Resigning ours is fine within reason - Lewis at no more than 10- or let him walk if the money is needed to get a top notch Center! Jordyn I would resign for say 9 mil, maybe 10 , I believe he will continue to get better. Fant , NO- Williams ,Yes but it has to be not crazy ,16 to 17 - Colby no more than 4 mil- and Please renegotiate with Tyler and keep him!
Key is the offsets. They have not been doing a lot to create long term contracts so they need to keep bringing in players this even if guys do sign elsewhere, lack of depth means others come in, late, thus cheap. For a while we were near the top with comps. Multiple LOB and D players left for greener pastures years ago.
I freaking hate freaking compensatory picks. We wasted loads of them back in the LOB days. Now, McVay is getting all pros with theirs. I'll admit those are some sour-ass grapes. However, I do have some serious complaints about freaking compensatory picks that don't sit well with me:
I love the structure of the NFL. By that I mostly mean I like the salary cap that puts all teams on an even field. The way the seasonal opponents' system creates a slightly easier schedule for the lesser teams, and hence creates a more competitive season for everyone.
The compensatory pick system seems to punish weaker teams and reward the better teams, which flies in the face of seemingly every other aspect of the NFL. Sticking with the idea of helping the weaker teams the NFL might do the exact opposite and give "compensatory picks" to teams that lose players but no one wants. I'm mostly kidding, but my point stands that the current system seems to reward the best performing teams and punishes the poorer performing teams.
I’m not a fan of the salary cap. Partly it’s philosophical: I hate contrived markets, especially when they operate to disadvantage of workers. I also think the cap has lowered the quality of the game and resulted in some genuinely bad football teams.
You'd be shocked at how popular articles about comp picks are with fans. I am with you though. For some reason, comp picks dominate talk at certain points of the year or when talking about keeping/losing/signing players.
Who wants to have players playing for them because we were willing to overpay? I want players who want to be here bad enough that a rational contract makes sense.
Good article and I needed the refresher. Kinda stunned that any Seahawk fans thought Cody Barton was a valuable piece. All I ever seemed to hear was criticism of his play. I always thought his biggest problem was that he's undersized, well, next to taking bad angles and over-pursuing.
haha. Aside from being too small to get off blocks, bad at pursuing ball carriers, and incapable of covering tight ends, Barton was a great linebacker.
Haha, I yelled his name preceded by an expletive more than a few times watching games. But I thought he could have been a valuable special teamer if they had kept the focus there. He nor Ben Burr-Kirven were ever going to be starting caliber middle linebackers. 3rd round seems rich for a special teams guy but at least 2 people should have to get hurt before you see “Dammit, Barton!” starting games on defense.
Solid explanations, thanks SSJ!
Niners and LARams really have their machines cranking, losing minority coordinators & GMs doubled up the haul.
Interesting model, especially since they both used draft picks aggressively to acquire vet talent.
Resigning ours is fine within reason - Lewis at no more than 10- or let him walk if the money is needed to get a top notch Center! Jordyn I would resign for say 9 mil, maybe 10 , I believe he will continue to get better. Fant , NO- Williams ,Yes but it has to be not crazy ,16 to 17 - Colby no more than 4 mil- and Please renegotiate with Tyler and keep him!
Key is the offsets. They have not been doing a lot to create long term contracts so they need to keep bringing in players this even if guys do sign elsewhere, lack of depth means others come in, late, thus cheap. For a while we were near the top with comps. Multiple LOB and D players left for greener pastures years ago.
This stuff makes my head hurt......
I freaking hate freaking compensatory picks. We wasted loads of them back in the LOB days. Now, McVay is getting all pros with theirs. I'll admit those are some sour-ass grapes. However, I do have some serious complaints about freaking compensatory picks that don't sit well with me:
I love the structure of the NFL. By that I mostly mean I like the salary cap that puts all teams on an even field. The way the seasonal opponents' system creates a slightly easier schedule for the lesser teams, and hence creates a more competitive season for everyone.
The compensatory pick system seems to punish weaker teams and reward the better teams, which flies in the face of seemingly every other aspect of the NFL. Sticking with the idea of helping the weaker teams the NFL might do the exact opposite and give "compensatory picks" to teams that lose players but no one wants. I'm mostly kidding, but my point stands that the current system seems to reward the best performing teams and punishes the poorer performing teams.
Just a bit of a contrarian's POV.
I’m not a fan of the salary cap. Partly it’s philosophical: I hate contrived markets, especially when they operate to disadvantage of workers. I also think the cap has lowered the quality of the game and resulted in some genuinely bad football teams.
You'd be shocked at how popular articles about comp picks are with fans. I am with you though. For some reason, comp picks dominate talk at certain points of the year or when talking about keeping/losing/signing players.
Let Williams walk if he overpriced himself. Spend $$$ elsewhere
Who wants to have players playing for them because we were willing to overpay? I want players who want to be here bad enough that a rational contract makes sense.
Good article and I needed the refresher. Kinda stunned that any Seahawk fans thought Cody Barton was a valuable piece. All I ever seemed to hear was criticism of his play. I always thought his biggest problem was that he's undersized, well, next to taking bad angles and over-pursuing.
haha. Aside from being too small to get off blocks, bad at pursuing ball carriers, and incapable of covering tight ends, Barton was a great linebacker.
Haha, I yelled his name preceded by an expletive more than a few times watching games. But I thought he could have been a valuable special teamer if they had kept the focus there. He nor Ben Burr-Kirven were ever going to be starting caliber middle linebackers. 3rd round seems rich for a special teams guy but at least 2 people should have to get hurt before you see “Dammit, Barton!” starting games on defense.