Jacksonville landed Malik Jackson.
Him along with Sen'Derrick Marks and Dante Fowler both back from injury is going to make for quite a new look D-line for the Jags.
Titans better draft that lineman. :D
Ridiculously overpaid too.
The #Jaguars deal for DL Malik Jackson is 6 years, $90M with $42M guaranteed, source said. So, wow.
We'll see how good Malik Jackson is when he doesn't have Von Miller and Ware busting the doors down every play.
JPP back to the Giants, Jackson to the Jaguars, rumors are Mario Williams is going to the Dolphins. DEs going quickly, apparently.
Tamba Hali agrees to three-year contract to remain with Chiefs
The Chiefs and Tamba Hali have reached agreement on a three-year contract that will keep the outside linebacker in Kansas City, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Star on Tuesday.ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported an agreement was in place. Hali was set to become a free agent Wednesday.
Hali, 32, finished with 48 tackles last season and 6 1/2 sacks, achieving his sixth Pro Bowl berth, but he’s played through knee issues the last two seasons. He sat out practice most of last year in an effort to keep him fresh for Sundays.
He took a $3 million pay cut to remain with the Chiefs last season. The Chiefs added four voidable years to the contract to spread out his $5 million signing bonus and will be charged $4 million against this year’s salary cap because they didn’t reach a contract extension with Hali by March 4.
No details, but i have to assume this is a one or two year deal in reality. I love the guy, and he has some value as a fan favorite, but that wall for production is quickly approaching. I don't have a problem with the signing unless it is also preventing them from getting a deal done with Derrick Johnson. Of course, while he is also playing at a high level, I don't see him being worth a long term investment either.
Personally, I'd like to see the Chiefs bite the bullet and sign Sean Smith. I don't think CBs are easy enough to acquire to let one go that you have. Maybe use they should have used the tag on him and tried to sign Berry to a deal.
What would his tag dollars have been?
I just wonder if the $14 mi for Smith and an attempt to sign Berry might have made more sense. I'm sure they now where they need to be better than me. I just thought Berry might be easier to sign long term.
I'm surprised they chose to keep Hali. Doesn't seem a priority having signed Justin Houston to an extension. Guess there's no faith in Dee Ford.
Damn, Malik Jackson got paid. Let's hope he isn't Paul Kruger, eh Legion?
Mario Williams to the Dolphins. Only a two-year contract, I find that surprising. Miami is getting really good and spending tons of money for .500 records.
Pay huge money upfront on bad contracts so they can shed them after they've won their championship. It's worked the past 2 years.
Alright Legion, could you help me understand, is this a tactic by the Jaguars to always field just a serviceable team but never a great one? They hope they hit on some of the bad contracts so they keep the player that eventually played up to their contract by keeping the contract? The only way the Jaguars come out ahead is if the player out plays the bad contract. Instead they break even from a bad free agent that they shouldn't have signed in the first place?
The Cap Management bowl is arguably far more important and prestigious than the Super Bowl.
Charles Johnson back to the Panthers. Tampa currently fielding my dead grandmother at DE.
Ben Jones former guard and starting center for the Texans is signing a 4 year deal with the Titans.
He also drank piss
Just realized Ryan Fitzpatrick is ranked number 4 in the Sports Illustrated top 100 free agents.
I'm looking forward to seeing the details of the Malik Jackson contract. If it's anything like other recent Jaguars contracts, it's a glorified 2 year deal.
The Jags got killed by writers when they signed Zane Beadles to a big contract. They released him this offseason, after 2 years of a 5 year deal. Dead money left behind? $0. The deal included roster bonuses up front, with nothing guaranteed past 2 years.
Three of their signings last year, Julius Thomas, Jared Odrick, and Jermey Parnell, are in the same boat. Thomas has a tiny bit of guaranteed money beyond year 2 ($3.6 million), while Odrick and Parnell have $0. Parnell and Odrick's contracts made Grantland's "All-Bad Contracts Team" last year, yet the contracts disappear in year 3 if the team so chooses, and all those big dollars in years 3-5 become $0.
The trick they do that I really like is making the first two years of salary completely guaranteed. It inflates that "guaranteed money" figure by including the salary that you're basically going to pay them anyway, but which is usually not guaranteed. Essentially, you give up the ability to cut the guy after 1 season (since his year 2 salary is guaranteed), in exchange for the ability to cut the guy without any dead money after 2 seasons on forward (as all the guaranteed money was in those two years of salary and/or roster bonuses).
Instead of 5 years, $30 million, they had Zane Beadles for 2 years, $12 million, which is a contract no writer would have trashed the team over. It's all in the details.
Seems pretty straight forward smart IMO.
They landed one of the highest rated FA this year. If it pans out the team is getting better and if doesn't its a 2 year commitment. (specifically this contract we don't know yet though)
I think what I like most about it is if you are going to throw a huge chunk of money at a guy aren't you going to give him 2 years to prove it anyway?
Also lets say the guy doesn't earn 100% of the contract but proves to be a pretty good asset? I find with sports inflation the deals signed now start to look pretty ok in 2-3 years anyways. If you can front load a contract when you have room to spend years 3+ start looking pretty ok unless the guy is an absolute stiff.
It would be a different story if their spending was preventing them from re-signing their good players. The reason they have so much cap money is because they don't have many good players under long-term deals. That will change as Bortles, Robinson, Hurns, etc. reach their first extensions. Until the team has to commit money to long-term extensions for draft picks that worked out, there's no reason for them to not use what they have on a rotating door of free agents, looking for some gems.
I'll say it for you: Thanks, Gene Smith.
The #Jaguars are signing RB Chris Ivory to a deal that's believed to be well above $6M per year.
Huh? I thought Tj Yeldon looked pretty good last year.
Also above 6M a year for Chris Ivory? Doug Martin gonna be a bazillionare by the time he gets signed.
So reports are out that Tamba Hali got 3 years $22 mil and $12 mil guaranteed. That seems a kind of much, but I guess it is essentially a two year deal. But two years means it's north of $6 mil, and might be quite a bit depending on the annual. Maybe the third year is for $10 mil.
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