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Because he led the Chargers to the playoffs once. Duh.

Kansas City is run by fucking Jedis. They can see into the future.

No doubt there are ways to “spread” and “prorate” the cap but at the end of the day it catches up with you, It doesn’t magically go away. My Saints are a perfect example of what spreading out the cap and prorating it can do. They are currently $67 million OVER the 2025 cap and have $48 mil in dead cap. The Browns are $23 mil over the cap and don’t have anything resembling a QB. Crazy is if they were to cut Watson today, that over the cap number would jump to $123 million!! That is how much has been spread into the future.

Yes they will. Both teams will overpay for free agents like always. In 2017 the Browns signed Brock Osweiler for $16 mil guaranteed and promptly released him. It was basically a cap compliance move and to purchase some draft picks.

Uhh, that is 2025 cap space and the 2025 NFL year doesn’t even start until March 12th. For the next 2 mos teams need to re-sign their own FAs which will close that gap significantly. For example Chase’s future LARGE salary isn’t reflected in that number, only the tiny 5th year tender price is,,, which he will NEVER play for. Any player who will be an FA has zero dollars currently allocated to the cap, ex Higgins. He currently counts for $0 to any NFL team’s cap right now.

Without a doubt this shit drives me fucking crazy. The worst is every talking head in the media spouting of the same BS about the Bengals not paying their players. They MUST pay their players the same amount as every other team. Every team must spend to 90% of the cap amount every year, minimum. They are also required to spend a minimum of 95% of the league cap figure on a rolling 5 year period. Failure to do so requires the owner to send a check to the Players’ Union to make up the shortfall. NO team spends over the CAP. It’s not fucking baseball or the NBA. There is no luxury tax. You can’t spend over the Cap. Well I guess you can but.,, ”If a team goes over the salary cap, they are fined upwards of five million dollars for each violation of the cap. In more severe scenarios, draft picks can be confiscated entirely and player contracts can be voided. Teams over the cap are also banned from signing any new players until they are back below the cap again.” BTW, the reason most teams have a little cap space left every year is due to contract incentives. They leave a little space in case a player hits an incentive so they can pay it in this year. That is why most incentives are only $500k to maybe $1mil.

Stop pretending NFL teams are like college teams. The spread was -7.5. Burrow only managed 10 points but I am assuming he isn’t at fault because he is Joe Burrow? Is it your opinion that Joe Burrow and Chase didn’t need to practice to beat weaker teams? Again, I was at the game and the defense played OK, offense was absolutely vanilla. Also, the Bengals defense held them to 16 points which isn’t bad.

Those guys have the same problem Callahan has at Tennessee. Their future franchise QB looks like crap. Richardson isn’t of any use with a 47% comp rate but he is still only 22. I have a little more faith in Levis but he had moments where he looked utterly horrible. Andy Dalton 2nd half Chargers playoff game horrible on numerous occasions. Crazy as it sounds, Aaron Rodgers might be a decent 1 year solution in Tennessee.

But he is a genius and what not.

Yeah, when I saw that starting Chiefs line up I knew we were done.

The Bengals didn’t have Higgins and Chase had only been practicing for a week, was nursing his own injury but did play. I was at the game, Chase wasn’t 100%. And did you see the game yesterday? See what happened when Tee went out?

To be fair, Taylor didn’t have his #1 or 2 WRs in camp. The first game is not the time to get your timing down.

Beat me to it.

Mayo fired. Vrabel rumored to be next coach.

Oh, I think he is a good coach, I just think HE may want to move on.

Jets already have cleaned house What does Stefanski have to show for 5 years at Cleveland? A playoff win with Baker Mayfield?

Well, its one thing to pay certain positions top dollar. We can't afford to pay top dollar for a #1 AND a #2 receiver unless our QB is on a rookie salary or discounted like Sam Darnold OR we go cheap other places. 20% of the cap space can not go to the WR position.

He is clearing $40k a month after taxes. That does not include his $1.05mil signing bonus.

He left Georgia for Alabama his junior year. Gotta wonder what that was all about. Basically a guy who has had adults wash his balls for the last 10 years. Went to the best high school "football" schools most likely for free while adult men worshipped and drooled all over him. Then went to 2 powerhouse SEC schools where he was most likely assigned a "guy" to take care of his day to day activities. Basically another version of Johnny Manziel.

Well, we had Tee, Chase and Trey ALL of this year and we probably don't make the playoffs unless something magical happens in Denver. Basically spending more money to keep the status quo. The best teams in the league don't tie up that kind of money with 4 players. Just can't do it.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Stefanski try and get out of there.

Monday Monday.... The Hot Seat??!! LV Raiders: 4-12. Current coach Antonio Pierce 1 year. New minority owner Tom Brady. No legitimate QB. Fired the O coordinator, QB and Oline coach in November. Team is in total disarray. Never hire the players' buddy. New York Giants 3-13. Current coach Brian Daboll 3 yrs 18-31-1. Lost 10 in a row then inexplicably beat the Colts last week. No legitimate QB, in fact they benched and released their "22-44-1 Franchise QB" earlier in the season. Jacksonville Jaguars 4-12. Current coach Doug Pederson 3 yrs 22-28. According to team owner this was supposed to be the best team ever assembled in Jacksonville. Trevor Lawrence is quickly becoming a footnote in the NFL. We shall see. Dallas Cowboys 7-9 Current Mike McCarthy 5yrs 49-34. McCarthy's contract ends at approximately 4pm EST today and well, its the Cowboys. Cleveland Browns 3-14 Current Kevin Stefanski 5yrs 40-44. The gift that keeps on giving, Deshaun Watson, simply can't be blamed on Stefanski. I would be more worried about him stepping down since the future looks horrible but we shall see. New England Patriots 3-13 Current Jarod Mayo 1 year. Guessing he gets another year but it has been pretty ugly except the win against the Bengals of course. Maye looks like a keeper at QB. UPDATE: Mayo fired. Tennessee Titans 3-13 Current Brian Callahan 1 year. Tough 1st year for the former Bengals OC. The QB of the future looks NOTHING the part. Callahan is probably safe but the QB spot is a serious issue. Interim Coaches who should be looking for employment elsewhere... New York Jets 4-12. Nobody cares who the interim coach is. Fired both the head coach and GM already. Needs to be burned down. No QB. New Orleans Saints 5-11. They show signs of life on occasion but this is a complete tear down and rebuild. No QB. Chicago Bears 4-12. Just another day in the park on a Saturday, you would think it was the 4th of July. Probably ok at QB for now but their coaching this year was borderline criminal. So I am guessing 7 for sure vacancies. UPDATES: Mayo fired.

A healthy Sam Hubbard would help significantly. Mike Hilton gonna be a tough decision, he has been great. Gesecki another Mike I would want back.

By the way, Volson made me vomit in my mouth a few times.