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    Schneider- Recoup Kam's signing bonus because of holdout?

    If a player wants to ensure he will be paid his market value every year, he can sign one year deals the way Revis did before this year. Of course, then the player would have no protection in the future if he gets injured or under-performs. The signing bonus and guaranteed money in a long-term...
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    The myth of overpaying for a QB

    Yes. I'll let the Seahawks' offensive numbers speak for themselves (league ranking in parentheses). 2010: 4.9 yards per play (29), 5.8 net yards per passing attempt (27), 3.7 yards per rushing attempt (30), 14.8% drives ending in turnovers (21), 24.2 yards per drive (22), 1.35 points per drive...
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    Bobby Wagner

    The Seahawks are paying KJ $8.75M this year in the form of a $5M signing bonus and $3.75 base. That money is going to go against the Seahawks salary cap whether KJ plays out the whole contract or not. It's only a question of when, depending on whether or not he plays out the whole contract...
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    The myth of overpaying for a QB

    An elite QB really does make a good team. That's because the truly elite QBs don't really make much more than the simply good QBs. There are two ways in the NFL to have players massively outplaying their contracts. One is drafting well and having productive players on rookie contracts. The...
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    Bobby Wagner

    No it isn't. The non-guaranteed base salaries later in contracts matter because that is how much the team can potentially save by cutting the player. KJ's deal is for all intents and purposes a 1 year, $8.75M contract with team options for $5.25M in 2016, $5.8M in 2017, and $7.2M in 2018.
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    Much rather have Tate then Harvin

    No, we didn't overpay Harvin. There are 15 WRs whose current contracts had more guaranteed money than Harvin's: Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Wallace, Vincent Jackson, Andre Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, AJ Green, Roddy White, Greg Jennings, Marques Colston, Julio Jones, Victor Cruz, DeSean...
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    Much rather have Tate then Harvin

    +1 The fact is Tate is worth more to the Lions than he is to us right now. They had Megatron and no secondary targets. We have two good, cheap #2s to fill Tate's role for less money. I like Tate and hope he does well in Detroit, but it doesn't make sense for a team with Baldwin and Kearse...
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    May we Please?

    In a single season, sure, the top kickers will be quite a bit better than the bottom ones, but there's so much variance in field goal kicking that you can't really predict who the best kickers (based on FG%) will be in a single season. Every NFL caliber kicker can be expected to make 80-85% (a...
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    May we Please?

    Kickers are important in the sense that they play an important role in many games, but the difference between the 5th best and 25th best kicker in the league is minimal. There are plenty of good enough kickers out there that can be had for the minimum.
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    Malcolm Smith

    Skip is a world class troll. His job is to say things that will get people riled up, and the responses here show he does it well. I actually agree with him on this one though. Not to knock Smith, he's been huge down the stretch this year and had another good game today, but Avril deserves...
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    Vegas cleaned up on this game

    The reports I saw were that 60%+ of the action was on the Broncos. Hence, the books potentially cleaning up huge with a Seahawks cover. You're right, though, that Vegas doesn't set lines to receive equal action on both sides. In Giants-Patriots Part 1, Vegas lost $2.6 million when 60% of the...
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    Who has the better WR corps?

    I'm pretty sure FO doesn't chart every play individually to account for those things the way PFF would. FO's calculations are based on what you would see in the box score and adjusted for things like quality of opponent, down and distance, time and score, etc., but an 80 yard TD catch is an 80...
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    Who has the better WR corps?

    This 100%. Salish, I'm a huge fan of DVOA as a team stat and DVOA/DYAR as a QB stat, but it really means nothing for WRs. I don't know how it's calculated or why it's so flawed, but you don't have to look farther than the top 10 WRs by DVOA this year to know that it means nothing: 1. Kenny...
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    Ultra-Conservative Offense A PC Rope-A-Dope?

    What do you mean by risky throws? Wilson throws into coverage frequently with success. Wilson was #2 in the league in AirYPA this year while being 27th in YAC%. Those aren't the numbers of someone making safe throws and relying on his receivers to get yards after the catch. You can't blame...
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    Ultra-Conservative Offense A PC Rope-A-Dope?

    I don't agree with Montana's position re: Wilson's limitations. The Saints have had one of the league's most consistent explosive offenses for years with a QB an inch taller than Wilson. Our offense for the last 10 weeks of last season was the best in the league with the same personnel we have...
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