[QuikSand]

FA 1:2 is done. I have a confession.

I had no clue how much to bid on a specific guy. I had a lot of cap space, but so did a lot of teams - this is a zero-injury league. Top cap hit for a WR in the league was around $110M. There's a good but not perfect WR in this FA class...6th year guy, 70/70, does everything pretty well. WR1 for us, and he would have been an affinity, even.

I mull it over, and decide to bid... $92M. I have a knack for getting these pretty close to right, this is a key quiet skill of mine. Here, we missed badly.

2118		FA Stage 2	signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $420,020,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $110,000,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $368,000,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $99,990,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $160,000,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $85,370,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $86,500,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $58,000,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $72,000,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 3yrs, $212,520,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $89,110,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $108,370,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $82,300,000.
2118		FA Stage 2	turned down a contract offer: 4yrs, $154,170,000.

Ok, in retrospect, "badly" overstates it. We missed the $140M/yr mark that he got, but my offer was indeed second best. We just got lapped by a guy with crazy cap space and the willingness to blow it all. Okay, then. Can't be that shocked.