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The intracacies of Cash Considerations

RiG — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:42:56 -0000

OK so I'm more of a NFL fan (go broncos!) but I have always loved salary cap stuff. Just recently I have been studying the NBA's 'soft' cap and its rules -which I find very interesting. But one thing I can't find any information on by googling is trading cash.

Example: Team A trades a draft pick to Team B in return for 3 mil$

So my questions are:

1. Does Team A get 3 mil added to their cap?

2. Does Team B get 3 mil subtracted from their cap?

3. Or is it like the GM for Team B just gives the GM for Team A 3 mil with no cap affect?

can someone please explain!!?

Heres what I found in the CBA....but it doesn't answer my Qs

Section 8. Trade Rules.
(a) A Team shall not be permitted to receive in connection with any trade, directly or indirectly, more than $3 million in cash or other compensation, including cash or other compensation received as reimbursement for Compensation obligations to players who the Team is acquiring. For purposes of this Section 8(a), if a Contract is signed and then traded pursuant to Section 8(e)(1) below, and the Contract contains a signing bonus, the payment of all or any portion of such bonus by the Team that signed the Contract shall be treated as a reimbursement of a Compensation obligation of the assignee Team and shall be subject to this Section 8(a).

Thanks

RiG's Draftivus Eve Dream Draft

RiG — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:14:47 -0000

Ok so here is my ultimate dream mock. I was just at some site where 'experts' had us taking Aaron Curry so it inspired this all.

12 Aaron Curry

18 trade back with philly for 5-21 6-21 7-21 to 1-21

21 trade 21st and 5-21 with st louis for 2 -3 and 3-2

2-3 Draft Sean Smith

2-16 Draft Connor Barwin

2-20 trade 3-15, 4-14, 5-13, 6-12 to the Jets for 2-20 then Draft Ziggy Hood

3-2 Paul Kruger

3-20 Mitch King

6-21 Antonio Appleby

7-16 Daryl Richard DL

7-21 Graham Harell QB

7-26 Roger Allen C/G

RiG's -BRONCOS DRAFT BOARD- ordered & ranked

RiG — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:37:38 -0000

Alright this is my final draft board including 7 rounds and a CFA section.

All the rounds are ranked & every player is put where we should start looking at them. So that could be a little early or a few rounds late.

Players that I escpecially like or 'have a feeling for' (like with eddie last year) I highlighted in blue. -Darker the better. BTW, Ziggy Hood is my Eddie Royal of 2009.

I still need a few words...... so yea, now I got them. anyways I'm curious to see how this all turns out and how inaccurate this board is.

RiG's 7 Round Official Mock Draft

RiG — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:21:01 -0000

I think that come draft day we're going to trade down in the first but for the purpose of this draft and getting the most stuff right I'm not doing any trades.

12 Tyson Jackson DE

18 Rey Maualuga ILB

48 Larry English OLB

3rd Mitch King DE

3rd (2) Rashad Johnson Saftey

4th Coye Francies CB

5th Antonio Appleby ILB

6th Edwin Williams C

7th Ra'shon Harris NT

7th(2) Chris Ogbannaya RB

Well I think thats a pretty good draft. I'm not sure we take Rey Maualuga or get Rashad in the third but why not

BRONCOS rough DRAFT BOARD

RiG — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:46:13 -0000

I've tried to compile a broncos draft board. This one is a rough draft, a Final draft will come later. But I want to hear the community's take on it. So please help! Name any prospecsts you think I missed and should be on the board. or vica-versa oh & the rank of the players

I tried to keep it to players who I believe the broncos will target -character/versatility etc. The players aren't neccasarily in any particular order although they are somewhat. And I tried to put them in the round we would start looking at them.

Buzz up!

Broncos released DLs Dewayne Robertson and John Engelberger, LBs Jamie Winborn and Niko...

