2018 Free Agent Bids

Please, Only Post Bids On This Thread

If we keep the free agency discussion in it's own thread we will be able to track our bids (and others) with greater ease.

Thank you.



Free Agency starts on Wednesday, February 21st at 8am.

Here are the rules -

1. All players that have been cut or reached the end of their contract, including UFAs, unsigned ERFA or untendered RFAs, will be available on the open market to the highest bidder.

2. Tendered RFAs and players designated a transition tag or non-exclusive franchise tag can also be bid on but the tendering team may require compensation and also has the right to match the best offer.

3. There will be no bonuses and all contracts will be on yearly average wage. We will not assume how many or how few years a player is signed with a team with the exception of players that accept their Tenders or players that are signed to a minimum contract. Those are all 1 year deals.

4.All bids must be 10% higher than the last bid, rounded to the nearest $1000, or $1M more than the previous bid, whichever is lesser.

5. You have 24 hours from a won bid to sign your free agent. If you do not sign him then he will be signed automatically. You may cancel your bid before then and the player's highest bid will be set to a prior value or restarted at the Commissioner's discretion. If you win the rights to a player but refuse to sign him you will no longer be permitted to bid on that same player.

6. A player can't be signed to a minimum contract until March 24th at 8am. At that point teams have 24 hours to make a minimum bid for any already bid on free agent or any new ones from this point on. If more than one team puts in a minimum bid without getting outbid then the owner of the minimum bid will be the team the player was on prior to free agency. If that team did not put in a bid then it would be randomized by the commissioner.

7. You can never be over your adjusted salary cap.

8. Please follow this bidding format to help us keep things organized within the thread. Post your new bid first, followed by the previous bid on the same player. Be sure to use the players full name. Example -
The Giants bid on
Axel Foley
$1,000,000

Previous bid
The Raiders bid on
Axel Foley
$900,000



<update needed> Minimum Veteran Bid Requirements (by accrued years)

0 $465,000
1 $540,000
2 $615,000
3 $690,000
4-6 $775,000
7-9 $900,000
10+ $1,000,000



Won Bids
Chargers bid on DT
Star Lotulelei DT
$9,000,000 2/13 5:59pm

Raiders bid on
Trumaine Johnson
$13,000,000 2/13 11:30pm

Eagles bid on
Trey Burton
$8,000,000 2/14 7:03am

Ravens bid on
Jimmy Graham
$7,750,000 2/14 7:24am

Minnesota Vikings won
Marcus Sherels CB
$6,000,000 2/14 5:45am

The Texans won
Kenny Vaccaro SS
$6,000,000 2/14 10:10am

The Cardinals won
Sam Bradford QB
$6,000,000 2/14 10:10am

Raiders won
Trumaine Johnson
$13,000,000 2/13 11:30pm

Chargers won
Star Lotulelei DT
$9,000,000 2/13 5:59pm

New York Jets won
Ryan Jensen C –
$11,000,000 2/14 11:42pm

Bears won
Prince Amukmara - CB
$9,000,000 2/14 1:01pm

Minnesota Vikings won
Jerick McKinnon RB
$9,000,000 2/14 1:20pm

NY Jets won
Morris Claiborne
$7,500,000 2/14 4:43pm

The Packers won
Johnathan Joseph CB
$9,500,000 2/14 8:31pm

The Cardinals won
Paul Richardson WR
$9,000,000 2/14 10:27am

The Minnesota Vikings won
Kirk Cousins QB
$41,250,000 2/15 1:30am

Eagles won Nigel Bradham
$11,000,000 2/15 5:59am

The Minnesota Vikings won
Josh Kline G
$8,000,000 2/15 3:29am

Philadelphia Eagles won
Demario Davis LB
$10,010,000 2/15 5:59am

The Bengals won
Le'Veon Bell RB
$20,000,000 2/15 8:34am

Cleveland Browns won
Carlos Hyde RB
$7,500,000 2/15 8:46am

Patriots won
CB Patrick Robinson
$8,000,000 2/15 5:25am

The Texans won
Orleans Darkwa
$6,000,000 2/15 8:54am

Ravens won
Daniel Kilgore
$6,000,000 2/15 9:07am

49ers won
Andrew Norwell OG
$20,000,000 2/15 3:56pm

The Broncos won
Nate Solder OT
$ 17,750,000 2/15 6:52pm

The Texans won
Allen Robinson
$17,500,000 2/15 7:35pm

New York Giants won
Juston Pugh
$11,000,000 2/15 12:37pm

Tennessee Titans won
Eric Reid SS
$10,175,000 2/15 7:28pm

The Denver Broncos won
Teddy Bridgewater QB
$7,700,000 2/15 2:34pm

Indianapolis Colts won
Tahir Whitehead
$10,670,000 2/15 11:50am

Tennessee Titans won
E.J. Gaines CB
$12,500,000 2/15 8:08pm

Denver Broncos won
Avery Williamson LB
$12,250,000 2/15 9:08pm

San Diego Chargers won
Terrelle Pryor
$8,000,000 2/15 4:35pm

The Broncos won
DE Muhammad Wilkerson
$9,500,000 2/15 9:08pm

The Broncos won
CB Vontae Davis
$9,500,000 2/15 9:08pm

 

Oh ok cool so the highest average per year wins?

 

Yep, that would be the basics of it.

 

Pretty much we generally don't assume years unless the contract type being offered is by rule a 1-year deal.

 

Just wanted to let you know, the offensive guards and offensive tackles pages only shows tackles on both.

 

Good catch. It's just a handy reference though.

 

That's still not fixed? I mentioned it in the main GM thread long ago. Well, I guess we'll be playing hide and seek with finding free agent guards. Or maybe we'll just sign the lower-tier tackles and move 'em inside.

 

Tim has to do it. I don't think he's read the post here yet. It must have gotten lost with the other messages on the main thread.

 

Torgo you around? You need to get your stuff done by tomorrow morning if you have anything.

 

I got it situated but that list is simply a reference, not a complete listing of every available free agent.

 

Ya I figured 2 posts up from where you quoted.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT
THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED WITH OFFERS STARTING AT $6M
We will allow lesser offers within a few days once the market settles.
Players may still be offered vet minimums but they can't be outbid yet for less than the minimum bid amount.

 

So to be clear, free agency opens tomorrow at 8:00 am, but only for free agents that will be receiving an opening bid of $6M or higher?

 

Yes.

We're going to slow down the market place a bit to make it a bit easier to track.

 

Does free agency definitely start tomorrow? It says tomorrow some places and the 21st others...

 

The 21st may be last year.

 

It was moved from the 21st to the 13th.

 

Tim probably just copy and pasted it from last year and updated it later. It was always starting on the 13th. The day of the week was wrong when it was the 13th anyways.

 

Remember to have all relative options and tenders declined or signed before FA opens or they lock in as accepted options and UFAs respectively.

 

Okays, thanks for the help.