EVERY team dealt with Covid.
I understand that.. but not every teams needs or cap situation is the same. I’m speaking specifically of the impact on the salary cap.
JRob responsible for cap situation and team needs. You simply can’t rationalize this as unique to JRob.
I agree on that. Though, you also get a comp pick if they leave, so there's a fine line to walk in knowing whether that player's trade value and cap space is worth than his production plus a potential 3rd round comp pick.
I wish we would have signed Henry earlier in the off-season last year so we could have tagged Conk and then have the ability to trade him if we couldn't come to an extension. But, COVID could also be part of the reason Henry signed the deal he did, so maybe that wasn't an option prior to free agency.
I think if the cap situation were like a normal year, we might have kept Butler and traded Adoree for a mid rounder. Or may be we'd have tagged Jonnu, Davis, or Brown.
I’m not.. I’m making the exact opposite argument. It’s hurt everybody, but a year ago or 2 NO GM could have foreseen this off season. He can’t be blamed for losing $ 40 million in cap space. GMs don’t plan year to year. they plan years in advance. If anyone says JRob is a bad GM because he didn’t see 2 years ago that this years cap would be $182 million instead of $220 million then you are crazy. He had to adjust and there are people unrealistically crucifying him for it.
And there are cuts around the league on players you would not expect to see cut in a typical year.
How low? Is it <16%?
Yes. That’s my point. Covid isn’t unique to Titans or JRob. Can’t justify without it we’d becdifferentbtgsnntgrnotget teams/ GMs.
Pretty close. An article from 2002-2003 was posted about it somewhere in this thread and talked about only 44 players remained with their original team from the 98 draft, which is roughly 17% of the total amount of players drafted, (or a little over 1 per team).
Other GMs kicking the can down the road to take advantage of the anticipated list Covid increase. You just can’t rationalize Covid unique to Titans and the effects.
One draft, from 23 years ago, and including the whole draft not just round 1. Not the same thing at all but I appreciate the effort.
But the situation in general is unique and some teams are affected much more heavily than others because of it. No team could have predicted a 16 million dollar decrease in the cap.
Right. But EVERY team is dealing with it.
I agree, I just think it’s not as easy to just say that a player is performing to assume re-signing is always possible. Unfortunately due to cost, some good players have to go. Timing is why Conklin is gone vs, CD or Jackson both of which I don’t believe played to a first round pick level.
Definitely have. With those names suggested, this was before the rookie salary cap was in place.
I understand and agree. I have a problem with cutting a player at the wire, especially a 1st rounder and essentially getting nothing in return of that draft capital. Been better to have known earlier to either let test the market and get compensatory pick or shop the guy. You have make that tough call during the extension window.
I think this is what some are suggesting overall to keep players, extending them early. Timing makes a difference. Had he been extended in year 3, we don’t have an AJ Brown yet, no humphries, and CD is looking like a bad selection of a first round pick due to health concerns and overall production. At that time, why are we extending him.
It did include the 1st rounders, and only 14 of them were 1st rounders. So suffice to say, less than half of all first rounders re-sign with the team they drafted them. From the 1999 draft, only 4 first rounders had signed long term contracts.
More recently from the 2016 draft who would have seen they're rookie contracts end this year, only 8 1st round players are still with their drafted team. From 2015 only 6. You see where I'm going here?
Yes, but it affects some teams more severely, and that isn't something J-Rob could have foresaw.
Of course she says this. And of course that is her goal. But the issue is does she fire JRob for not getting there even if the team is competing for Super Bowls. She probably isn’t giving out that info.
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