RiG — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:16:05 -0000

Broncos released DLs Dewayne Robertson and John Engelberger, LBs Jamie Winborn and Niko Koutouvides, TE Nate Jackson, and SS Marquand Manuel.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/clubhouse_news.aspx?sport=NFL&majteam=DEN

RiG's 1st MOCK RELOAD

RiG — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:37:26 -0000

Alright this is my mock Offseason so far, I still need some better draft analysis but nevertheless....

TARGETED FREE AGENTS

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Chris Canty, Cowboys. Age: 26.
Though he had somewhat of a down year in 2008, Chris Canty is still a decent defensive end in the 3-4.

Gabe Watson (RFA), Cardinals. Age: 25.
One of the many reasons Arizona was able to improve so much on defense throughout the year. The Cardinals can't afford to let Giant Gabe go anywhere.

Igor Olshansky, Chargers. Age: 27.
Igor Olshansky was an effective end in the 3-4 until this season. He performed poorly in 2008 and will need to reestablish himself next year.

^^^Im not 100 % sure of what they're talking about. He lost playing time, which the chargers like to do when they are not going to resign a guy. He is known his rute strength and is the 1st nfl player from the former Soviet Union. He is 6-6 and 309 pounds. His motor runs hot and cold. But he has a good relationship with Wayne Nunnly. Good at eating up two blockers. Cheap for what he is.

Mike Wright, Patriots. Age: 27.
Another young, reliable depth player in the 3-4. Mike Wright is versatile to play end and nose tackle.

Undrafted. tendered for 2nd round last year. On injured reserve 2 years ago after 7 games and oce a year or two before that.

LINEBACKERS

OLB

Marques Harris, Chargers. Age: 27.
A solid reserve in the 3-4, Marques Harris managed 2.5 sacks in just a handful of starts.

He seems like a good football player capable of making plays, causing sacks and forcing 2 fumbles in 08. played in 15 games the last three years.

If he comes cheap I could see getting him, but I think we should build through the draft and not dig in SD's trash.

ILB

Bart Scott, Ravens. Age: 29.
A really good linebacker or the product of a great Ravens system? No one can really be certain, but one thing's for sure - Bart Scott is really entertaining. Asked to compare Chris Johnson and LenDale White, Scott said, "Let's see: a fat guy and the fastest guy in the 40... Not fat. I'm sorry. Plump."

Im just saying if hes cheaper than expected or if we could get a good deal...

Channing Crowder, Dolphins. Age: 25.
Channing Crowder is coming off a great season in which he recorded 113 tackles. However, he has bad knee history, and it's a bit concerning that his best year came in his contract season. Someone will likely overpay for him.

I'm not sure with him. He seems pretty good and is known for stopping the run. Capable of plugging holes for rbs

Andra Davis, Browns. Age: 30.
Andra Davis' days as a starting inside linebacker are probably over, but he'll be a valuable backup somewhere.

Another 3-4 ILB. If he comes at a back up price think we buy/sign him.

I think before we load up o ILBs and OLBs we have to look at our draft strategy then come back an sign free agents.

SAFTEYS

James Sanders, Patriots. Age: 25.
James Sanders has become a pretty reliable player in New England's secondary. At just 25 years old, Sanders looks like he has a bright future ahead of him.

Sean Jones, Browns. Age: 27.
Normally, strong safety is one of the few positions that's not a weakness on Cleveland's defense. However, Jones was banged up all year despite never missing a start prior to the 2008 campaign.

Jim Leonhard, Ravens. Age: 26.
Jim Leonhard stepped in for an injured Dawan Landry and played remarkably well. Look for him to follow Rex Ryan to New York.

Mike Brown, Bears. Age: 31.
It's a shame, but it looks like Mike Brown's career is winding down. He was an incredible player when healthy, but he spent far too many weeks on injury reports.

Mike brown would only be if he came heap to be used as a backup starter

FREE AGENT SIGNING

I don't think we should break the bank on anyone signing, instead look for low cost talent that fits our system and can start or provide excellent depth.

