2025 FA2:3 Complete

[Ben E Lou]

DAILY DOZEN: Most Noteworthy Signings

	OAK	QB Van Freeze (57/57)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Minnesota	3yrs, $55.0M
	PIT	QB Ronald Diaz (39/49)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago	3yrs, $60.0M
	ATL	WR Moe Stefani (74/74)	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	3yrs, $27.3M
	DET	DE Keith McDonald (64/64)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago	5yrs, $57.9M
	ATL	CB Alex Dillon (78/78)	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	3yrs, $24.3M
	DET	T Victor Herndon (56/56)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Cincinnati	6yrs, $31.0M
	ATL	CB Morris Godfrey (55/55)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago	3yrs, $12.0M
	DAL	QB Mario Becht (41/41)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Green Bay	2yrs, $5.1M
	DET	WR Derek Robbins (45/45)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from New Orleans	3yrs, $5.8M
	DET	CB Casey Dixon (13/36)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Kansas City	3yrs, $12.3M
	DEN	S Lonnie May (43/43)	Resigned as an unrestricted free agent	3yrs, $6.8M
	DEN	QB Jeffrey Carr (28/47)	Signed as an unrestricted free agent from Oakland	3yrs, $5.0M

[Ben E Lou]

[Sef0r]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

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Oh I see, you lost out on that WR for a smaller offer?

I have to say, the honesty and integrity of you as a commish in running this league is great. There might be some league runners out there I'm sure who would adjust their offer and re-sim to get the desired outcome but not you, harsh to loose out.

[digamma]

Ben reduced his offer from the Stage 1 Max Bonus/Max Salary offer thinking he had overbid. However, he underestimated how much a non-cheetin' QuikSand would bid.

[Ben E Lou]

It's worse than that. I actually took the time to look specifically at Quik's cap situation before I made my offer for this final critical stage. (Every player with an offer signs in FA2:3.) I had him maxing out at $26M, so I got greedy and tried to re-sign a couple of my stars from last year (that was successful). Since I had him at $26M max, I went $27M.

He went $29M.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

(Every player with an offer signs in FA2:3.)

Huh. Never knew that.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by path12

Huh. Never knew that.

Yup. That's why I set the stages the way I did. 1-2-3 are for the real signings. Anyone left over at Stage 4 is someone who didn't get an offer from any team. The same thing happens at Stage 10 during FA1, fwiw. It's pretty obviously hard-coded that way. I've never, ever, ever seen a player with an offer not sign at FA1:10 or FA2:3. The FA1 time isn't as important, since good players rarely/never last that long anyway. But in FA2, it's sometimes worth the risk of waiting until stage 3 to make your "real" offer. (But sometimes guys sign before then, so caveat emptor on that strat.)

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

It's worse than that. I actually took the time to look specifically at Quik's cap situation before I made my offer for this final critical stage. (Every player with an offer signs in FA2:3.) I had him maxing out at $26M, so I got greedy and tried to re-sign a couple of my stars from last year (that was successful). Since I had him at $26M max, I went $27M.

He went $29M.

Almost enough to redeem my feelings about FOF these days.

[Julio Riddols]

Had a good WR haul in Cinci. I think we're finally about where I want us to be. Need some more LB help, but overall, the firepower we have now should be enough to get us there within a year or two.