As Aaron Rodgers ponders his NFL future, the Steelers protected their rights in the event that he decides to play football this year by extended the UFA tender to Rodgers. The UFA tender is a one year contract that is worth 110% of his prior year salary- about $15 million in this case- and does […]
The numbers are in for Will Anderson’s record setting $150 million contract extension with the Texans so let’s see just how it stacks up with the rest of the league and how it may help contracts move forward in the future. First the basic details of the contract. Anderson’s three year extension contains $150 million […]
With the 1st round complete I decided to evaluate each trade using the Fitzgerald-Spielberger draft chart. The chart which Brad and I created is based on past results of NFL drafts. These values are not going to be indicative of typical trade markets in the NFL but they do provide you the expected returns on […]
To gain more flexibility prior to the draft the Bears restructured the contracts of OL Jonah Jackson and TE Cole Kmet to gain $10.375M in cap room. Prior to the restructures the Bears had the least amount of cap room in the NFL, well under $1 million. This gives Chicago some wiggle room in the […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done this exercise, but with the 2026 NFL Draft just a few days away, I thought I’d revisit an estimation on the number of UDFA signings that each team might sign. This is calculated with some very simple math: take the sum of current rostered players as estimated by […]
The Bengals made a big splash just a few days before the draft trading for DT Dexter Lawrence of the Giants and giving up the 10th overall pick to make it happen. It’s a huge price to pay for a player who will turn 29 during the 2026 season and is looking for a contract […]
With the NFL draft rapidly approaching I thought it would be a good time to do our look at where teams are hitting on good players in the draft and where we can often find high quality talent in free agency. Using those two numbers gives a strong indication of ways to approach the draft […]
Dave Birkett reported today that the Lions decided to exercise their contractual right to force retired center Frank Ragnow to pay back part of his signing bonus due to his retirement. I had a few questions on this and thought it would be good to share some thoughts about situations like this and what is […]
On March 9, the 2026 compensatory draft picks were released. As always, upon seeing the official release it’s proper to judge how my projection did against it. Team Rd Compensated Departure MIN 3 Sam Darnold PHI 3 Milton Williams PIT 3 Dan Moore Jr. SF 4 Aaron Banks LV 4 Trevon Moehrig PIT 4 Justin […]
ESPN’s Field Yates is reporting that the Browns and star Edge rusher Myles Garrett have agreed to a modified contract where the two sides have agreed to push back the option dates in his contract from late March to early September. This is a pretty bizarre move on Garrett’s end as it defers the payment […]