~2018 NFL Thread~

[betarhoalphadelta]

Well, either way we'll know by 4:00 PM ET on Tuesday. That's the deadline for him to play or not in the NFL in 2018.

[FearlessF]

I'll bet he signs

I think I read he's already missed almost 8 million

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'll bet he signs

I think I read he's already missed almost 8 million

The point was for him to avoid wear and tear and injury risk... If he signs now he's probably only going to make $4.25M-6.15M guaranteed for the year [depending on whether the Steelers apply for a 2-week roster exemption], and could potentially play in as many as 9-11 games depending on the playoffs. 
If he doesn't sign, the Steelers can't put the franchise tag on him again unless they want to pony up ~$25M guaranteed for one year, which they won't do.
IMHO, his smartest move is not to sign. If he wouldn't take $14.5M over 16-20 games [incl playoffs], why would he take well under half that for half the games, when he could still have a season-ending or career-ending injury?
After all, look at what happened to Dez Bryant today... Will probably never play again if his achilles is actually torn. 

[ELA]

Yeah, at this point t he avoids the wear and tear, but keeps the injury risk.  At this point I wouldn't bother signing at all.  I saw some rumors that have him signing with the Texans in the off-season.  That division is so garbage they would easily be the best team in it

[ELA]

Bengals going full Bengal

[ELA]

Saints also with some great uniforms.  Purdue looked great in this look too, it's a shame what they've done the last 5-6 years.  Worst uniforms in the Big Ten now by a LONG shot.

[ELA]

The classic Rams blue and yellow might be my favorite NFL uniforms ever

[rook119]

The point was for him to avoid wear and tear and injury risk... If he signs now he's probably only going to make $4.25M-6.15M guaranteed for the year [depending on whether the Steelers apply for a 2-week roster exemption], and could potentially play in as many as 9-11 games depending on the playoffs.
If he doesn't sign, the Steelers can't put the franchise tag on him again unless they want to pony up ~$25M guaranteed for one year, which they won't do.
IMHO, his smartest move is not to sign. If he wouldn't take $14.5M over 16-20 games [incl playoffs], why would he take well under half that for half the games, when he could still have a season-ending or career-ending injury?
After all, look at what happened to Dez Bryant today... Will probably never play again if his achilles is actually torn.

I didn't know about the loophole. Yea he's better off just holding out. He'll get signed and at say 17M/year you are still getting one of the best players in the league for Jarvis Landry money.

Packers, Colts, Cards, Lions (do they have cap room?), Seahawks, Texans, and Jets could all use him. 

[ELA]

I've seen Texans as the most likely destination

[MrNubbz]

The classic Rams blue and yellow might be my favorite NFL uniforms ever

Really?I like the the classic originals - the ones the fearsome foursome played in

[Kris60]

The classic Rams blue and yellow might be my favorite NFL uniforms ever

Me too. I love them.

[Mdot21]

reports starting to surface that John Harbaugh is out at the Ravens at the end of the season. Would be a terrible mistake in my opinion. Hell of a coach.

Anybody with a set of eyeballs could've seen that giving Joe Flacco a $27 million a year contract to pair with an aging defense was going to lead to a decline. Ravens owner should fire himself for ever giving Joe Flacco that contract.

[rook119]

Why is #52 looking right at where Turbinsky is throwing and going the opposite way? 

How in the world did #26 end up on his head????

[ELA]

Was really hoping that was the all-bust duo of Jarrad Davis and Teez Tabor, but not.  Unfortunately they are probably not even in the game because somehow these two clowns are actually better.