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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 28, 2013 16:29:19 GMT -5
ESPN's John Clayton and Chris Mortensen believe impending free agent Joe Flacco could command over $20 million per season in his new contract.
Former Raiders and 49ers OT Kwame Harris is facing domestic violence charges for allegedly assaulting his ex-boyfriend.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 16:43:20 GMT -5
ESPN's John Clayton and Chris Mortensen believe impending free agent Joe Flacco could command over $20 million per season in his new contract. Former Raiders and 49ers OT Kwame Harris is facing domestic violence charges for allegedly assaulting his ex-boyfriend. Rotoworld Good luck with that Flacco. I wouldn't pay him that much. Stealing (and apparently wearing) your ex-boyfriends underwear is an assaultable offense. You learn something new everyday.
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Post by BRV on Jan 28, 2013 18:02:04 GMT -5
ESPN's John Clayton and Chris Mortensen believe impending free agent Joe Flacco could command over $20 million per season in his new contract. I know Joe Flacco's had a good run the last few weeks, but if history tells us anything, when you overpay a quarterback for a few good weeks, you end up giving $59 million to Ryan Fitzpatrick.
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Post by Error on Jan 28, 2013 18:11:04 GMT -5
As for the Pro Bowl I'm honestly surprised that the owners haven't outright ended it somehow. All it would take is for a superstar player to get a serious injury in a game that no one cares about. I think they tried after it was in Miami but the players raised hell because it would have killed off a lot of bonuses.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 28, 2013 18:21:35 GMT -5
Sources tell CBS' Jason La Canfora free agent Reggie Bush is "highly unlikely" to re-sign with the Dolphins.
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Post by Orange on Jan 28, 2013 18:24:47 GMT -5
Sources tell CBS' Jason La Canfora free agent Reggie Bush is "highly unlikely" to re-sign with the Dolphins. Denver's a beautiful city, Reggie.
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Post by Sektor on Jan 28, 2013 18:27:52 GMT -5
ESPN's John Clayton and Chris Mortensen believe impending free agent Joe Flacco could command over $20 million per season in his new contract. I know Joe Flacco's had a good run the last few weeks, but if history tells us anything, when you overpay a quarterback for a few good weeks, you end up giving $59 million to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Well that's an easy call when it's Fitzpatrick or Kevin Kolb, but Flacco is in that talent bracket where it's really hard to tell what he's worth. He's never been bad for an entire season, but he's got the potential to throw your team out of a game, like Tony Romo or Jay Cutler. I predict he'll be overpaid because he's a franchise quarterback, but that it won't be offensive. I'd sign him to $16 or $17 million a year, but he'll be able to squeeze 20-plus out of someone, even if it isn't the Ravens.
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Post by BRV on Jan 28, 2013 18:51:05 GMT -5
Well that's an easy call when it's Fitzpatrick or Kevin Kolb, but Flacco is in that talent bracket where it's really hard to tell what he's worth. He's never been bad for an entire season, but he's got the potential to throw your team out of a game, like Tony Romo or Jay Cutler. I predict he'll be overpaid because he's a franchise quarterback, but that it won't be offensive. I'd sign him to $16 or $17 million a year, but he'll be able to squeeze 20-plus out of someone, even if it isn't the Ravens. If he signed in the $16 or $17 million range, which is offensive and abhorrent in my eyes, would put Joe Flacco's contract in the same breath as those of only three quarterbacks: Drew Brees, Peyton Manning and Michael Vick. Joe Flacco's average contract value should be no higher than the $12 to $13 million range, which would put him in the range of Matt Schaub, Sam Bradford, Ben Roethlisberger and Matthew Stafford, a group that he barely qualifies as being worthy of being a part of. Joe Flacco is okay to pretty good, and okay to pretty good quarterbacks don't make $16 to $17 million annually.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 28, 2013 19:22:31 GMT -5
According to ESPN's John Clayton, Matt Ryan will "clearly" target Drew Brees money in 2013 extension talks.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 28, 2013 19:49:45 GMT -5
Flacco is the pure definition of inconsistent. Some weeks he'll have games on par with Brees, Rodgers, Peyton, and Brady. Other weeks he'll put quarterbacking back a few decades with how bad he plays
He's honestly lucky to even get a double digit yearly payout with his inconsistency.
