Both times Peyton Manning won the Super Bowl, his QB hit was above 13 percent, including once (15.9 percent) under the current CBA. Read more

Probably because MLB is a little more brazen with the collusion stuff. But you make a good point, and we’ve suggested it about the NFL in the past. Read more

Sure, as that Jason Fitzgerald tweet in my story suggested, at some point there will be a diminishing return. But not all teams are necessarily angling for four comp picks; some might just want a third- or fourth-rounder. And only 15 teams were awarded comp picks this year. But with more and more teams structuring… Read more

Correct. Had forgotten that in the heat of the moment. Read more

Duh. Fixed that. Thanks. Read more

Yes. Read more

Oof. I fixed that. Thanks. Read more

No. A restructure means converting all or a portion of a given year’s base salary into a signing bonus, which allows the team to spread out the cap hit across the remainder of the deal. The player typically then gets fronted money he would otherwise receive weekly during the season. This also has the effect of pushing… Read more

No. Jason Fitzgerald explained it in my story. If he’s hurt doing a team-related activity or at a team facility, his salary for that season is protected. Any per-game roster bonuses would not be, but the Steelers don’t structure deals with those. This is what happened to Jordy Nelson in 2015; his salary was protected… Read more

Had been Bell been injured in the preseason his salary would have been protected for that year. Read more

I didn’t get into this because it felt too tangential, but there was a report his agent wanted him to take at least one of the Steelers’ offers at some point and that Bell refused. Read more

Guh. I fixed that. Thanks. Read more

Yeah, my story was largely a response to the reports out of Pittsburgh that directly compared the teams’ offers. But in assessing the injury risk, you’re correct that it’s best to weigh the probabilities based on the tag against what the Jets gave him. Read more

The Eagles’ situation with DeMarco Murray in 2015, when he was the same age as Bell is now, comes to mind. They wound up trading him after one year and he played two more seasons with the Titans, but he never came close to earning a substantial portion of the five year, $42 million Philly was supposed to give him. In… Read more

Right. But it only would have become pay cut had he avoided serious injury or a precipitous decline in production. By refusing to play on the tag, he completely shielded himself from that risk to a secure a bigger guarantee. Read more

“Unless his leg fell off last season” is a pretty significant risk for a running back on a one-year deal. Read more

Yep. Duh. It’s fixed. Thanks. Read more

Yeah. I get it. But, again, we’re not part of the league’s own production of its product—a distinction Costas himself seems to understand. And if you were to review our coverage through the years you’d be hard-pressed to find a shop that’s been more adversarial toward the NFL. Read more

After he was nine seasons into the job, sure. As I’ve stated elsewhere, the OTL story says he really only used his platform to address the issue once before that time—in 2010, the year the defenseless receiver rules were implemented and the issue was being covered everywhere. (I covered the Eagles part-time that year… Read more

I honestly don’t know, since we don’t sell ads directly against our NFL content. Read more