Steelers hinting a deal done with Dupree?
Steelers hinting a deal done with Dupree?
From the Steelers Instagram page with the caption "Incoming!"
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Zi4zMA0lV ... lsmxo5hu4q
Seems like an obvious hint, am I right?
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Zi4zMA0lV ... lsmxo5hu4q
Seems like an obvious hint, am I right?
Tiny hands, smaller heart.
If that is true it could be a great help in signing other players
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Hope so, that would be a big hurdle out of the way already and I’m sure that a new contract will have a lower cap hit instead of what the franchise tag would have cost.
Hopefully they can get ole Dong Dupree signed for somewhere under ten per yr.
Dupree had his best year for sure. But, he is nowhere close to Watt's ability. I hope whatever contract they do, they keep that in mind as they have to sign Watt in the near term. That's going to be a ton of money tied up in OLB.
It is more of surviving this off season with the cap situation and 30% rule. Getting Bud for less than 12M for this season is big. With the 30% rule, 12M is the most his base salary can be.
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It's a bit tough because Ben could play 2 more years, or maybe even 4. But when he's done, that's almost $30mm PER YEAR off the books.
If you're not paying a franchise QB $25mm per year, it's almost kind of hard to spend the mandate 90% of the cap.
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I don’t know butkis about the CBA, salary cap, etc. Does the 30% rule pertain to new contracts, or just extensions/restructures?
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An old article but gives good basics
https://nationalfootballpost.com/chris- ... cent-rule/
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/260 ... -offseason
https://nationalfootballpost.com/chris- ... cent-rule/
Newer article with more depth into the "final league year" of the CBAThe 30-percent rule, found in Article XXIV, Section 8 (b) of the CBA, states that renegotiations/extensions entered into in the 2010 league year may not increase per year from 2009 to 2010 or beyond more than 30 percent of the 2009 salary. For example, if the 2009 salary is $2M, the maximum available in 2010 is $2.6M, in 2011 it’s $3.2M, etc.
The theory behind the rule was to prevent the dumping of disproportionate amounts of compensation into a year with no cap to regulate spending. The rule was another quid pro quo for what was expected to be an uncapped windfall for players.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/260 ... -offseason
Article 13, Section 7 of the CBA mandates that "no player contract extending into a season beyond the Final League Year may provide for an annual increase in salary ... of more than 30 percent of the salary provided for in the Final League Year, per year, either in the season after the Final League Year or in any subsequent season covered by the Player Contract."
So if a player signs a five-year contract this offseason, and his 2020 salary is $10 million, the rules state his scheduled 2021, 2022 and 2023 salaries can't be higher than $13 million, $16 million and $19 million, respectively. And yes, there are already contracts on the books that reflect this. The deal Odell Beckham Jr. signed with the Giants last summer, for example, provides for a higher salary this year ($17 million) than in 2020 ($14.25 million), 2021 ($15.75 million), 2022 ($15 million) and 2023 ($15 million).
The 30 percent rule would allow the Giants to pay Beckham up to $18.525-$27.075 million in each of the years from 2021-23; as you can see, they are well under that figure. But Beckham's contract pays him about $38.5 million in the first two years of the deal (2018-2019), a structure that allows him to get more of his money sooner and also allows the Giants to stay well clear of the 30 percent rule on the back end of the type of contract that doesn't usually get paid out in full anyway.
The 2016 book "Crunching Numbers: An Inside Look at the Salary Cap and Negotiating Player Contracts" by Jason Fitzgerald and Vijay Natarajan (which was a big help in putting this piece together) deals with the 30 percent rule in greater detail and has helpful, concrete examples of different contract structures.
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you got better eyes than me. I don't see anything in there suggesting anything.
But what I have been seeing is a whole lot of mocks taking an OLB at pick 49. Then making a helluva good case why.
You would be surprised how many fans are not thrilled at all in resigning him.
But what I have been seeing is a whole lot of mocks taking an OLB at pick 49. Then making a helluva good case why.
