FOF 4 Free Agency.

[gklech]

Hi,

Do any of the resident experts here have any tips for how to get players to sign for you in Free Agency if you don't have the funds to pay them $6M a season?

Thanks for any advice,

Giles Klech

[Fritz]

try to sign them later in FA. Sometimes their price wil drop some.

[DolphinFan1]

Try to offer a higher bonus and drop the yearly salary. You can get your cap cost lower that way. Or try to renegotiate a few player contracts on your roster.

[gklech]

Is there any specific advice to follow as regards settings for Training Camp?

[stkelly52]

The other think that I do to get players to sign is I rarely look for the best player available. I tend to look for the #3 or #4 player at a given position. this alows me to get several positions filled with quality players for a much lower price.

[nilodor]

I would say in regards to signing free agents, offer them an extra year on their contract. Make it a high number and renegotiate before they get there. This spreads the bonus over a longer time so each year is worth less than it would have been without the extra year.

[strait8]

In Free agency i set my search as follows
Free Agents Future Potential 7 years or less experience. I will not pay more than 2.1 mill per year.

I look for positions I need. I always sign my QB's out of here some times I sign 3 of them and use one for trade bait.

After I reset search engine as follows current Value 10 years or less experience 2.1 million.

I look for players who fill positions I need and make offers.

go through 3-4 stages and repeat. Prices go down. I never bid for anyone from Stage 12 on. The odds are they will be their after the draft and you can hammer them down on the contract.

I go through my draft and then back to free agency and do it again. At thuiis point their are great bargains. I scale up each year as inflation hits salaries but I am always bottom fishing. Yiou can great players. I always have lots of cap money and after two to three years I trade these guys in their last year for draft choices. Thats where i get great players at cheaper prices for 4-6 yrs
Hope this helps.