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Brenton Strange Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
Brenton Strange signed a three year extension with the Jaguars worth $36 million with a maximum value of $48 million. The contract will make Strange the 10th highest paid tight end in the NFL, slightly trailing Pat Freiermuth’s $12.1 million per year contract with the Steelers. The $25 million injury guarantee is 8th among tight […]
Jeffery Simmons Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
Jefferey Simmons and the Titans agreed to a historic $105.8 million contract extension that would make Simmons the highest paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL, raising the market by about $3.5 million per year. The contract would make him the 8th highest paid defender in the NFL. His $100 million in guarantees eclipses Chris […]
Joe Tippmann Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
Joe Tippmann and the New York Jets agreed to a $62 million contract extension which makes him the 15th highest paid guard in the NFL and would make him the 4th highest paid center if he were to move back to that position. Tippmann received just over $34.9 million in guarantees which ranks 12th. The […]
Looking at Patrick Mahomes Record Setting Contract with the Chiefs
The news came out last night that the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes agreed on a revised contract that would now place him under contract to the Chiefs through 2033 and Albert Breer had the complete breakdown of this record setting contract that makes Mahomes the highest paid player in the NFL. The contract, which we […]
Drake London Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
The numbers are in for Drake London’s five year $141 million contract extension with the Falcons. The official guarantee is $100 million with just over $83 million being the new money guarantee. The contract makes him the 3rd highest paid receiver in the NFL while the guarantee ranks and signing bonus rank 4th. The contract […]
Looking at the Myles Garrett Contract Decisions
The contract decisions from Myles Garrett’s team have been pretty interesting to see over the last two years as he has now executed three contracts since March of 2025. The latest one with the Rams really has me a bit baffled at the decision making process but perhaps sheds some light on what the two […]
Rams and Browns Agree to Trade Involving Myles Garrett
Superstar EDGE Myles Garrett will be changing teams moving from the Browns to the Rams as part of a blockbuster trade. The Browns will receive a future 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick along with Jared Verse. This trade possibility was foreshadowed months ago when Garrett agreed to delay a $29.2 million option bonus from […]
2026 Post June 1 Salary Cap Savings
It’s officially June 1 in the NFL which signifies the first major salary cap accounting change for the league year. Today is the final day where releasing or trading a player will cause all future prorated money to accelerate into 2026. Starting on June 2nd a team will only be responsible for this year’s salary […]
Steelers Tender Aaron Rodgers
As Aaron Rodgers ponders his NFL future, the Steelers protected their rights in the event that he decides to play football this year by extended the UFA tender to Rodgers. The UFA tender is a one year contract that is worth 110% of his prior year salary- about $15 million in this case- and does […]
Thoughts on Will Anderson’s $150M Contract Extension
The numbers are in for Will Anderson’s record setting $150 million contract extension with the Texans so let’s see just how it stacks up with the rest of the league and how it may help contracts move forward in the future. First the basic details of the contract. Anderson’s three year extension contains $150 million […]
Valuing the 2026 Draft’s 1st Round Trades
With the 1st round complete I decided to evaluate each trade using the Fitzgerald-Spielberger draft chart. The chart which Brad and I created is based on past results of NFL drafts. These values are not going to be indicative of typical trade markets in the NFL but they do provide you the expected returns on […]
Bears Open Up $10.375M in Cap Room
To gain more flexibility prior to the draft the Bears restructured the contracts of OL Jonah Jackson and TE Cole Kmet to gain $10.375M in cap room. Prior to the restructures the Bears had the least amount of cap room in the NFL, well under $1 million. This gives Chicago some wiggle room in the […]
Estimating The Number Of 2026 UDFAs For Each Team
It’s been a while since I’ve done this exercise, but with the 2026 NFL Draft just a few days away, I thought I’d revisit an estimation on the number of UDFA signings that each team might sign. This is calculated with some very simple math: take the sum of current rostered players as estimated by […]
Bengals Trade for DL Dexter Lawrence
The Bengals made a big splash just a few days before the draft trading for DT Dexter Lawrence of the Giants and giving up the 10th overall pick to make it happen. It’s a huge price to pay for a player who will turn 29 during the 2026 season and is looking for a contract […]
2026 Positional Draft Success vs Free Agent Availability
With the NFL draft rapidly approaching I thought it would be a good time to do our look at where teams are hitting on good players in the draft and where we can often find high quality talent in free agency. Using those two numbers gives a strong indication of ways to approach the draft […]
Lions Force C Frank Ragnow to Repay Portion of Bonus Money
Dave Birkett reported today that the Lions decided to exercise their contractual right to force retired center Frank Ragnow to pay back part of his signing bonus due to his retirement. I had a few questions on this and thought it would be good to share some thoughts about situations like this and what is […]
Evaluation of the 2026 Compensatory Picks Projection
On March 9, the 2026 compensatory draft picks were released. As always, upon seeing the official release it’s proper to judge how my projection did against it. Team Rd Compensated Departure MIN 3 Sam Darnold PHI 3 Milton Williams PIT 3 Dan Moore Jr. SF 4 Aaron Banks LV 4 Trevon Moehrig PIT 4 Justin […]
Browns and Myles Garrett Agree to Modified Contract Language
ESPN’s Field Yates is reporting that the Browns and star Edge rusher Myles Garrett have agreed to a modified contract where the two sides have agreed to push back the option dates in his contract from late March to early September. This is a pretty bizarre move on Garrett’s end as it defers the payment […]