2014 NFL Offseason Thread

[gunnar hendershow]

Were they researching how to look like a DIII school?

[livid]

Well they already play like one...

[Plubby]

Well if they're going to pay Flacco a gajillion to win the Superbowl, maybe Kaep has earned 18 million to lose to two straight superbowl winners.

[Maxx]

Pretty sure that's uniform is template from last year's Madden.

[munky]

The one that the in-game fans never vote for at that.

[Mick]

His eyes are just screaming "...why? Why?!"

[Hajjhowe]

I like the helmet. It's not super offensive or anything, but it's really generic and bland. I'd sooner have gone back to the creamsicle days if you really wanted to make a big change.

As for Kap, that pay scale is about what you'd expect for a Franchise QB. For reference that'd put him just above Eli Manning & Matt Stafford, and just below Jay Cutler & Peyton Manning. He'd also be making about what Romo makes. Not to say those guys are all accurately paid, but he probably deserves that 7-10 QB pay scale for what he's done with the team and the upside he still has left.

[TCO]

Kaepernick isn't great. He has a sub 60 career completion percentage which is terrible considering how often teams will have to spy and contain him because of his legs.

I wouldn't be rushing to overpay him, but he'll get paid around the rumoured mark given the demand for QBs.

[Thrilla]

He'll get it as we have no real other option and I can't imagine we'd take any of this year's top QB picks over him. Plus, I'd still rank him in the top ten QBs, just about.

[livid]

My only thing with paying him this much is that it comes after only 23 starts. I'd like to see a larger sample size of what he can do before shelling out that kind of cash. However, there's no question that he seems to get better in the playoffs so it's a bit harder to gauge.

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, that's a drawback with letting a rookie quarterback develop a year or two. That time comes off that rookie contract just as if he were playing. Someone like Luck and Wilson will have a larger sample size when their rookie contract is up than someone like Kaep. You can't fault a team like San Fran for having Colin sit and learn for a year, but it costs them when it's contract time. Gotta take the good (mental, non-physical development) with the bad, I suppose.

[Hajjhowe]

I think while he doesn't have great accuracy, he is great at controlling the ball (1.9 INT% last year, 1.7% for his career) and as was said his running game adds a dynamic. I certainly think he's a top 10 QB (Which is around what he's asking for) and with Boldin & Crabtree for a whole year I think his passing numbers will improve as well. I mean he certainly has benifitted from his situation (Great defense, run game, coach) but he's taken advantage of those assets and seems capable of winning it all.

You also have to consider a guy like Andy Dalton could be getting like 10 million plus and he's clearly got a lot more flaws

[gunnar hendershow]

Brett Favre looks like Brett Favre's dad.

[Meacon Keaton]

"Sorry Little Jimmy, I accidentally threw your present to Little Johnny."

[munky]

The Bills aren't playing in Toronto next season, and Aaron Williams has re-signed long term.

Finally something positive after the Byrd nonsense.

[HC]

Brett Favre looks like Brett Favre's dad.

He looks like Moses.

[munky]

Brett Favre looks like Brett Favre's dad.

He looks like Moses.

[DMN in the House]

Oakland has something like $63 million to spend this offseason. If they can re-sign Veldheer and Houston, get Byrd, maybe Melton out of Chicago, and sign a receiver to go across from Moore, they might actually look like a NFL team next year. This is the year when we're supposed to start getting better, they basically told e fans they were throwing away the last two years...

Still can't decide if I'll be happy if they draft a QB, or if I'd rather they go defense (Anthony Barr, yes please!), or maybe Sammy Watkins... Maybe even offensive line.

[gunnar hendershow]

Draft a QB, the impact good rookies have made in the last 10 years speaks for itself.

[DMN in the House]

I'm just not sold on any of the top QBs in the draft. Bridgewater and Johnny Football have concerns about their build, and I'm not sure about the kid out of UCF. I'd rather Oakland takes someone like Fales, or the Alabama QB (who's name I can't remember now) later it he draft.