Uzomah (4th) - 3 / $11.3 mil / $1.98 mil
SS Eric Murray (4th) - 3 / $8.25 mil / $1.02 mil
RG Andrew Norwell (2nd) - 4 / $11.3 mil / $2.16 mil
LE Angelo McDowell (4th) - 5 / $13.8 mil / $1.60 mil

Titans
HB Melvin Gordon (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $36.9 mil / $7.40 mil
DT Bennie Logan (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $22.8 mil / $4.44 mil

Vikings
K Cairo Santos (1st) - 2 / $5.54 mi / $700k
LG Shaq Mason (1st + 3rd) - 3 / $28.4 mil / $5.97 mil
SS S'ua Cravens (4th) - 3 / $9.08 mil / $1.20 mil

Washington
LT Rob Havenstein (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $33.7 mil / $8.96 mil
DT Star Lotulelei (1st) - 4 / $22.8 mil / $4.44 mil

Wildcats
QB Aaron Murray (1st + 3rd) - 4 / $32.2 mil / $7.36 mil
HB Joseph Randle (1st) - 4 / $19.8 mil / $3.76 mil
RE Quinton Coples (1st) - 5 / $14.5 mil / $1.80 mil

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The deadline to submit offers for the second phase of RFA will be 9 PM ET on Wednesday, April 21st.

I will be participating in the second phase of RFA this season, so I will not open PMs until the deadline has passed.

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Thanks, KCF

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Trade time!

Bears receive:
Steelers 1st round pick (19th overall)
TE O.J. Howard (78 overall, 23 years old)
Steelers S16 7th round pick

Steelers receive:
Bears 2nd round pick (38th overall)
Bears 4th round pick (102nd overall)
Bears S16 2nd round pick

The Steelers incur a $450k cap hit to shed $3.24 mil in cap space

Bears assume a $2.79 mil cap hit

After trading away their first round pick for QB Teddy Bridgewater, they use several picks in the 2nd-4th rounds across the next two drafts to get back into the first to use on either an RFA or more talent in the draft for a rebuilding team. They also add to the TE room after the inadequate duo of Jermaine Gresham and Ryan Graham combined for the third fewest receiving yards at the position in the league.

Though they acquired more picks than they gave up that threaten this, the Steelers at the very least gain immediate cap space. They also felt that with the way their roster is currently constructed, any player selected at 19 would not have much of an impact their rookie season. Howard was a draft regret, so they can move on from that.

Both parties exhibited that they understood what each team was giving up and receiving, the financial impact, the past history of the player involved, and what both parties hoped to achieve.

This trade is now official.

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ShatteredElysium posted...

In case people weren't aware, I have a spreadsheet that tracks draft prospects OVR process through the years. If you click the 2016 tab then all the players in yellow are potential RFAs if they were offered their default years on and weren't cut/extended.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hd7lQcU2_bECw_12qH7aMQVq0qraKN4z5gPGYOl38OU/edit?usp=drivesdk

As a sidenote. If anyone needs an extra 1st or 3rd for RFA purposes, I'm open to offers. I probably don't have the cap space to participate in RFA myself.

For anyone who cares, I updated the non draft related tabs to be accurate too. So you can kind of see where an OVR stacks up against the rest of the league at each position.

League is still pretty awful at CB but it's at least showing a resurgence.

Fullback is going to fall off a cliff soon too. Gone from like having 20+ 99 FBs to having 10. And there's a massive gulf of nothingness in that 80-89 range.

P.s. CB Ross Cockrell (currently in RFA) is the #2 CB on the league off OVR.

Before I open the PMs, I will publicly reveal the offers I have submitted.

I offered:
Broncos OLB Jordan Jenkins 5 / $27.5 mil / $7.5 mil
Steelers DE Angelo McDowell 6 / $18.0 mil / $3.6 mil

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Phase 2 of Restricted Free Agency has ended

For Phase 3, I will notify any users whose RFAs they offered a tender to were signed to a contract by another team. Those users will have until 11:59 PM ET on Saturday, April 24th to decide if they wish to match the contract or let them sign with the other team for draft pick compensation. Should all teams notify me before the deadline, then we will begin the next offseason event sooner.

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Trade to announce

Wildcats receive:
Bears 2nd round pick (38th overall)
Steelers 6th round pick (179th overall)

Steelers receive:
HB Christian McCaffrey (87 overall, 23 years old)

The Wildcats incur a $2.68 mil cap penalty to shed a $7.11 mil cap hit

The Steelers assume a $5.77 mil cap hit

HBs are notoriously slow to begin their career. Relative to the rest of the league, McCaffrey had a below average season as a rookie with a 3.9 YPC and 4 fumbles, but as far as rookies go, it was decent with 1379 total yards and 8 TDs. His sophomore season though was disappointing as his YPC went down and fumbling rate increased as he shared starting duties. The Wildcats have decided to cut ties with their S13 first round pick and get back a high second and a Day 3 lottery ticket.