You would be surprised how many fans are not thrilled at all in resigning him.
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A concern of mine as well.
Don’t feel we have much choice however given that not signing him means Jibbs will simply input that JAG Chikillo in as starter and call it a day.
I say we sign Dupree, cut Chik, and roll with Skipper and Ola as backups.
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We need oline, WR, RB, & TE on offense.But what I have been seeing is a whole lot of mocks taking an OLB at pick 50. Then making a helluva good case why.
Path of least resistance is to keep Watt & Dupree together going into next year so that you free up the already limited draft capital to throw at the offense.
Not a huge Dupree fan myself but he has come on of late. Hopefully it’s a sign he’s “getting it” vs he’s been dogging it till he hit contract year.
I don’t trust our coaches to know the difference.
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This Final Year stuff is going to go away as soon as they announce the new deal... expected to be in a week or two.jebrick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:10 pmAn old article but gives good basics
https://nationalfootballpost.com/chris- ... cent-rule/
Newer article with more depth into the "final league year" of the CBAThe 30-percent rule, found in Article XXIV, Section 8 (b) of the CBA, states that renegotiations/extensions entered into in the 2010 league year may not increase per year from 2009 to 2010 or beyond more than 30 percent of the 2009 salary. For example, if the 2009 salary is $2M, the maximum available in 2010 is $2.6M, in 2011 it’s $3.2M, etc.
The theory behind the rule was to prevent the dumping of disproportionate amounts of compensation into a year with no cap to regulate spending. The rule was another quid pro quo for what was expected to be an uncapped windfall for players.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/260 ... -offseason
Article 13, Section 7 of the CBA mandates that "no player contract extending into a season beyond the Final League Year may provide for an annual increase in salary ... of more than 30 percent of the salary provided for in the Final League Year, per year, either in the season after the Final League Year or in any subsequent season covered by the Player Contract."
So if a player signs a five-year contract this offseason, and his 2020 salary is $10 million, the rules state his scheduled 2021, 2022 and 2023 salaries can't be higher than $13 million, $16 million and $19 million, respectively. And yes, there are already contracts on the books that reflect this. The deal Odell Beckham Jr. signed with the Giants last summer, for example, provides for a higher salary this year ($17 million) than in 2020 ($14.25 million), 2021 ($15.75 million), 2022 ($15 million) and 2023 ($15 million).
The 30 percent rule would allow the Giants to pay Beckham up to $18.525-$27.075 million in each of the years from 2021-23; as you can see, they are well under that figure. But Beckham's contract pays him about $38.5 million in the first two years of the deal (2018-2019), a structure that allows him to get more of his money sooner and also allows the Giants to stay well clear of the 30 percent rule on the back end of the type of contract that doesn't usually get paid out in full anyway.
The 2016 book "Crunching Numbers: An Inside Look at the Salary Cap and Negotiating Player Contracts" by Jason Fitzgerald and Vijay Natarajan (which was a big help in putting this piece together) deals with the 30 percent rule in greater detail and has helpful, concrete examples of different contract structures.
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts
You really think a deal is going to be announced and agreed to by the NFLPA that quickly?bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:44 pmThis Final Year stuff is going to go away as soon as they announce the new deal... expected to be in a week or two.
I was expecting an ugly and long negotiation.
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There was word about 3 weeks ago that the deal was close to being finalized.Kodiak wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:48 pmYou really think a deal is going to be announced and agreed to by the NFLPA that quickly?bradshaw2ben wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:44 pmThis Final Year stuff is going to go away as soon as they announce the new deal... expected to be in a week or two.
I was expecting an ugly and long negotiation.
1 20 Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts
2 51 TRADE: Brandon Aiyuk, WR
3 84 Hunter Nourzad, C, Penn State
3× 98 Jarvis Brownlee, Jr., CB, Florida State
4 128 Qwan'tez Stiggers, DB, Toronto Argonauts
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Chickillo the mystery of the ages. I have not had him in the final 53 for 3 yrs. ????