Igor Olshansky, Chargers. Age: 27

would most likely win LDE spot on our Dline

Mike Wright, Patriots. Age: 27

Andra Davis, Browns. Age: 30

Conditional: I don't think we need much help with our LBs through free agency, but if Davis would sign something like a one year 1 million deal it would provide us with enough depth at ILB with including the draft

Conditional: Mike Brown, Bears. Age: 31

only if hes cheap, 1-2 year contract

DRAFT

#1

Rey Maualuga, USC
Height: 6-3. Weight: 254.

Im not one of those big lets get Rey guys but I think he is the best choice and should be instant starter and huge improvement.

#2

Evander Hood, Missouri
Height: 6-3. Weight: 298.

I want this guy. He reminds me of the feeling I had for Eddie Royal last year(before the draft). Good work ethic attitude....read styg's stuff on him.

I it gets determined we could get him in the 3rd we could swap this pickand the next one(3) so we get patrick chung then evander hood.

#3

Derek Pegues, FS, Mississippi State
Height: 5-9. Weight: 193.

Michael Hamlin, SS, Clemson
Height: 6-2. Weight: 207.

I'm not so sure, but I want a talented Saftey with a good character and devout work ethic. I dont know if that is an of these guys but this pick should be on someone with that.

#4

Terrance Taylor, Michigan
Height: 6-0. Weight: 317.

Again styg has better analysis on him. I would like to see him win our starting NT in the near future.

#5

Tim Jamison, Michigan
Height: 6-2. Weight: 265

A 3-4 OLB

2nd choice would be

Worrell Williams, California
Height: 6-2. Weight: 249.

An ILB that fits 3-4 Ds

#5

Arian Foster, Tennessee
Height: 6-0. Weight: 232.

He is a RB that still managed to be decent even though they had no QB threat

or some other runningback

#6

OG/OC

too hard to find who can play zone block right now

#7

Jeremy Navarre, Maryland
Height: 6-3. Weight: 284.

a 3-4 DE at the next level

#7

Ian Campbell, Kansas State
Height: 6-5. Weight: 252.

a rush 3-4 LB

CAMP

DEFENSE

Marcus Thomas, Carlton Powell, Kenny Peterson, Igor Olshansky, Mike Wright, Evander Hood, Terrance Taylor, Jeremy Navarre, Tim Crowder

fight for 3 spots, possibly:

Igor Olshansky/E.Hood......................Mike Wright/T. Taylor/Powell...............Thomas/E.Hood/Peterson

Wesely Woodyard,DJ williams, Ian Campbell, Tim Jamison, Andra Davis, Rey Mauluga, Spencer Larsen, Jarvis Moss, Elvis Dumervil

fight for 4 LB spots, possibly:

DJ/Woodyard...................Larsen/Davis/DJ/WW.............Rey/davis/DJ/WW............Doom/Moss/Woodyard

DrafteeSAFTEY, Josh Barret, Manuel, Fox, WW?,

fight for Saftey possibly:

Barret/Brown/WW?/Manuel............Draftee/Brown/Fox,WW?

POSSIBLE NEXT YEAR D PERSONEL

I. Olshansky/E.Hood........Wright/T.Taylor/Powell...........Thomas/E.Hood

WW/DJ..........Larsen.................Rey M..........................Doom

Champ........................................................................................Dre

......................Barret...........................Draftee.....................

Consistency of the Yards: Cap & Reload

RiG — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:48:14 -0000

Hello and Welcome to Consistency of the yards

(note: from now on I might abbreviate these post editions as COY or C.O.Y. or I might use it for stats, example his 3 yard COY for the game was 85% !!)

In this post You will find a breakdown for just aboot every Ball carrier we've had, except for WRs(TEs) of course. We will start off with the two backs that don't have enough carries for real consideration and then move on from there.

