asdqqq
Jul 17, 2009 Jun 01, 2012 21 758
RSSUser Blog
Did the Broncos really get a 4th round pick and a 5th round pick?
The Broncos traded a conditional pick between the 3rd round and the 6th round for Brady Quinn. Prior to the Tebow trade, we didn't have a 6th round pick and were giving Cleveland a 5th rounder. Now that we have a 6th rounder, are we giving them that instead? If the conditions were based on playing time at all, that could be the case. If so, it effectively makes the Tebow trade: Tebow and a 7th for a 4th and a 5th. Someone go find out if this is what is happening.
Chandler's New Contract
Like the Afflalo and Nene deals, it appears that the widely reported number for the Chandler contract includes a number of performance bonuses, many of which are usually unlikely to ever be achieved. The base salary in the contract is 5 years, 31 million dollars.
Nene and AAA contract details
The reported contracts for both of these guys included all the bonuses they could potentially get, no matter how unlikely. Hoopshype appears to have the base numbers, which are generally used for cap purposes, etc. and are usually the numbers announced.
Nene's reported deal: 5 years, 67 million.
Actual: 5 years, 65 million.
Not much different, but I considered 13 million a year to be the max I'd have paid him, so this is right in line.
AAA's reported deal: 5 years, 43 million.
Actual: 5 years, 38 million.
A good chunk of change less, but still more than I would have paid. The last year also appears to be a player option.
D-line, then and now
by asdqqq on Sep 5, 2011 2:11 PM EDT
on Mile High Report
10 comments
|
1 recs |
Tweet
Delayed cuts?
If the NFL decides to let teams keep their 90-man rosters until after the final preseason weekend, nearly 1,200 players will flood the market on Sept. 3 when final cuts are made. Those with less than four years of experience will be subject to the waiver wire process. Others will be free to sign anywhere.
Undrafted free agency has started!!!
This site is usually the best at tracking the signings.
Reilly's Latest on the Labor Dispute (with Rebuttal)
A rebuttal.
Sure, there are lots of players who aren’t millionaires. However, they are not involved in this labor dispute. At all. The as-yet-unreconciled differences between the owners and player’s union (note player’s union, not players) boils down to a few percentage points on the cap numbers. The guys highlighted by Reilly are in line to receive none of that revenue. Where the top end of the cap gets set has no impact on the salaries of those players making at or near the minimum. Those percentage points matter to the players who are, in fact, millionaires. The owners haven’t unconditionally locked their doors. It is indisputably true that the guys in Reilly’s article would be better off if the union accepted the owner’s current offer than to protract this process by continuing to hold out for more. It is the millionaire player’s interests that the player’s union is representing at this stage in the negotiations. The battle is indeed between millionaires and billionaires.
So go ahead and feel sympathetic for the players that Reilly mentions, just as you should feel sympathetic towards the team employees who are or will be missing paychecks, and for us fans who are even now missing out on the pageantry that is the year-round NFL football experience, having thus far been deprived of free agency. But it is not the owners alone causing that pain; it is equally the fault of the millionaire players whose interests the union is representing in this dispute. Why should I feel sympathetic towards the millionaire players who are putting their less affluent teammates in this situation by declining a deal that would instantly relieve their situation? Both sides actually involved in this dispute are powerful business entities involved in a business negotiation. Sympathy towards either side is ridiculous. Just get a deal done.
CBA: Financial Disclosures
by asdqqq on Mar 9, 2011 7:57 PM EST
on Mile High Report
So now we know what all the wrangling about transparency is about. The owners are willing to turn over league wide numbers, while the players want the numbers broken down by team. Link.
And New Jersey sweetens the deal...
5 first rounders for the Nuggets to choose from now.
According to Al Williams on 104.3 the fan, DJ Williams has been missing practice because of a hamstring injury, but it doesn't sound too serious.
Denver is not Cleveland
by asdqqq on Aug 4, 2010 9:37 PM EDT
on Denver Stiffs
I've seen a lot of talk that the Nuggets should move Melo now if he won't sign an extension "so we don't end up like Cleveland." But in reality, the Nuggets are in a very different situation then Cleveland, and for the Nuggets, keeping Melo is very likely to be the best option, even if he ends up leaving. Allow me to explain.
Trade with Washington
by asdqqq on May 18, 2010 8:39 PM EDT
on Denver Stiffs
My One and Only Mock
by asdqqq on Apr 22, 2010 3:59 PM EDT
on Mile High Report
First three rounds only. It wouldn't bother me if no one reads this. It's purely for posterity purposes, so I can point to it and say I told you so if everything turns out to be true, or, alternatively, so you can point to it and tell me what an idiot I am.
