2019 FA thread

[Gulf of Brazil]

Lions reportedly agree to deal with tight end Jesse James

The 6-foot-7, 261-pounder is also a respected blocker. He graded out 15th among 81 qualifiers at his position as a pass protector and 29th as a run blocker, according to Pro Football Focus.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

This kid, who has only played in 31 games of a possible 48 and was a 2016 4th round draft pick, received a 3 year 25.8M extension. That's 8.6M per year on avg. Coleman's annual average pay is pretty much in line. Wait until Bryce Callahan signs with another team.

Tavon Young Contract Details, Salary Cap Charges, Bonus Money, and Contract History | Over The Cap

Contract Notes
Tavon Young signed a 3 year contract extension with the Baltimore Ravens on February 20, 2019. The extension is worth $25,800,000 with $13,000,000 guaranteed. The guarantee consists of a $10 million signing bonus, $1 million salary guarantee in 2019; and $2 million salary guarantee in 2020. Total paper value of the contract is $27,845,000 which includes the $2 million which Young was scheduled to earn in 2019 prior to the extension.

Justin Coleman is now the highest paid nickelback in the NFL. 9 million for a nickelback is a crazy amount of money, unless they are planning on moving him to the outside and playing more than 50-60% of the defensive snaps.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

Lions reportedly agree to deal with tight end Jesse James

The 6-foot-7, 261-pounder is also a respected blocker. He graded out 15th among 81 qualifiers at his position as a pass protector and 29th as a run blocker, according to Pro Football Focus.

Yeah — before the Lions signed him, I read how he was rated the most complete TE on the market, when you add in blocking and pass catching.

I like his signing — I think he will be a valuable addition to the Lions and hopefully put an end to the thoughts of a TE at #8 overall.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Justin Coleman is now the highest paid nickelback in the NFL. 9 million for a nickelback is a crazy amount of money, unless they are planning on moving him to the outside and playing more than 50-60% of the defensive snaps.

I have very little knowledge regarding Coleman but 9M a year for a nickel CB seems awfully high, so I will assume Coleman is the new CB2.

Assuming Coleman becomes the outside CB2 then a 9M APY can be considered somewhat low in this market. That's me assuming he was signed to be the CB opposite Slay.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Yeah — before the Lions signed him, I read how he was rated the most complete TE on the market, when you add in blocking and pass catching.

I like his signing — I think he will be a valuable addition to the Lions and hopefully put an end to the thoughts of a TE at #8 overall.

This signing right here, while not knowing the contractual numbers, will be my favorite of any of the four so far. I wouldn't care if the APY is slightly over 7M for James.

We'll still draft a TE and no ones knows what round that'll be but when it does happen, I'll assume it's a draft value.

 

[Stomp]

Sounds like a war over CJ Mosley he's about to get paid

 

[phantomfoul88]

Flowers got what they thought he would. He basically replaces Ansah.
James is a huge need for us and he is young. Don’t know what they paid him? I like those two moves.

Amendola at 34 for 4.5 million is way too much money.
And 9 million for a NCB is crazy. We have too many holes to fill to have the highest paid NCB in the NFL.

I know it gets old but the Lions have to pay a bit more for FA. I think the Amendola cost is pretty on point. He’s only here for a year, hopefully he can be somewhat as productive as he was in NE. Miami was a mess at the QB position. Plus Funchess just signed a 1yr/13mill deal.

 

[Mebert]

Like the Flowers and James signings, confused by the amount they gave Coleman. Amendola singing sucked.

So far so good. If Flowers does not convert those hits to sack it will be rough though

 

[Stomp]

Hers a pretty good list i'm copy and pasting from reddit

Arizona Cardinals

• Signed OLB Terrell Suggs

Baltimore Ravens

• exercised $6M option for CB Brandon Carr

Buffalo Bills

• Signed CB Kevin Johnson
  
  
• Signed RB Frank Gore to a 1 year, $2M contract.
  
  
• Signed TE Tyler Kroft to a 3 year, $18.75M contract.
  
