Resign Players

[FFL Buffalo Bills]

Hi Gents...

Quick question...

If a player signed for a nice fat contract a 4 seasons ago or so with some really good ratings/bars and has dropped 1 or 2 rating points since...And has 1 yr left on contract and is willing to do another contract But you notice the demand isn't what he was asking for the contract before it's a noticable difference....Is this a warning sign the player is going to decline greatly...

[Ben E Lou]

No. It's a sign that it's far too easy to keep players around for the duration of their career in FOF2K7.

[FFL Buffalo Bills]

Thanks!!!

Really like reading alot of your post....Great stuff!!!! Thanks for being there

[Ben E Lou]

To elaborate, player contract demands are heavily based on performance in the previous season. So if he was hurt and missed a few games, or just didn't put up top-tier numbers, your guy may ask for FAR less money. As an example, my franchise QB wanted the following to reneg during the 2014 season, after a very strong 2013.

B: $23.64M
1: $1.81M (13.15 cap cost)
2: $11.3M (17.21)
3: $13.49 (19.30)
4: $15.53 (21.44)

Total: 4yrs, $65.8M (avg $16.4M per year)

I let him play out the last year of his contract in 2014. It turned out he had a couple of minor injuries. He put up a solid season, but only played 10 games:

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/fofc/duncandealstats.png


So I franchised him at the start of 2015, and he signed for:

B: $15M
1: $1.5M (4.5M cap cost)
2: $1.5M (4.5)
3: $4.5M (7.5)
4: $4.5M (7.5)
5: $9.0M (12)
TOTAL: 5yrs, $36M (avg. $7.2M per year)

He had a solid year in 2015 and played all 16 games. Guess what he wants now?

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/fofc/duncandeal.png

[FFL Buffalo Bills]

Dang nice player

[Ben E Lou]

"Nice" is not a word that anyone in the IHOF would use to describe Shaun "The Solution" Duncan, I'm fairly certain.