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Post by BearDogg-X on Jan 28, 2013 22:16:03 GMT -5
It's not just Saints fans, football fans in general hate Goodell(see NFL Draft last two years).
edit: NFL fans were spoiled in terms of Commissioners, 4 decades of awesome(Rozelle and Tagliabue) followed by a clueless imbecile.
Besides that, if your team got screwed over by false accusations made by two disgruntled former employees, one of which lied to the head coach about one of his kids being killed in a car accident(which led to said employee's termination), then you'd hate Goodell as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 22:17:51 GMT -5
Flacco is the pure definition of inconsistent. Some weeks he'll have games on par with Brees, Rodgers, Peyton, and Brady. Other weeks he'll put quarterbacking back a few decades with how bad he plays He's honestly lucky to even get a double digit yearly payout with his inconsistency. He's not inconsistent. His offensive line was not set up correctly. If you want to talk inconsistent, look at Matt Schaub or Tony Romo or Cam Newton. Flacco has to play against some of the strongest defenses in the league and his offensive line wasn't even set up correctly until the Playoffs began!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 22:22:47 GMT -5
Someone tell me if this is right or not: If the Niners win the Superbowl, Kaepernick would be the 1st African-American starting QB to win.
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Post by BearDogg-X on Jan 28, 2013 22:23:22 GMT -5
Someone tell me if this is right or not: If the Niners win the Superbowl, Kaepernick would be the 1st African-American starting QB to win. No. Doug Williams with the Redskins in Super Bowl XXII
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 28, 2013 22:23:34 GMT -5
Flacco is the pure definition of inconsistent. Some weeks he'll have games on par with Brees, Rodgers, Peyton, and Brady. Other weeks he'll put quarterbacking back a few decades with how bad he plays He's honestly lucky to even get a double digit yearly payout with his inconsistency. He's not inconsistent. His offensive line was not set up correctly. If you want to talk inconsistent, look at Matt Schaub or Tony Romo or Cam Newton. Flacco has to play against some of the strongest defenses in the league and his offensive line wasn't even set up correctly until the Playoffs began! We have as a football viewing public lost what a good QB looks like compared to a great one. A good one sometimes doesn't win a game they played well in and they have more bad games then a great one. Also they are a bit more dependent on their team around them.
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Post by Orange on Jan 28, 2013 22:24:05 GMT -5
Doug Williams is the first one that comes to mind, no idea if there's an earlier example - but I doubt it all things considered.
Kind of crazy, Wikipedia says that he was promoted to starter mid-season and it eventually led to a mauling of the Broncos (grr). It'd be cool to see Kaep do the same thing in leading his team to a blowout.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 28, 2013 22:24:31 GMT -5
Flacco is the pure definition of inconsistent. Some weeks he'll have games on par with Brees, Rodgers, Peyton, and Brady. Other weeks he'll put quarterbacking back a few decades with how bad he plays He's honestly lucky to even get a double digit yearly payout with his inconsistency. He's not inconsistent. His offensive line was not set up correctly. If you want to talk inconsistent, look at Matt Schaub or Tony Romo or Cam Newton. Flacco has to play against some of the strongest defenses in the league and his offensive line wasn't even set up correctly until the Playoffs began! One of his worst games ever was against the Jets........ Your argument is invalid. In fact he tends to have a lot of bad games against bad teams.......he strangely enough plays lights out usually against the upper tier teams.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 28, 2013 22:24:40 GMT -5
To Joe Flacco, worry about winning the Super Bowl first before worrying about getting "elite QB" money.
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Post by Orange on Jan 28, 2013 22:25:48 GMT -5
Elite QBs should be the only ones to get elite money. Average QBs get average money - just what Flacco deserves.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 28, 2013 22:26:08 GMT -5
CBS' Jason La Canfora says "plenty of teams" see impending free agent Cardinals QB Brian Hoyer as a "strong No. 2 who could thrive as a spot starter."
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported on Total Access Monday night that Joe Flacco intends to target more money than Peyton Manning in contract talks with the Ravens.
Per Rapoport, Flacco and the Ravens will resume negotiations immediately after the Super Bowl. "I'm told his camp believes he is playing better than Peyton Manning," Rapoport reported. "Manning makes ($19.2M) a year; expect them to shoot higher than that." The $20 million-per-year figure is clearly Flacco's goal. The Ravens ought to be kicking themselves for not locking up Flacco when his asking price was more reasonable late last offseason.
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