NEW from last time

I have developed a formula/algorithm that takes a lot of my info into account and in the end produces a single number which can be compared against others. This post will be in ascending order using this RB #. I'm still working on improvements, such as taking short yardage situations, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th down, how far is left to first down, score, goaline, recent tendencies into account but for the time being we will have to take for granted they average out.

Without further ado......(starting with INCOMPLETES in ascending order)

Ryan TORAIN ........RB# = 75.9...................INCOMPLETE under 20 carries; INACCURATE

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	64%	64%	43%	36%

PJ POPE ........RB# =105.8...................INCOMPLETE under 20 carries; INACCURATE

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	100%	85%	70%	54%

........................................................ STARTING FOR REAL NOW ........................................................

Tatum BELL........RB# = 71.2

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	74%	43%	35%	35%

Micheal PITTMAN........RB# = 77.6

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	72%	57%	47%	43%

Selvin YOUNG........RB# = 78.1

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	75%	59%	50%	44%

Andre HALL ........RB# = 82

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	79%	64%	56%	44%

Peyton HILLIS ........RB# = 89.5

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	79%	73%	66%	50%

Jay CUTLER ........RB# = 103

Yards	2	3	4	5
Consistency	88%	75%	75%	63%

Of course I'm only counting cutler on scrambling attempts and Designed ruing plays, but thats still a pretty darn good number!!

Well not much to conclude with, the numbers speak for themselves. Couple surprises in there. Who expected Hall to come out in second? I think Torain is better than where he's at right now and Pope is much lower(too few carries). If anyone should have had a chance to be higher it would be Young, who was used alot as a change of pace with easy yards ahead, I think he had to work the least for his yards but still came up short on the list. Hillis looks pretty bloody good with a 89.5# and Cutler proved he is god by breaking the 100# barrier :)

[Note by RiG, 02/07/09 6:22 PM PST ]-what is this??

Who's Going to Make It To The SUPERBOWL??

RiG — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:58:05 -0000

It seems with all this Drama, we forget we[not us] are in the midst of the playoffs!! Fear not, i have created a poll. Go ahead, pick your pick.. only one can be right.

I got Cardinals & Ravens. just my gut ,i was 3/4 last weekend - thanks to the cardinals but now they have earned my trust. But you never know, the steelers look ok as well as the Eagles who i hope to see more passing out of without the swirling winds at the Meadowlands. Well I hope that 75 words because I can't think of any more gibberish (which I just learned is spelled with g not J) for this poll

Poll

Who's Flying High To Tampa?

Steelers vs. Eagles

13 votes

Steelers vs. Cardinals

14 votes

Ravens vs. Eagles

11 votes

Ravens vs. Cardinals

9 votes

47 votes | Poll has closed

Consistency of the Yards: Bell's Edition

RiG — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:11:24 -0000

This is my Second Edition of Consistency of the Yards. Im working on a new formula to take everything into account and provide one resulting Number but its not quite ready-

This Post is focused on Bell and includes all his stats from the KC game until present

Yards	neg(-)	0	1	2	3	4	5
Carries		2	3	7	2	0	3
Consistency		0.95652	0.86957	0.73913	0.43478	0.34783	0.34783

Bell has improved since last time, but not by too much. Last time he had 36% consistency running for 3 yards..... NOW he has 43% consistency running for 3 yards compared to Hillis's limited sample size who had 75% consistency for 3 yards.

95% of the time Bell will at least get back to the line of scrimmage

85% of the time Bell will at least get a yard

1 in every 3 times Bell will gain 5 yards... But that means the other 2 times will be less than 3 yard gains...(since hes never rushed for 4 yards)

1 in every 5 times Bell will get just enough to move the chains on first down

1 in every 20 times Bell will be lucky enough to find around 30 yards of turf to strut his stuff on

3 in every 20 times Bell will fail to make a yard