  
• Signed C Mitch Morse to a 4 year, $44M contract
  

Carolina Panthers

• Signed FS Colin Jones to a 2 year, $2.6M contract extension

Chicago Bears

• Converted DT Eddie Goldman’s $3M roster bonus into a signing bonus, clearing $2.25M of cap space
  
  
• Signed TE Ben Braunecker to a 2 year contract extension
  
  
• Signed RB Mike Davis to a 2 year, $6M contract
  
  
• Signed CB Buster Skrine to a 3 year, $16.5M contract.
  

Cincinatti Bengals

• Signed TE C.J Uzomah to a 3 year, $18M contract
  
  
• Signed S Brandon Wilson to a 1 year contract
  
  
• Signed RT Bobby Hart to a 3 year, $21M contract
  

Dallas Cowboys

• Signed TE Codey McElroy

Denver Broncos

• Declined 2019 option for ILB Brandon Marshall, clearing $4.84M in cap space

Detroit Lions

• Signed WR Danny Amendola to a 1 year, $5.75 contract
  
  
• Signed CB Justin Coleman to a 4 year, $36M contract
  
  
• Signed DE Trey Flowers to a 5 year contract
  
  
• Signed Jesse James
  
  
• Waived ILB Trevor Bates
  

Green Bay Packers

• Signed DE Reggie Gilbert to a 1 year, $570K contract
  
  
• Signed WR Jake Kumerow to a 1 year, $570K contract
  

Houston Texans

• Signed DT Angelo Blackson to a 3 year, $12M contract extension
  
  
• Signed WR Deandre Carter to a 1 year, $570K contract
  

Indianapolis Colts

• Signed WR Devin Funchess to a 1 year, $10M contract.

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Signed QB Nick Foles to a 4 year, $88M contract

Kansas City Chiefs

• Signed FS Tyrann Mathieu to a 3 year, $42M contract

Minnesota Vikings

• Declined 2019 option for SS Andrew Sendejo, clearing $5.5M of cap space
  
  
• Released RT Mike Remmers, clearing $4.55M of cap space
  
  
• Assigned a 1 year, $3.095M tender to SS Anthony Harris
  
  
• Assigned a 1 year, $2.025M tender on T Rashod Hill
  
  
• Signed DT Shamar Stephen to a 3 year contract
  

New Orleans Saints

• Signed ILB Craig Robertson to a 2 year, $4M contract

New York Giants

• Signed C Spencer Pulley to a 3 year, $9.6M contract extension

New York Jets

• Signed CB Darryl Roberts to a contract extension
  
  
• Signed WR Jamison Crowder to a 3 year, $28.5M contract
  
  
• Signed WR Josh Bellamy
  

Oakland Raiders

• Signed LT Trent Brown to a 4 year, $66M contract

Philadelphia Eagles

• Signed DT Malik Jackson to a 3 year, $30M contract
  
  
• Signed LT Jason Peters to a restructured 1 year, $10M contract
  
  
• Traded a 2019 6th round pick and a 2020 7th round pick for WR Desean Jackson from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  
  
• Declined 2019 Option for C Stefen Wisniewski, clearing $3M in cap space
  
  
• Signed WR Desean Jackson to a 3 year, $27M reconstructed contract
  
  
• Assigned a 1 year, $3.095M tender on QB Nate Sudefeld
  

San Francisco 49ers

• Signed ILB Kwon Alexander to a 4 year, $54M contract

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Traded WR Desean Jackson to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2019 6th round and a 2020 7th round pick

Tennessee Titans

• Re-Signed S Kenny Vacarro to a 4 year, $26M contract. $11.5M in guarantees.
  
  
• Signed RB David Fluellen to a 1 year contract
  
  
• Signed WR Adam Humpries
  

Washington Redskins

• Signed SS Landon Collins to a 6 year, $84M contract

 

[Mebert]

Barr to the Jets

 

[Stomp]

 

[Stomp]

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

Assuming Coleman becomes the outside CB2 then a 9M APY can be considered somewhat low in this market. That's me assuming he was signed to be the CB opposite Slay.

I don’t think that is how they will use him. I’ve been reading up on him and it says he really struggled on the outside, which is why he was cut by Minnesota, then traded by New England for a 7th round pick. Seattle moves him to the slot and that is when he made big strides.

If Detroit is able to move him outside - 9 million isn’t that bad. If it is to play the same role he played in Seattle. That is ALOT of money.

