Harbaugh hasn’t articulated enough to spell it out, but that seems to be the most logical next step. Read more

From the headline on down, this was never a ringing endorsement. Read more

Yes. See here and here. Thanks. Read more

I see your point on Barkley’s price point, as I explained in another comment here. But one of my other points is that the Pats are spending more on RBs these days, at least much more so than in recent seasons. They’re now in the top five of RB spenders; they’re just spreading it around to several low-cost options. Read more

Fair enough. I was viewing positional spending as a whole. The Patriots, once Michel signs, will be committed to $11.2M for their RBs. The Giants, once Barkley signs, will be at $11.35M. Upon further review, the Pats have that figure locked into eight RBs (not all of whom will make the final roster, obviously. Last… Read more

And I’m not saying it’s better to have a RB than a QB, DT, DE, LT, or CB on a rookie contract, in the abstract. Especially a QB, considering the cost in the veteran market. Obviously, the best option is to draft a QB—assuming the QB you’re going to take is the right QB, which recent history has shown is not always the… Read more

I get a lot of what you’re saying, and I’d buy this if it weren’t so easy for teams to manipulate the cap. Because of this CBA’s rollover allowance, which mandates that teams only spend up to 89 percent of the cap across four years, most teams these days typically have oodles of cap room—and the cap also keeps rising.… Read more

No. The Giants won’t have a large cap commitment to Barkley. He’ll cost an average per year of roughly $7.8M across four seasons. It puts him near the top of what all running backs make, yes. But it’s not a lot relative to the cap. Read more

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Good point. I brainfarted and meant Tarik Cohen. I’ve fixed the sentence to reflect that, and to add Dion Lewis. Thanks. Read more

It’s almost as if context matters, huh? Read more

If you must know, I was there to meet with and to get to know sources who will assist me with other stories I’ll do throughout the year. But I also thought it might be fun to pull back the curtain on how the sausage gets made. Read more

Yeah. I’m going to look into this further next week. Thanks. Read more

Whoa. So they’re shifting the tax burden onto the PSL holders? Read more

Yeah, I was gonna get into that but it was a bit too tangential to my point. Read more

Yeah, they get the draft compensation by doing the deal now, whereas they’d get nothing by cutting him next year. And because it’s a top 69 pick—giving them four—that’s a nice bit of draft capital to use to get moving on a rebuild, with cash they’d already set aside to pay JPP. Read more

There’s greater risk in waiting, though. Waiting creates that many more chances for other teams—including teams that don’t necessarily need a starting QB right now, like the Steelers or even the Patriots—taking the guy you might like. Read more

I certainly wouldn’t disagree with that. My point is that Maccagnan’s track record to date hasn’t inspired much confidence, particularly with his drafts, which was supposed to be his strong suit. He’s positioned the Jets well to be aggressive in free agency again next year. But he’s got to get a QB now or else. Simple… Read more

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This is a fair analysis. I’ve changed that sentence and noted why. Thank you. Read more