The Steelers were not prepared to lose Jamario Thomas to retirement, so instead of trotting out former 1st rounder Jay Ajayi or go after a free agent, they decided to use a second round pick to acquire a young, highly rated bit of a reclamation project to place in a HB-friendly system that they can cut ties with at any time without any financial ramifications.

Both parties understood what each time was receiving and giving up, the financial ramifications, McCaffrey's past history, and what each time hoped to achieve. This trade is now official.
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RFA Phase 3 results

- The Bears sign Dolphins OT Andrew Donnal to a 5 year contract. The Dolphins elect not to match and receive the Bears 3rd round pick.
- The Browns sign Rams DT Will Sutton to a 4 year contract. The Rams elect not to match and receive the Browns 1st round pick.
- The Cowboys sign Bears WR Adam Thielen to a 3 year contract. The Bears elect not to match and receive the Cowboys 3rd round pick.
- The Giants sign Bills QB Tom Henley to a 5 year contract. The Bills elect not to match and receive the Pioneers 5th round pick.
- The Giants sign Steelers FS Tre Boston to a 3 year contract. The Steelers elect not to match and receive the Steelers 4th round pick.
- The Orcas sign Broncos OLB Jordan Jenkins to a 5 year contract. The Broncos elect to match the contract.
- The Orcas sign Steelers DE Angelo McDowell to a 6 year contract. The Steelers elect not to match and receive the Orcas 4th round pick.
- The Panthers sign Bengals DE Ezekiel Ansah to a 4 year contract. The Bengals elect not to match and receive the Panthers 2nd round pick.
- The Panthers sign Browns CB Justin Gilbert to a 5 year contract. The Browns elect not to match and receive the Panthers 3rd round pick.
- The Panthers sign Pioneers HB James White to a 5 year contract. The Pioneers elect not to match and receive the Panthers 4th round pick.
- The Pioneers sign Dolphins OLB Jatavis Brown to a 5 year contract. The Dolphins elect not to match and receive the Pioneers 1st round pick.
- The Seahawks sign Dolphins MLB Kwame Castorani to a 3 year contract. The Dolphins elect not to match and receive the Seahawks 3rd round pick.
- The Seahawks sign Steelers SS Eric Murray to a 4 year contract. The Steelers elect not to match and receive the Seahawks 4th round pick.

I realized after the fact that I had made an error regarding Tom Henley's original round compensation. It was actually a 6th, and the Giants do not own a 6th. Luckily, the pick that would have given up versus the pick that my error would have them give up were separated by just four spots, so I ended up trading Henley to the Giants for the Pioneers 5th and re-signed Henley while with the Giants to a similar deal to what he was to be signed to in RFA.
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I have to update the spreadsheet, which I won't get around to until later, so the next offseason event, signing your UFAs, might not begin until tomorrow.
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Man those RFA results are surprising. Usually the AI is all over RFA and high end players, seems they didn't bother this year

I am looking to unload some middle round draft picks for some depth or future draft picks.

Please inquire within

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Spreadsheet should be updated. We will begin signing your UFAs within the next day.
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Unrestricted Free Agents (AKA Signing Your Remaining Free Agents)

Any player of yours whose contract expired and was not part of the previous event will be included here. This is an extremely straightforward event. You either sign or you do not sign players, Those you do stay on your team, those who don't enter the free agent pool.

When you receive the PM with your slash lines, remember that those are not the deals you have to sign them to. With a few exceptions that I will lay out, you can sign anyone (pending the age/max length rule) to deals 1-7 years in length. If you wish to give a player a custom offer, I might be available to do live signings the new few days. Otherwise, we can bounce PMs off of each other for a while (remember that there is a deadline though and delay in response could be a day or longer). If you wish to offer someone a deal of a different length but do no want to bother with the financials, you can merely say you want to give X player the default deal for Y years.

There are only two wrinkles for this event. One is that a few players might hold out for better deals. I can confirm that two users have a holdout. What happens is that I will isolate them in the PM and tell you their base deal. If you elect not to sign them, they will stay on your team without playing a down for you until you trade them, release them, or give into their contract demands. Keep in mind that any guaranteed money still left on their contract (annual bonus) is transferred over to the new contract.

The second wrinkle is that some players hate your team to where they will only sign via the franchise tag, which is a one year deal that pays them the average of the Top 5 salaries at their position or 120% of what they made last season, whichever is higher. I will isolate those players and also tell you how much money that comes out to as of this moment. The franchise tag has rarely been used, so while I am not expecting anyone will use it, you never know.