 

[Old Lion]

Landon Collins gets 6 year 84M with 45M in guarantees. 14M per year avg.
Do you still wish the Lions had signed Collins and for what he's getting from the redskins ?

Ridiculous amount of money for any Safety.

I had to take a double look. Good grief.

And he is not even a cover safety. That is by far the largest overpay so far. It makes signing Flowers at 16-17 mil look pretty good now. I was afraid it was going to be close to 20.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

And he is not even a cover safety. That is by far the largest overpay so far. It makes signing Flowers at 16-17 mil look pretty good now. I was afraid it was going to be close to 20.

I don't know which signing is the largest overpay so far but Collins getting 14M APY, Honey Badger 14M APY and then Mosely 17M is at the top for me at this time.

Safeties receiving outside CB1 money and a LB that is average at best in coverage receiving Edge rusher type money baffles my mind.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Lions free agency grade: Breaking down the Justin Coleman signing

Positional need
Believe it or not, nickel corner was just as big of a need for Detroit as outside corner is. With teams going three wide more and more often in the NFL these days, the Lions are likely to have at least five defensive backs on the field around 70-80 percent of the time.

Last year, the Lions didn’t truly have a nickel corner on their roster. While the common belief was that Lawson was their No. 2 outside cornerback, no defensive back played more in the slot than Lawson, with nearly 40 percent of his snaps coming from that position.

The rest of the nickel snaps came from a mixture of Darius Slay, DeShawn Shead, Quandre Diggs and Teez Tabor, among other—none of which had more than 90 snaps from the position.

And how did that lineup perform in 2018? Not well:



PFF DET Lions @PFF_Lions



Replying to @PFF_Lions

Just a reminder of the #Lions DBs in the slot in 2018:

Nevin Lawson- 236 snaps, 113.8 passer rating allowed
Darius Slay- 82 snaps, 136.7 PR
Teez Tabor- 69 snaps, 149.1 PR
Jamal Agnew- 55 snaps, 108.3 PR
Mike Ford- 26 snaps, 109.7 PR
Cre'Von LeBlanc- 19 snaps, 118.8 PR



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[Gulf of Brazil]

Lions free agency grade: Breaking down the Justin Coleman signing

But with Coleman now aboard, the Lions don’t have to continually search for their nickel cornerback. They have one. And while Coleman doesn’t provide a ton of versatility (he played 74 percent of his snaps in the slot last year), he will assume one of the toughest jobs in the secondary and allow his teammates like Darius Slay to do what they do best—dominate the edges.

There’s no doubt that Coleman excels as a nickel cornerback. Let’s just drop in a few stats from his past two years with the Seattle Seahawks:

• Did not allow a touchdown from the slot during the entire 2018 season per Next Gen Stats
• 3rd-best PFF coverage grade from the slot since 2017
• Tied for 12th in yards allowed per coverage snap, per PFF

And consider this: Per SB Nation, the Lions were dead last in the league last year, allowing 9.52 yards per attempt out of the slot. Justin Coleman allowed just 5.21 yards per attempt.

If there’s a weakness to Coleman’s game, it’s in defending the run. Coleman has had consistent tackling struggles throughout his career, and his 5-foot-11, 190 pound frame makes him an easy target to block out of a play.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

^^^^

Surprising signing seems as though MP requires his DB's to be better than just average at tackling.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

same article from above two posts

Lions free agency grade: Breaking down the Justin Coleman signing

Value
This is where the signing of Coleman will be debated. Is a nickel cornerback worth $9 million a year?

There’s no doubt that teams are realizing just how important of a position nickel corner is, not just because they are starting to play more in every game, but because just how difficult it is to find talent at that specific position.

That being said, would the Lions have been better off spending a couple more million per year? Kareem Jackson got a three-year deal at $11 million per year, and Ronaldy Darby is expected to get even more.

It’s hard to put an exact number on the value of a talented nickel cornerback, but the Lions certainly made a statement about their priorities by making Coleman the highest-paid player at the position.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

So Kareem Jackson, who will be turning 31 this year, gets a 3 year 11M APY.

I'm pretty sure I guessed somewhere in this hot mess that he get 6-7M APY. I wasn't even close and Jackson played outside CB, Nickel CB, Slot CB and some FS last year.

I don't believe the Coleman signing is quite the overpay when taken into consideration other signings by DB's so far at this time.