2016 NFL Free Agency Thread

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NFL Rumors: Dallas Cowboys Acquiring Nick Foles From Los Angeles Rams

 

[NinerSickness]

Looks like the wanna keep Olivier Vernon pretty badly.

 

[shopson67]

NFL Rumors: Dallas Cowboys Acquiring Nick Foles From Los Angeles Rams

This would be good for both sides. Foles behind the Cowboys' line should be much more effective. Can we make it a 3 team trade, with Dallas sending something to the Bears, Bennett to the Rams, and Foles to Dallas? Sounds good to me...

 

[ducky]

NFL Rumors: Dallas Cowboys Acquiring Nick Foles From Los Angeles Rams

This makes zero sense.

Foles needs to restructure his contract or else he will be cut.

Why would the Cowboys give up draft assets for a guy who likely will find his way to the unemployment line and why would Foles agree to a contract restructure with a team without testing what is out there in the waters of FA for him?

Edit: Just looked it up. Foles is due a $6M roster bonus on Thursday or Friday. This story is probably just the Ram's leaking a story to see if they can't get a desperate team who actually wants to start Foles to offer up a draft pick by that time. When it likely fails, he will be cut. No team is going to trade for him with that bonus in place IMO if they are planning on him being the backup.

 

[shopson67]

This makes zero sense.

Foles needs to restructure his contract or else he will be cut.

Why would the Cowboys give up draft assets for a guy who likely will find his way to the unemployment line and why would Foles agree to a contract restructure with a team without testing what is out there in the waters of FA for him?

Edit: Just looked it up. Foles is due a $6M roster bonus on Thursday or Friday. This story is probably just the Ram's leaking a story to see if they can't get a desperate team who actually wants to start Foles to offer up a draft pick by that time. When it likely fails, he will be cut. No team is going to trade for him with that bonus in place IMO if they are planning on him being the backup.

Foles will not be cut. That roster bonus was already guaranteed as part of his extension. He's due his full $8,750,000 for the year. No way they're going to pay him in full to play somewhere else. If someone wants a backup/starting QB with some experience and thinks they can turn him around after a bad season with the Rams, he's available.

 

[ducky]

Foles will not be cut. That roster bonus was already guaranteed as part of his extension. He's due his full $8,750,000 for the year. No way they're going to pay him in full to play somewhere else. If someone wants a backup/starting QB with some experience and thinks they can turn him around after a bad season with the Rams, he's available.

If that is the case they obviously aren't going to trade for Foles until the Rams have to suck up the roster bonus on their own dime.

....and after they do that, what is the point of them trading him for a 6th rounder (that is roughly the trade price of a backup QB in this league) or so when their QB position is so shaky?

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Looks like the wanna keep Olivier Vernon pretty badly.

idk how serious they are with Mario Williams, but apparently they are reportedly considering a trade with PHI to bring another huge CH with Maxwell. Fins are active early.

 

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idk how serious they are with Mario Williams, but apparently they are reportedly considering a trade with PHI to bring another huge CH with Maxwell. Fins are active early.

 

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[shopson67]

If that is the case they obviously aren't going to trade for Foles until the Rams have to suck up the roster bonus on their own dime.

....and after they do that, what is the point of them trading him for a 6th rounder (that is roughly the trade price of a backup QB in this league) or so when their QB position is so shaky?

If they want to draft a QB, they have to shed someone. Keenum sounds like the defacto starter right now, and they just drafted Mannion last year. I suppose they could trade Mannion...

 

[shopson67]

Gotta love that Kiko/Shady trade...

 

[ducky]

Wow. Maxwell is like a $13M dead cap hit.

 

[shopson67]

Wow. Maxwell is like a $13M dead cap hit.

Seems funny that Janoris Jenkins referenced that signing to justify the Rams offer of 5/$45M as an insult.

 

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[cdumler7]

Supposedly the Raiders are going to be paying him north of $11 million a year which would put him in the top-5 paid OL players in the entire NFL.

 

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Signing Alex Mack could cost Falcons $50 million | www.ajc.com

"Mack isn’t a bargain and could land a four- or five-year $50 million contract."

 

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