2025-26 NFL Thread

[Pakuni]

Panthers making Jaycee Horn the highest-paid CB in the league.
Not bad for a guy who's missed nearly as many games (31) as he's played (37) in his career.

[Pakuni]

I hope Drew Dalman signs anywhere but Chicago. Bears fans/Bears twitter will have you believe he's the second coming of Mike Webster.

Overpaying a lot to a mediocre player like Dalman is how you stay bad as an organization.

Welp.

[GB Warrior]

Caleb's rookie contract gives margin for error for less than optimal contracts. Even the line graduating to 'meh' is a whole standard deviation from last year.

[Pakuni]

Caleb's rookie contract gives margin for error for less than optimal contracts. Even the line graduating to 'meh' is a whole standard deviation from last year.

An improved offensive line isn't going to fix this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1ho9kxw/nfl_teams_by_sacks_attributed_to_the_qb_vs_the_ol/#lightbox

[The Sultan]

An improved offensive line isn't going to fix this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1ho9kxw/nfl_teams_by_sacks_attributed_to_the_qb_vs_the_ol/#lightbox

No, but a better coach can.

[GB Warrior]

An improved offensive line isn't going to fix this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1ho9kxw/nfl_teams_by_sacks_attributed_to_the_qb_vs_the_ol/#lightbox

No it won't. Johnson is going to have to re-wire Caleb in that respect. But you do that by providing outlets for him where he can trust the system a bit. I thought that improved when Thomas Brown took over, and would expect a huge jump under Johnson.

Free agency is not a perfect allocation of resources but I'd be pleased if I'm a bears fan.

[Dish]

Sigh.

[WhiteTrash]

Caleb's rookie contract gives margin for error for less than optimal contracts. Even the line graduating to 'meh' is a whole standard deviation from last year.

I agree with this. I complained / observed last season that the Bears would be a pretty good team is they could just get pedestrian O-line play.

Dalman is an overpay like Sweat, but I am in favor of this directionally. And, to make the most obvious statement in the world, they need to draft well to set themselves up when/if they have to pay Williams.

[Dish]

Dan Moore, $50M guaranteed!!!

Insane.

[GB Warrior]

Dan Moore, $50M guaranteed!!!

Insane.

This, on the other hand, is nuts. As is the bag that Kinlaw got from the Commanders

[Pakuni]

Dan Moore, $50M guaranteed!!!

Insane.

I was just about to post this as our early leader for worst FA signing of the cycle.
The fact a OL-deficient team like the Steelers were happy to let Moore walk should tell you everything.

[GB Warrior]

Watching these CB deals roll in, if I'm GB I'm sitting on Jaire for awhile. No rush...

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

An improved offensive line isn't going to fix this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1ho9kxw/nfl_teams_by_sacks_attributed_to_the_qb_vs_the_ol/#lightbox

If this chart is accurate, Williams percentage of total sacks he is responsible for isn't great but better than Stroud, Stafford, Darnold, Herbert, Geno Smith?

Getting sacked a whole bunch increases the nominal total sure but the % isn't that much an outlier.

[Pakuni]

Lions add DJ Reed, lose Carlton Davis.

[Pakuni]

Darnold is a Seahawk.
Hope he got the bag, because I can't imagine any other reason he would go there.

Update: 3 years, $110 million ($55 million guaranteed).
Have to admit, with some of the crazy contracts being thrown around today, that's less than I expected for Darnold. That said, I'm not convinced he isn't a one-year wonder that fell into an ideal situation last year.

[RJax55]

Darnold is a Seahawk.
Hope he got the bag, because I can't imagine any other reason he would go there.

Update: 3 years, $110 million ($55 million guaranteed).
Have to admit, with some of the crazy contracts being thrown around today, that's less than I expected for Darnold. That said, I'm not convinced he isn't a one-year wonder that fell into an ideal situation last year.

Since the NY teams were not an option, the market seems like the Seahawks and Steelers. Not all that robust.

[Uncle Rico]

Twitter was down today?  Hahahahahahaha

[MU82]

Darnold is a Seahawk.
Hope he got the bag, because I can't imagine any other reason he would go there.

Update: 3 years, $110 million ($55 million guaranteed).
Have to admit, with some of the crazy contracts being thrown around today, that's less than I expected for Darnold. That said, I'm not convinced he isn't a one-year wonder that fell into an ideal situation last year.

I'm seeing 3 years, $100.5 million in multiple places (NFL.com, Yahoo, ESPN). The ESPN blurb when googling says $110M, but the headline and article say $100.5. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44194464/sam-darnold-seahawks-3-year-1005m-deal-sources-say

I'm actually relieved that the contract wasn't worse, because I was reading reports over the weekend of possibly $40M+ per year, with up to $75M guaranteed ... so this was practically a bargain. I'm quite sure the Seahawks would have had to pay Geno more than they'll be paying Darnold.

I still wouldn't be surprised to see the Panthers take a flier on a QB on Day 2 of the draft with one of their extra picks so he could develop while Darnold plays. I've seen Milroe mentioned in The Athletic.

I was among the bazillions critical of Darnold's play at the end of last season - I mean, how could anybody not be? I'm an optimistic kind of guy, but this is a big "we'll see" for me. The Seahawks don't have the best OL in the world, and their WR corps has gone from one of the NFL's best to definitely not that. Darnold ain't gonna be able to just heave it up to JJ anymore.

[jesmu84]

2/40 with 30 guaranteed for Fields to the Jets

[Pakuni]

Josh Sweat to the Cardinals, Milton Williams to the Pats.

[MU82]

Panthers making Jaycee Horn the highest-paid CB in the league.
Not bad for a guy who's missed nearly as many games (31) as he's played (37) in his career.

Horn obviously shouldn't be the best-paid CB, but he is a real good player.

More importantly for him, he picked a good season to stay mostly healthy (15 starts) - right as the Panthers had to decide whether to pay him the big bucks or move on from him.

[Pakuni]

Bears sign Grady Jarrett.
Very good pickup if he has something left in the tank.

[HutchwasClutch]

Aaron Banks to the Packers per reports
4 years $77M

[HutchwasClutch]

TJ Slaton to the Bengals, 2 years $15.1M

[Dish]

Going to have to see the guaranteed money for Banks, because that 4/77 is a lot for a decent guard.