i am dreading my middle 1st round pick this year. that will be like 4am local time for me, but other than that, all dates should be good for me. I would prefer FA not to start April 19th, but I can make it work.

I just don't understand the logic. I draft a guy in the 1st round, he is a good player, but not worth 8 million a year. I have to cut him, losing all FA rights for unlimited bids to him. I draft a guy in the 2nd round (33rd overall), i get him for 4 years and then he becomes a FA, i get unlimited ri...

First year salary is also guaranteed, no? Shouldn't that be in the calculation

Why not make it to where the 2nd bid can't decrease the total value of the contract, but can reduce salary & add to SB? One of the problems I would see in free agency would be teams putting in a HIGHER bid that actually is a lot LESS cost to them against the cap/year. That was something I was t...

About changing the format of a contract, shifting your counter offer to much more SB instead, etc. the only way I can see something like that working is supporting a different point system or formula as I posted earlier in this thread that makes the bid comparisons more sophisticated and can compar...

The last minute thing is a decent idea, but don't forget, one of your league members lives in China. My last minute bids happen because I JUST WOKE UP. FA is killer for me as it is, especially the draft, but rules shouldnt be in place to penalize timing. What brought you to China, cb? I have been l...

The last minute thing is a decent idea, but don't forget, one of your league members lives in China. My last minute bids happen because I JUST WOKE UP. FA is killer for me as it is, especially the draft, but rules shouldnt be in place to penalize timing.

I really think we need to consider the option to reject the 5th year option but retain FA advantage. This just makes sense for how the league is set up. Our advantage in FA is the same as having the rights to negotiate before other teams.

If there was an option to frontload a contract, i would be for more restructuring.

I'm confused then. It seems like we are arguing for the same side. If NFL teams can renegotiate with as many players as they like, why shouldn't we keep our FA rights to players even if we don't chose to take the 5th year option since we can't really simulate the renegotiation before free agency? W...