What I think about the Brandon Marshall situation
by asdqqq on Apr 13, 2010 5:45 PM EDT
on Mile High Report
9 things:
12 comments
|
1 recs |
Tweet
Eagles Release Shawn Andrews
Possibility for the Broncos? He's got tons of attitude and injury issues, but he's a 27-year-old guard with pro-bowl ability. I say if you can get him fairly cheap, definitely worth checking out.
Who the Broncos might actually pick
by asdqqq on Feb 28, 2010 3:38 PM EST
on Mile High Report
For posterity purposes, here are my predictions about who the Broncos might actually pick in this year's draft. As I see it, I don't think free agency will likely have much of an impact on the possibilities.
Three things rule the top of the draft: Money, projected impact, and money.
Because the top 10 picks cost so much money, teams pick players that are expected to have the largest impact. This puts an incredible premium on the biggest impact positions: QB, LT, pass rusher, and, to a lesser extent, CB. Take the best prospects at these positions, plus a few players at other positions who are such good, can't miss (remember the money) prospects that they can be expected to have a big impact even from those other positions, and you've got your top 10. Unless you're the Raiders, there is too much money on the line to think outside of the box this high in the draft.
Grading Wark
by asdqqq on Feb 2, 2010 12:14 AM EST
on Denver Stiffs
As the trade deadline approaches and with the possibility of the Nuggets making a move to acquire another big man, I thought I would take the time to look back at how Wark has done in his time in charge. Also, it's just fun to look at how we got to where we are today. I'll give my grade and thoughts both at the time (AT) (trying to be as honest as I can) and in hindsight (HS) on the significant transactions of the Wark era. I'll leave out any transactions that had zero impact on the Nuggets, such as signing summer league players and such, and no-brainers like picking up rookie options. (Just as a side note, how hard is it for ESPN, the NBA, or anyone for that matter to keep an accurate list of a team's transactions? Apparently impossible. If you know of an accurate site that would be appreciated. If I didn't follow every detail of the Nuggets during every waking moment of my life and instead tried to rely on any one list, I'd be missing all kinds of stuff. The ESPN site inexplicably misses stuff as basic as both the AI and Billups trades. Hoopshype is good, but not perfect.) Joined the Nuggets in the summer of 2005 as Director of Player Personnel May 5, 2006, Nuggets part way with Kiki, the beginning of the Wark era.
46 comments
|
6 recs |
Tweet
Ayers's Future
by asdqqq on Jan 28, 2010 2:13 PM EST
on Mile High Report
Prior to and immediately following the draft, I was excited about Ayers as a Broncos pick for one reason: at least some scouts believed that he had the frame to bulk up a little and be a good 5-technique, 3-4 defensive end. I remember one saying that if Jackson wasn't available, Ayers was the last chance to get an impact 5-technique in this draft class. (Can't remember exactly where, unfortunately). So I was suprised when Ayers lined up as an OLB rather than a DE.
Precursor to a Nuggets Trade?
by asdqqq on Jan 25, 2010 11:38 PM EST
on Denver Stiffs
The Hornets have traded for Aaron Gray, someone the Nuggets have been trying to get their hands on. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nba/news/story?id=4857249
But the Hornets are still over the luxury tax and desperately want to get under.
So....
Don't Hate the Refs, Hate the Game
by asdqqq on Dec 9, 2009 12:25 AM EST
on Denver Stiffs
So I posted the beginning of this idea in a comment on the "Are NBA games fixed" article by Andrew Feinstein, and after 5 whole hours, no one has responded to it! :) Thankfully, the internet provides endless opportunity for me to continue to present my ideas to the entire world, no matter how valueless they may be.
I propose that the Donaghy accusations highlight two problems in the NBA:
1. Referees can't help their unconscious biases (for example, see the report on racial discrimination by NBA referees here).
2. There is at least a perception by many NBA fans that the refs are consciously affecting the outcome of the games.
I think both of these problems are rooted in the same underlying problem: the NBA rules themselves.
39 comments
|
3 recs |
Tweet
Dukes = Poor Journalist
by asdqqq on Jul 17, 2009 3:40 PM EDT
on Mile High Report
http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/07/16/players-media-have-trust-issues-with-mcdaniels/ is one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I have ever seen. Here is the context for the quote included in the Denver Post Article and cited by Dukes:
Showing 1 - 21 of 21
