2024 FA1:10-12 Complete (REMEMBER: 3-year deals required on ALL FAs now!)

[Ben E Lou]

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN, GENTLEMEN!!!

Extractor run attached.

Most Noteworthy Signings

	TBY	C Irving Whiting (46/46)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Baltimore	3yrs, $3.6M
	KCY	S Bernie Sperr (37/37)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Green Bay	3yrs, $3.3M
	GBY	DT Mark Reier (32/32)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from San Diego	1yr, $1.1M
	GBY	G Steven Shapiro (30/40)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago	1yr, $1.2M
	GBY	ILB Phillip Quartucci (33/33)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from New York	1yr, $1.1M

[Ben E Lou]

SUSPENDED FOR OFF-FIELD CONDUCT

Minnesota Vikings

DE Mercury Fink

HOLDING OUT

	Atlanta Falcons	DE Otis Schultz
	Atlanta Falcons	ILB Graham Eubanks
	Baltimore Ravens	QB Benjamin Heath
	Green Bay Packers	CB Ernest Palmer
	Jacksonville Jaguars	DE Chester Valerio
	Seattle Seahawks	QB Marlon Everett

STADIUM/FRANCHISE MOVES

	Baltimore Ravens	Renovation Vote	Failed
	Cincinnati Bengals	Renovation Vote	Passed
	Green Bay Packers	Renovation Vote	Passed
	Miami Dolphins	Renovation Vote	Failed
	New Jersey Jets	Renovation Vote	Passed
	St. Louis Rams	Renovation Vote	Failed
	Washington Redskins	Renovation Vote	Failed

[Ben E Lou]

Attached.

[QuikSand]

Holdout? Are you kidding me? I don't care if you were the in-game Offensive Player of the Year, bub. Without me, you'd be working down at the A&P in Kurt Warner's old job.

[QuikSand]

And what becomes of the multiple guys GB just signed to one-year deals in early free agency?

[Ben E Lou]

GB is an AI team. They are allowed to cheet at will.

[QuikSand]

Fuckers.

[Tasan]

This both scares and excites me at the same time. I'm real worried I won't come away with anyone I want.

[TheMeat]

Indeed, very interesting, I was modest with my offers and if I don't get anyone then I take one on the chin this year which isn't too bad since I still have a couple of cancerous contracts on my roster. Worst case scenario I have more cash to maneuver next year when I expect things will be less intense. I expect some huge offers on some of these guys, maybe too rich for my blood.

Have to say tho that I absolutely love this format we have here. It boils things down to the essentials of cap management and talent selection, which IMO is a lot like the NFL. Because of the hard cap in the NFL talent is easy to aquire, hell an empty team could have fielded a decent (if not old as hell) roster just out of the FAs available this year or any recent year for that matter. I think this league will reflect that, where even a squad on the brink of calapse could take a season or two at most to cut bad contracts and get serious help from not just the rookie pool but the FAs I expect to start hitting the market in the next couple years, I fully expect some veteran free agent talent to be a regular option in FA1 in years to come.

Very exciting.

[chinaski]

So what do we do with the guys who "are reluctant to sign more than a 2 year deal?"

[Sef0r]

My only problem is I scouted a K that I think will do well who was drafted so I miss out.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by chinaski

So what do we do with the guys who "are reluctant to sign more than a 2 year deal?"

Offer more money.

[Sef0r]

I wish there was a way to get all the drafted players back into the FA pool. There are some players I wanted to pick up...lol

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Offer more money.

Yup.

[eiskrap]

Will be interesting to see how much money teams are willing to throw at untested rookies, I think those who can evaluate better than me will be much more bold.

Overall not as much fun as I thought it was going to be though.

[Sef0r]

Originally Posted by eiskrap

Will be interesting to see how much money teams are willing to throw at untested rookies, I think those who can evaluate better than me will be much more bold.

Overall not as much fun as I thought it was going to be though.

We have to give it at least 2-3 seasons. I do however believe that some bold teams will not worry about carrying on after 2 or 3 seasons when those HUGE contracts they offered come to bite them in the ass. I have offered 3 BIG contracts to players I think will be good, I doubt very much that I will get near those teams with A LOT of cap space.

[Julio Riddols]

I'm working my own theory on this as well. I figure I will change my approach based on my cap space versus cap space of my opponents..

It will be interesting to see how this shakes out in the first couple weeks of FA2, as these young players may sign pretty quickly if they have not received any initial attention from other teams.