Any idea what the Jets’ cap situation was before they started signing all of the new free agents and what it is after signing them? How can they possibly have enough space left to include Rodgers? They must have had tons of cap space going into this signing period.
They’ve been creating some space with contract restructures, and they can do more of that as well as possibly release a high-priced player or two if they need room. Rodgers will count roughly $16M on their cap in 2023, which isn’t a huge amount. Their biggest ’23 cap charge amongst the free agents they signed comes from Lazard, whose deal was structured so the first-year cap hit is only about $3M.
Are the Lions good enough to win the division?
I’m with Wes in that I think that primarily depends on Goff at QB, and how well they replace their touchdown machine in the backfield last season, Jamaal Williams. But it starts with Goff. He went to Pro Bowls with the Rams in 2017-18 with 100 passer ratings. Then over the next two seasons he threw just 42 TD passes with 29 INTs. He earned another Pro Bowl bid last year with the Lions and got his passer rating near triple digits again (99.3, 29 TDs, seven INTs). Is he establishing a new baseline for his level of play, or is he going to regress again? That’s the question.
Not trying to start anything w/Brian from Urbana, IL, but Manning had Dallas Clark, Roethlisberger had Heath Miller, and Aikman had Jay Novacek. While these guys are not in the HOF, they were all Pro Bowl-level talents in their prime. 100% agree with the concept there is more than one way to build an offense though. You can’t have Pro Bowlers everywhere in the cap era. As fans, we need to understand that this isn’t a video game where you can pluck a perfect roster on established ratings.
Is it common for core special-teams players to get a second contract, or do teams tend to prefer young guys that have more potential to develop?
For a long time in Green Bay, it was the latter. Jarrett Bush was one of the only core special-teamers that hung around, and there was constant turnover at other special-teams spots, primarily via draft picks. The last couple years have shown the Packers are changing their stripes in this area.
My memory may not be 100% accurate here, but Ron Wolf was the personnel director with Jets in 1991. I recall an interview where he said the Jets were going to draft Favre with the 35th pick, but the Falcons took him at 34. That sounds, to me, like Ron Wolf knew the moment he…
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