Emmanwori signs

[sutz]

Glad to hear. Don't really care about the deets, just want him in camp so he doesn't miss anything.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

It is, but I am a little surprised they caved...not to save money per se, but on principle...

I think they didn't have much of a choice. If most other teams are doing it, it might just be the cost of doing business. Or as someone said you could be the Bengals and stand on principal and in their case, have their pass rush look like a disaster right now.

 

[Trackhawk]

NIL will have ripple effects on the contracts of drafted players, and fully guaranteed contracts will soon become the norm for the top 4 rounds, potentially for all drafted players eventually.

If you have a year of NCAA eligibility left, with big NIL money asking you to play it out, you might test out the draft, and compare the NFL guarantee to the NIL guarantee.

 

[pmedic920]

Was coming to post this as well but for some reason I can’t create new posts… “insufficient privileges” anyone know anything about that?

Anyway - glad this is done extremely early in camp!

Check your PM inbox

For others that may be having the same issue.

I believe it’s 50, but we adopted the rule a while back.
You must achieve a minimum post count before you can start new threads.

This is very common on boards like this, it helps immensely cutting down on spam and trolling posts.
It causes folks to make a bit of investment into our community before they get to “run wild”.

GoHawks

 

[Atradees]

Thank you. I can't believe anyone thinks giving a fully guaranteed contract to anyone in pro football is a good idea. I mean, really? Do any of you guys even watch football?

I tend to agree. It sets president for next year as well. In the NBA 100 million dollar contracts are being bought out just to make players go away...yuck.

 

[SocialParasite]

All the rooks are now signed

 

[flv2]

All the rooks are now signed

The 1st 3 years are fully guaranteed plus $100K of his $2.041M 4th year salary.

Good to see the team and players sorting things out with sensible contracts.

 

[Jac]

So the framing is in place now for the rest of the 2nd rounders to sign. The 49ers guaranteed 88% of Collins' contract (pick #43), and the Seahawks just guaranteed 78% of Arroyo's contract (pick #50). It's the new normal.

 

[8-bit]

I think they didn't have much of a choice. If most other teams are doing it, it might just be the cost of doing business. Or as someone said you could be the Bengals and stand on principal and in their case, have their pass rush look like a disaster right now.

True. I will admit f'ng over everyone else including themselves seem to be where the Browns shine.

 

[sutz]

I was thinking about the angst and hand wringing about this and came to a conclusion.

Hey, it's $12 million. Less than 5% of the current cap. Not that big of a risk IMO.

 

[Y.A. Tittle]

It is, but I am a little surprised they caved...not to save money per se, but on principle...

Honestly I came here to see the reaction and was surprised not to see a thread on it. Wow, fully guaranteed.

https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1946025708624687231

So i guess the reported character concerns were not serious. We’ll see, he certainly has talent.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Guaranteed money is not as bad as it used to be, how much money did Ryan leaf make?

 

[Sperrydogg]

I think they didn't have much of a choice. If most other teams are doing it, it might just be the cost of doing business. Or as someone said you could be the Bengals and stand on principal and in their case, have their pass rush look like a disaster right now.

Bengals are on to something they are sneaky smart

 

[Sperrydogg]

NIL will have ripple effects on the contracts of drafted players, and fully guaranteed contracts will soon become the norm for the top 4 rounds, potentially for all drafted players eventually.

If you have a year of NCAA eligibility left, with big NIL money asking you to play it out, you might test out the draft, and compare the NFL guarantee to the NIL guarantee.

Will some college kids make more money than pros?

 

[Sperrydogg]

NIL will have ripple effects on the contracts of drafted players, and fully guaranteed contracts will soon become the norm for the top 4 rounds, potentially for all drafted players eventually.

If you have a year of NCAA eligibility left, with big NIL money asking you to play it out, you might test out the draft, and compare the NFL guarantee to the NIL guarantee.

It reminds of that movie Leatherheads with George Clooney how they first started paying pros football players enough to change the status quo, except flipped around, some college qb might make great money and do amazing in college but do nothing in the nfl

 

[Ostatehawk]

Unfortunately, as someone who went through this, I can say that back when I went way past the 100 post mark, I still didn't get "privileges" until I contacted AROS.

Try using curse words - it works for me!

 

[nanomoz]

Nice! He's going to have a lot of chances to make splash plays near the LOS with Coby and Julian behind him. The more he and Witherspoon are facing the LOS, the better.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I might be in the minority, but I wasn't remotely worried about either 2nd round pick being signed.

 

[Jville]

I might be in the minority, but I wasn't remotely worried about either 2nd round pick being signed.

I doubt it would make a difference to worry about such things.

 

[Atradees]

I'm still waiting for my NIL money from .net.

Seriously though .Net has always treated me well. Ty

I marvel that Jalens money is so comparatively small being a 3rd rounder.

We knew we were gonna sign both our second rounders. They are both exciting prospects far beyond average expectations for both. Kinda like MLB slotting. "This player is worth x amount of dollars from our rookie pool." The conracts will all become fully guaranteed growing each subsequent year. Could the owners push for limits on said pool? That would probably be counterproductive for ownership. But the thought of a pushback to fully guaranteed deals should be collectively bargained for the health of the sport. Clearly, there are several veterans we could not have signed with fully guaranteed deals. The incentives are huge and promote healthy competition.