Re: UDFA Spending Cap
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:13 am
I personally don't see any issue with the current system.
Even the teams who are more active in signing UDFAs don't sign as many as typical NFL teams.
Also, if a team wants to give a $300K bonus to a WR for example, they do so at their own risk.
In this league we have the luxury to not only see where the undrafted free agents go, but how they performed in rookie camp and maybe even OTAs. There are countless stories online that help show which players are more valuable. Since we have that information - to think some of the players may receive larger than life signing bonuses - seems quite realistic to me, actually. Nobody, I believe is getting an absurd amount of money. Again, if they were - I am not sure why a different GM should be upset about it ... it is free agency and the other GM is quite possibly wasting their own money.
Personally, I prefer not to give them a dime in SB bonus - because I will probably cut most and/or try to waive them to my practice squad.
The whole draft idea (Jared) is fine, but the draft is already so long and UDFAs is such a crapshoot - I don't think it would make that much of difference and may over complicate things, especially for teams with high roster totals going into the draft. It would also complicate SB money. In the NFL, a top UDFA gets $20K in SB - a draft pick gets much more. That idea will make things harder on Troy and doesn't bring much value.
I personally think there is nothing wrong with the current method - it makes more sense then the ideas being thrown around here IMO.
Even the teams who are more active in signing UDFAs don't sign as many as typical NFL teams.
Also, if a team wants to give a $300K bonus to a WR for example, they do so at their own risk.
In this league we have the luxury to not only see where the undrafted free agents go, but how they performed in rookie camp and maybe even OTAs. There are countless stories online that help show which players are more valuable. Since we have that information - to think some of the players may receive larger than life signing bonuses - seems quite realistic to me, actually. Nobody, I believe is getting an absurd amount of money. Again, if they were - I am not sure why a different GM should be upset about it ... it is free agency and the other GM is quite possibly wasting their own money.
Personally, I prefer not to give them a dime in SB bonus - because I will probably cut most and/or try to waive them to my practice squad.
The whole draft idea (Jared) is fine, but the draft is already so long and UDFAs is such a crapshoot - I don't think it would make that much of difference and may over complicate things, especially for teams with high roster totals going into the draft. It would also complicate SB money. In the NFL, a top UDFA gets $20K in SB - a draft pick gets much more. That idea will make things harder on Troy and doesn't bring much value.
I personally think there is nothing wrong with the current method - it makes more sense then the ideas being thrown around here IMO.