It’s a CBA rule, but it’s one the owners actually like because agents say the owners frequently point to it as an excuse for refusing to put guarantees into contracts. Read more

Wait what? Look at the URL; it never changed. Keep digging, bucco. Read more

Wow, yeah, it’s almost as if the entire NCAA system places the burden of loyalty completely on the players. While also stripping those players of any earning power. Who knew? Read more

*whispers* Click the link in the last line of my story. Read more

Yes. Duh. Should be fixed. Read more

If there’s anything you want to share, feel free to reach me at [email protected]. Read more

Right, yeah. I’m just wondering whether the replay official at that time would have picked up on that and agreed that the call should have offset—and whether every replay official would have done so. Read more

Yes, you’re correct—the replay official would have the ability to see the live-action clip as part of its review. The issue is whether it would be “clear and obvious” to each and every replay official that Williams also committed a penalty under those circumstances. I’m not so sure, and that uncertainty is where this… Read more

Come to think of it, I guess they could use the live angle, too, based on the wording of the statement. But it all boils down to a lot more nuance than was intended. The goal is to prevent a repeat of Rams-Saints, but clearly a lot more plays that are far less obvious are going to be affected. Read more

But when would they have seen the OPI? The broadcast angles are all they have, and what was broadcast didn’t show the OPI, except on closer inspection of the real-time play. Look again at the four GIFs in the post. Read more

Possibly? But Riveron said they’d have caught the OPI, when it’s not at all clear that they would have. Read more

A reader brings up a great point: Where was Caserio in all this? How could he not have communicated to the Texans anything about the clause in his contract? Especially since he and Easterby share an agent. Read more

I probably could have been more clear about this, but the path I was referring to is a feature of the current CBA, which severely restricts the compensation for all draft picks and strips them of any bargaining power. You’re correct that the Giants, Steelers, and Ravens were all built similarly to the Seahawks, but… Read more

I dunno. I just know that in the last five seasons, they’ve only missed the playoffs once, and that the Patriots (14) and Seahawks (eight) are the only teams to have played more playoff games in that span, with the Packers having played the same number (seven). Read more

Their pro football coverage is outstanding. I have no reservations about saying that openly. Also, thank you. Read more

That’s fair. I probably should have focused more on the cap implications than the cash. But assuming the cap keeps rising, Wentz’s percentage likely won’t be all that high. The maximum average of the new money (i.e., the extension) is 17 percent at the time of signing. But it’s possible the Eagles structured it to… Read more

And now you’ve moved the goalposts. Your original point (emphasis mine) was that “[t]his contract did NOTHING to make Wentz paid in a similar amount to Foles—what did that was the rookie wage scale.” Now you’re trying to say that any comparison to Foles’s deal is improper, while also misrepresenting the numbers I… Read more

You’re somehow making the same point I did while simultaneously misreading what I said. Read more

I mean, from a pedantic-semantic point of view, you’re correct. But had the Eagles waited till next offseason or later, the market for the extension would have risen considerably, and so would the Eagles’ overall outlay, in cash and cap. That’s the whole point. Read more

LOL, who’s throwing up technicalities here? Read more