2021 GMO Free Agent Bids

5.0 GMO Free Agency

1. All players that have been cut or reached the end of their contract 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.
   1. (Refer to the 2021 GMO Franchise/Transition Tags, RFA's & ERFA's rule for more specifics).
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 Veteran Minimum Contract. Those are all 1 year deals.
   
4. Player bids will be submitted in tiers based on the opening bid.
   1. The 1st tier (in effect beginning when the GMO free Agency opens) will only be for players where the opening bid is $6,000,000 or greater.
      
   2. The 2nd tier will be for players where the opening bid is less than $6,000,000.
      
   3. The final tier will be for players eligible for a Veteran Minimum contract.
      1. The timing for the 2nd tier and Veteran Minimum bids will be determined by the Moderators based on the tempo and/or bid activity of the prior tiers.
5. 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 (see NOTE [1] below).
   
6. A winning bid will be awarded for a player when 48 hours elapses without a higher bid being made.
   
7. 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.
   1. Participants will notify the group that they have, in fact, signed a Free Agent by posting the signing in the 2021 GMO Free Agent Bids thread (see NOTE [2] below).
      
   2. 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.
8. A player can't be signed to a Veteran Minimum Contract until (date TBD) at 8am. At that point teams have 24 hours to make a Veteran Minimum bid for any available free agent from this point on.
   1. 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.
      
   2. If that team did not put in a bid then it would be randomized by the commissioner.
9. You can never be over your adjusted salary cap.

NOTE [1]: 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 - CB
$1,000,000

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

NOTE [2]: Please follow this player signing format to help us keep things organized within the thread.

Example:
The Giants have signed
Axel Foley - CB
$1,000,000

 

Just a sneak peek: Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger will be gracing the free agent board sometime soon.

You know you want em!!!

 

Ya, I got a Buick that needs another dent in the hood.

 

(Placeholder - A complete list of Free Agents will be posted 02/25/21 soon after 4:00 pm)


That's 1:00pm my time correct.......I still have no idea WTF I'm doing......lol

It's fun though and I'm figuring it out as we go along......it does educate you on how difficult it is too be a GM on a Pro Team.

Good Job Lyman, Tim and Will thanks for your input.

 

Browns bid
LB Lavonte David
$7,500,000

Browns bid
EDGE Shaq Barrett
$7,500,000

 

Dolphins bid on the following players.

Lavonte David - LB
$8,500,000

O’dell Beckham Jr - WR
$6,000,000

Leonard Williams - DE
$6,000,0000

Shaq Barrett - EDGE
$6,000,000

Corey Linsey - C
$6,000,000

Aaron Jones - RB
$6,000,000

Curtis Samuel - WR
$6,000,0000

 

All the bids in the first wave have to be at least $6M right?

 

Yes

 

Browns bid
WR Corey Davis
$6,000,000

 

Browns bid
LB Lavonte David
$10,000,000

Previous bid
Miami $8,500,000

 

Whoops lol

 

Seahawks bid
C Alex Mack
$6,000,000

 

ALSO

NOTE [1]: 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 - CB
$1,000,000

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

NOTE [2]: Please follow this player signing format to help us keep things organized within the thread.

Example:
The Giants have signed
Axel Foley - CB
$1,000,000

 

The Patriots bid on:

WR Chris Godwin
$14,000,000

C David Andrews
$8,000,000

G Joe Thuney
$12,000,000

TE Hunter Henry
$11,000,000

DT Dalvin Tomlinson
$11,000,000

WR Curtis Samuel
$7,250,000
Previous bid Miami $6,000,000

 

Seahawks bid
OT Allejandro Villanueva
$7,000,000

 

Raiders bid
EDGE Bud Dupree
$8,000,000

 

Raiders bid
EDGE Olivier Vernon
$7,000,000

 

Seahawks bid
LB K.J. Wright
$7,000,000