Lately, I have been seeing lots of post cutting him for cap space. $4, 500,000. I couldn't believe it.
Not sure about Dupree, They're talking like 12M or more. That's heavy.
DUPREE's stats games 1-3 and 15-17 below.
These turned out to be most of the very few teams that
had a winning schedule we played.
--------TKL--AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH
NE-------4-- 0--- 4--- 1 ---7-- 2---0
SEA------2-- 2----4--- 0----0---0---2
SF-------3---0--- 3--- 0--- 0---1--
BUF------1-- 2--- 3--- 0--- 0-- 0-- 0
NYJ------2-- 4--- 6--- 1--- 1-- 2-- 1
BAL------4-- 0----4--- 1--- 0-- 1-- 2
Really not much there. [ But he did have a
good year.] Uh! Yeah. he didn;t have a losing season.
Apparently his stats came from feasting on
the weaker teams . Everyone said they played a very
soft schedule. Next year could be tougher, They play NFC East
AFC South, BUF and DEN. Ehh! Not too tough.
Maybe these mocks know what they're talking about.
I would prefer to keep Hargrave and not overpay Bud. Take my chances here.....
I thought Hargrave had an exceptional season....just can’t get beyond Bud doing zilch for his first 4 years.
IMO
I thought Hargrave had an exceptional season....just can’t get beyond Bud doing zilch for his first 4 years.
IMO
He's not that great of a player, and likely won't get any better at this point. On a cap strapped team, something averaging ten mil per yr is more than fair. Get him his guaranteed, do four years, but those first three should have a hit of ten and no more. The modern day Donger just ain't worth it.
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So that in mind there's talk of McDonald as a cap casualty along with McCullers, Barron, Foster and Chickillo...perhaps even a contract extension for Heyward.Here's every contract on the roster that could be restructured, and the max amount of savings while keeping in compliance with the 30% Rule without doing something uncharacteristic and/or inadvisable.
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He has literally gotten better every single year he's been in the league. I hated the pick when we made it because he wasn't even the best pass rusher on his team at UK and only produced against the worst OTs in college football, but the guy was a pretty damn solid player in 2018 and a great player in 2019.
I think he's still getting better.
Tiny hands, smaller heart.
They are not going to pay Hargrave 12-14M for a 50% snap NT. That is a horrible investment
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Agree totally with the second quote. The first quote is more about who might replace him, which is ludicrous in believing that player will be able to replace what Dupree has done.tbsteel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:24 pmHe has literally gotten better every single year he's been in the league. I hated the pick when we made it because he wasn't even the best pass rusher on his team at UK and only produced against the worst OTs in college football, but the guy was a pretty damn solid player in 2018 and a great player in 2019.
I think he's still getting better.
Dupree started to use inside moves last season and he refined those moves this year. Hell, he even used some spin moves and he is getting better at taking on blockers bigger than him.
10+ sacks, 15+ TFL and 4 FF. There isn't a player on the roster that can replace that.
Remember if he walks, we get a late third round compensatory pick next year. That isn't much compensation.
He has improved over the past five years, that's true. But considering he was a lesser player than the almighty Chickillo as a rookie, what exactly did you expect? I think he's pretty much maxed out.
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I just hope they don't bid against themselves. Yeah it seemed the light came on this year for Ol' Bud but Steelers are known for running to the podium for less than stellar talent aka Chickillo.
PFF doesn't even have him as a Top 50 FA (take that with a grain of salt).
If they get him for an avg of 9-10 M/yr then they would've won but I have a feeling that this will not go well.
PFF doesn't even have him as a Top 50 FA (take that with a grain of salt).
If they get him for an avg of 9-10 M/yr then they would've won but I have a feeling that this will not go well.
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I franchise him and see if he can put up the same numbers.
If they do I hope someone else picks him up.steelmann58 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:18 pmI franchise him and see if he can put up the same numbers.