2019 Free Agent Bids

Colts bid:
Pierre Desir
$6,000,000

 

Eagles Bid:
Mark Ingram
$6M

 

Raiders bid on
Roger Saffold
$7,000,000

 

Current FA Bids, by Position:

Teddy Bridgewater 6,000,000 Giants
Nick Foles 12,000,000 Jaguars

Le'Veon Bell 22,000,000 Niners
Mark Ingram 6,000,000 Eagles

Tyrell Williams 6,000,000 Patriots

Jared Cook 7,000,000 Raiders

Matt Paradis 10,000,000 Jets
Ja'Wuan James 9,000,000 Broncos
Rodger Saffold 7,000,000 Raiders
Trent Brown 19,000,000 Raiders
Daryl Williams 8,000,000 Giants

Preston Smith 10,000,000 Lions
Ezekiel Ansah 13,000,000 Raiders
Sheldon Richardson 11,000,000 Browns

Jordan Hicks 7,700,000 Lions
Kwon Alexander 8,000,000 Eagles
C.J. Mosley 14,000,000 Browns
Anthony Barr 10,000,000 Jets
Cory Littleton 10,600,000 Redskins

Kareem Jackson 10,000,000 Lions
Bryce Callahan 6,000,000 Bears
Justin Coleman 6,000,000 Lions
Pierre Desir 6,000,000 Colts
Bradley Roby 9,000,000 Browns
Steven Nelson 6,000,000 Steelers

Adrian Amos 10,000,000 Giants
Earl Thomas 16,600,000 Cowboys
Lamarcus Joyner 10,000,000 Raiders

 

The Saints bid on:
CB Steven Nelson
$7,000,000

Previous bid
Steelers
Steven Nelson
$6,000,000

 

ILB C.J. Mosely @ $14,000,000

Going once . . .

 

ILB C.J. Mosely @ $14,000,000

Going twice . . .

 

Raiders re-sign
Jared Cook
$7,000,000

 

BAM . . . SOLD !

The Cleveland Browns sign:

C.J. Mosely, ILB
$14,000,000

 

Oakland has decided to change direction. We rescind the $19m offer to Trent Brown...

Previous bid of $17m for Trent Brown by the NY Jets is back in play...

 

The Dolphins bid on:
Teddy Bridgewater
$8,000,000

Previous bid
Teddy Bridgewater 6,000,000 Giants

 

About the right value for him too...I had him pegged around the $13.5M per year value, no where near the $17M per year that he got.

 

Raiders bid on
Ronald Darby
$7,000,000

 

Giants bid on Teddy Bridgewater

$10,000,000

Previous bid
Miami
$8,000,000

 

Vikings bid on;
RT Ja'Wuan James - $11,000,000

Previous bid;
$9,000,000 - Broncos

 

Since the current CBA was signed, I feel like we’ve seen this kind of thing escalate a bit every year. It’s really kind of expanded the gap between teams willing to spend and those who prefer to be shrewd. At least that’s how it seems to me. Those that spend throw all the rookie savings at veterans. The irony is in the end they still suffer from dead cap issues. Just now it’s created from a different source. Also, it’s starting to feel like no one is untouchable. It’s a player movement buffet every offseason.

 

@Tim
It’s not overly busy. Should we lower the minimum bids yet?

 

Let's lower the minimum tomorrow morning at 8am.

 

The current CBA has created a bunch of problems -- the biggest of which is it actually has affected the quality of the games. Less practice time means less time to work on fundamentals like tackling technique and offensive line play.

But it also created this crazy situation where the NFL "middle class" is repaidly disappearing. All those extra cap dollars are going to the few names that sign big contracts on the first day or two of free agency. It isn't actually bringing up the salaries of everyone -- just inflating the top end numbers completely out of control. The Giants (before making all their moves this offseason) were a rediculous example of it. They had like 5 players whose cap number was greater than 10% of the teams cap! How do you build the rest of the roster when like 60% of your cap goes to 5 guys -- and one of them is a 38 year old QB who you won't cut because it would be awkward some day when he gets inducted into the ring of honor...

 

Well the 60% to five guys thing is interesting. You see it moreso on the teams whose GM is afraid to play chicken with star players. The top players DO get more. And each teams stars sell tickets to the fans. That’s where the politics come in. And a GMs fear of losing a guy who goes on to be great elsewhere.
Take the championship Seahawks; they had a great team on rookie deals. Then when the cheap deals were up they had to pick the “core” guys to keep. Wilson, Wagner, Sherman, Thomas, and Kam all got paid. Eventually they had to move one, two guys to field a team. Unless you’re batting 90% in every draft, which being honest no one can on a regular basis.

That’s why the middle class disappears. So I think we both agree here Xinik. In the Giants case, it was probably half keeping core guys, and half politics/ticket sales (OBJ).
Didn’t help that your drafts were hitting 50% at best and bad coaches were brought in. (McAdoo)
All led to your current situation