WrigleyField 22
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Everything posted by WrigleyField 22
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Only two Cubs jerseys I've bought (plenty of shirtseys)
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I support a trade up for Jeanty so I can watch some nerds go at it arguing if the trade value was worse or drafting a RB.
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Wasn't that from a satire account?
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Estimated time of pick 10 is 8:30 CT if you care about that sort of thing because it's the first day of t-ball and even though it's been pouring rain the past few days Thursday looks beautiful. Those infields have to be trash right now though...
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Weak reason to drop it.
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Not worth it. Also if both teams are shopping kind of tells you you shouldn't pay close to the normal market value.
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Sure seems good
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BJ it is
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Wait are we doing generic names or specifically "many famous people with that specific name" If it's confusing same names I like that there is a reality TV producer Morgan Freeman (uses his middle initial J). Always makes me chuckle though.
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Jimmy Johnson? Phil Jackson
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Our Ben is FIRED UP
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It's basically a two year commitment. Pretty much all 3 deals are.
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Per reporting from Courtney Cronin Dayo Odeyingbo's deal is a 13.5m signing bonus and 3m base salary in 2025 and 500k roster bonus. That should equate to a year 1 cap hit of 8M (assuming no voids which I have zero reason to think Poles would, even though he should). Definitely more backloaded than most of Poles big deals have been.
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We don't have any structure details that I've seen. So we can only guess and reiterate Poles has the flexibility to do anything he wants to do cap wise.
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That 5 minute negotiation is gonna go so hard
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I don't know how accurate either Over the Cap or Spotrac are right now because both/either might be already adjusting for tradess that haven't happened yet. I think tonight all the final accounting for the current league gets finalized, which will finalize rollover and all that. But anyways when you're so far over you're generally not gonna do any restructuring. If Poles finally decides to use restructure levers he can do it later on as needed. The only teams restructuring now are generally ones who need to get into the black. Rest will wait and the only urgency is due dates of guarantee/vesting dates on things like roster bonuses that typically will occur within first 3-7 days of new league year. Anyways Bears can afford to do anything. But as much as I'm a proponent of doing all the silly cap stuff I do think there becomes a excess within any current year. Not because the total leverage is too much, but it does create timing cliffs that can be arduous to manage. I just hope they overspend the cap by like 10% and then never stop doing that forever.
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I mean they *could* afford him they just don't want to.
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Yea I think KC is making the right move and it's still about as good as Chicago can expect to do also to improve their interior on a short term basis. But the absolutely need to develop their own Trey Smith's who they're tagging in 4 years and disappointing some other sad sack franchise. Like I'd rather have Trey, but that's not the reality of the situation (though reportedly Poles did make offers for Smith before pivoting to Thuney).
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Stonks meme guy but it's Poles. The guy is a true trader.
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Make Fun of the Bears' Stadium Woes in Here
WrigleyField 22 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Other Sports
You got faked out by a fake account? -
Make Fun of the Bears' Stadium Woes in Here
WrigleyField 22 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Other Sports
Jersey Jerry is the source? 😒 -
Kind of yea. Bottom line is they've just been a "low end" spender for a while now. Here's 2011-2022 (and last two years didnt change much) Also a cool visualization I just saw about guarantee+dead cap commitments for each team. This is a really good high level way to view cap flexibility for all teams. @reinhardNFL on Twitter for source image.
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Well that was a weird post.
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Chiefs can keep Smith and do whatever they want. The limiting factor is probably their cheap ass owner.
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Yea he did. One bad day shouldn't dissuade though.