For those who don't remember, the age/max length rule is that you can't sign a player to a longer contract if it will take them past their age-34 season. You can however sign a player through their age-34 season if it was already included in their default contract. For example, if a 33-year-old player asks for a 3 year contract, you can sign him to that deal because it was part of the default deal. You cannot sign them to a 4+ year contract though.

Also remember that sign-and-trades are not allowed. Players signed to 1 year contracts are ineligible to be traded (RFAs signed via tenders are exempt from this rule). Players signed to multi-year contracts are ineligible to be traded until Week 9 of the regular season.
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Signing Your UFAs Rules

1. I will PM everyone their UFAs and the slash line (length/total/signing bonus) of their desired deal. I will also include and isolate any players who are either holding out or hate your team to where they will only sign with you if you place the franchise tag on them.

2. You will PM me back with the following format (using two players from my team as an example)

Re-signing:
C Dimitrius Massey - 3 / $6.51 mil / $1.14 mil
or
C Dimitrius Massey - 2 year default

Franchise Tag:
Nobody

Not re-signing:
QB Matt Ryan

The deadline for signing your UFAs will be Monday, May 10th at Noon ET
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Matt Forte and Dez Bryant are both now on the trade block. Seeking draft picks.

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Time to see how much I manage to hurt the Jets this year.

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If possible, I would like to schedule an appointment in the spreadsheet tonight to get this knocked out.

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Trade #1

Colts receive:
G Jack Mewhort (80 overall, 26 years old)

Seahawks receive:
CB Jason McCourty (82, 33)

Colts will incur a $670k cap penalty to turn a $5.36 mil cap hit into a $1.10 mil cap hit

Seahawks will trade a $1.10 mil cap hit into a $4.69 mil cap hit

The Colts are really up against the cap. Even after trading away their high picks this season, they still need to navigate the cap in order to fulfill their roster obligations. After finding no takers or at least no package that they liked for McCourty, they decided to go after much needed interior OL depth where the untested Mewhort (4 career games in three seasons) could theoretically compete for a starting G job.

Mewhort was the lowest rated interior OL on the Seahawks, which is why he never really played for them, and they desperately need defensive help, so giving up a depth piece like Mewhort for a rental like McCourty makes sense for them, and they have an absurd amount of cap space so the roughly $3.5 mil additional cap cost is nothing to them.

The Colts understood the parameters of the trade, the financial impact, Mewhort's (non-existent) history, and what they hoped to achieve from the trade.

This trade is now official.
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Trade #2

Bears receive:
Panthers 3rd round pick (67th overall)

Browns receive:
CB Janoris Jenkins (80 overall, 28 years old)

The Bears will incur a $470k cap hit to shed a $6.04 mil cap hit.

The Browns will assume a $5.57 mil cap hit.

The Bears are in need of cap space after an earlier trade and find some of their free agents and to-be-selected rookies to be more important than the former #2 overall pick in Jenkins. They also fear that he could dip into the 70s if he and their defense doesn't bounce back to the levels of S13, so selling high here was a potentially prudent choice.

The Browns lost almost their entire CB room to retirement and RFA, so using a pick they received from losing a CB in RFA, they put to use to by getting an upgrade with Jenkins in hopes that his takeaway nature fits in with the Browns D.

Both teams demonstrated that they understood what each party was receiving and giving up, the financial impact, Jenkins' past history, and what each team hopes to achieve.

This trade is now official.
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Anyone looking for a halfback, hmu I may have one for you

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Trade #3

Giants receive:
OT Trent Brown (81 overall, 25 years old)
Colts 3rd round pick (75th overall)

Orcas receive:
Pioneers 2nd round pick (64th overall)
Pioneers 3rd round pick (96th overall)

The Giants will assume a $1.10 mil cap hit

The Orcas will shed a $1.10 mil cap hit

The Giants were seeking to shed draft picks and acquire an OT, and they kill two birds with one stone. Brown and his career 70 blocks vs 7 sacks allowed could be in the mix to be a starting OT next season. Being on his RFA tender, it helps out the Giants with potential cap space woes with their list of UFAs and lots of high and mid-round draft picks.

The Orcas, under new management, wish to aggressively change the team as a whole but specifically the offense and its depth. Brown didn't have a clear path to a starting job in the near future with four 90+ OL under contract for at least two more seasons, so he was really just a luxury on this team and got back decent value for him with the final pick of the third round and a small trade up back into the 2nd round, giving them six Top 100 picks.

Both parties understood what each team was giving up and receiving, the financial impact, Brown's past history, and what each team hoped to achieve.

This trade is now official.
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SockoressKnight posted...

If possible, I would like to schedule an appointment in the spreadsheet tonight to get this knocked out.

I will be in the spreadsheet for the next hour or so if you want to show up.
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drat

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I'm going to be in the spreadsheet for a little while if you happen to be there Socko.
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