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The unknown is how the D will play this year. And yes I forgot his name, b/c they change things so often.

Hope we dont caught up in any of these gambling suspensions, I’ve read Stefanski has been big on warning his players about gambling

Every employer has things that will get your in deep trouble from just the appearance. In the NFL it is gambling. No one should have to remind the players, the NFL seems so over the top strict on it. But I am glad he still gets in there to remind them regardless.

Hard to tell how good or bad it is without the details. It seems that RapSheet's info came from the agent, who would try to put it in the best light from the player's perspective. Lumping together guarantees and roster bonuses seems a bit weird. Reading between the lines, it seems like its probably a contract that's easy for the Patriots to cut bait on.

Just a general thought: Unless a contract is guaranteed, most are fairly seamless to get out of after a year or two for the team.

Players would rather get the bulk of their money early and teams like to be able to move on after 2 years.

From the owner's account.......Savage.

Interesting look at the NFL Salary Cap: Three Year Analysis.

Though our Browns rank high in Top 51 Veteran Valuation, it cannot be ignored that the Browns are rated dead last in 2023-25 available cap space and 29th in the entire league in the amount of current prorated money they have committed to the cap over the next 3 seasons ($334,647,784 currently). When money is converted into a bonus that prorates over a number of years — most typically signing bonuses — it can no longer be manipulated for salary cap purposes. These amounts are truly sunk costs on the salary cap, unlike guaranteed salaries that are effectively sunk cash amounts but could still be altered from a cap accounting perspective. Sitting at about 70M over next years proposed Salary Cap, those who don't believe this is a huge issue in the making is just blind to the facts.

Article quote:
"The Browns continue to go all in after years of frivolity, currently leading the NFL in cash spending for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Cleveland ranked first in top 51 veteran valuation in 2022,"

which resulted in a 7-10 last place finish in the AFC North,

"and got significantly better this offseason despite a small slide in the ranking down to sixth, but there are zero excuses for this team to not make the playoffs this season."


Enjoy the read:

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-three-...IM3wMtww6aNWsRhk-_lDgSQ87uvZ02kvUpFCvaHw

this is a BIG year for our entire franchise, as noted by those numbers

Looks like the Bengals were considering an outright cut unless he took less money this year.

The Bengals need Mixon in order to get to the playoffs again.
Restructuring his contract tells me the deals for Burrows
And Higgins may be sooner than later.

A foreshadowing of what the Browns are going to do with Chubb next year. Restructure and extend.

Agreed and I'm sure we'll be fair with him on a new contract. Nick might be the best RB in the league and if our passing game is better with DW and our new WR's he will be even better and a more dangerous weapon.

NFL teams get 240 million dollars PER YEAR, from the television contract alone, ...
and that is up from 199 million per year in 2011,

..... if you google search the nfl tv contract, .......

but whether it is 24 dollars, or 2 billion dollars, what really matters

is the percentage of payout to what is received in.

but they're getting 240 million dollars before anyone buys a ticket,
Do they still have weight benches crowding up a FIFTY yard long indoor practice field? If they do, get the freak out of here.

j/c:



Interesting.

The RB position is just such a fleeting thing. It's nearly plug and play with guys who can be above average. Even the GREAT backs have such a short shelf life

And the better your passing game is the easier it is to have a productive running games with a lesser RB.

good point, especially as a little scat back type

Times are tough out there for the running backs. Blame it on Zeke. Blame it on Todd Gurley. Or just look at the last 10 Super Bowl-winning rosters — only one, 1,000-yard rusher (LeGarrette Blount, 2016 Patriots) and one Pro-Bowl RB (Marshawn Lynch, 2013 Seahawks).

and good RBs rarely win anything of substance, while good QBs do

Baylor WRs never pan out in the NFL. Just ask the Browns

Corey Coleman was so, so bad

Guess they found a trade partner after all.

The Jets have almost an entire new WR corp lol

Of course they do after filling Aaron Rogers wish list.

j/c:



#FreedToddMonken

Zay Jones had a ton of similar buzz leading up to the draft

it seems like Baltimore has more RBs every year than anyone lol

Why is it that I have ZERO problem with Lamar Jackson's offense going 4 wide and trying to throw that thang! It seems as if the Ravens are a team that has a LOT of question marks with the direction of their offense. The Ravens will always be sound in all 3 facets of the game BUT this new emphasis on letting Lamar just throw it around, I am totally fine with that and I think they will regress as a team. JMHO

I don’t know why you have zero problem with it. I won’t guess what kind of year he will have, but 4 wide / spread is exactly the offense I’d put him in if I was a coach. It’s close to perfect for him.

HAHAHAHA! I missed that the ravens signed OBJ. Let the suck fest and excuses begin. Let’s see if Daddy gets another QB shipped. SMH.

I can’t wait for him to miss a clutch game tying pass catch against us this year. I will LMAO@ravens.

There was no problem in L.A. It seems when he was with a good team it wasn't a problem.

the news out of Baltimore is that Zay Flowers is tearing it up and their best WR

that's too bad. He had electric kickoff returns