Largest contracts you've seen or given

[SPACEPIG]

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In my franchise, he signed with the Browns for 3 years, $24.1 million with $6.87 signing bonus.

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[macbranson]

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That's not really a lot considering he's rated like 93 overall. That contract is paying Talib around $8 million per season which is kind of in line with an upper level CB. He's not fast, but his press rating and man coverage ratings are really high and he would make a good fit for a lot of defenses.

[RyanLeaf16]

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Not at home right now, but, I am in my first off-season at the re-signing period. My most recent offer to Sean Lee was 5yrs $55mm and he said it was not enough. I think I may lose him. Can't have Ware, Romo and Lee eating up a third of my cap.

[Carthoss]

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I throw some big contracts around. I signed Greg Hardy to a 6 year, $60.5 million deal with a $21 million signing bonus (this was after he broke the sack record) and Cam Newton to a 6 year, $155 million deal with a $48 million signing bonus (he is currently on pace to be league MVP and put up over 5,000 passing yards and 50 TDs). You have to pay for good players and sometimes it comes back to bite you in the ***. I'm gonna have some real problems next season because management IRL threw a lot of money around and I'm gonna have like three guys each putting over $10 million against the cap not even including Cam Newton. But, this kind of thing makes the game fun because you actually have to manage your players and cap space and sometimes part with players you want to keep. And this also prevents me from having a completely powerhouse team every season and dominating the CPU.

6yr &155 Million?????????
In this years Madden you can pick up QB's with 85 speed and 95 thp in 2nd,3rd,4th rounds and pay them peanuts. I am regretting paying McCadden so much I picked up a 3rd round rookie and I can win with him just as easy.

[josefrees]

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Where are these 7 year deals coming from???

[JeriousNorwood]

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Where are these 7 year deals coming from???

Free agency I assume. The misconception is that you can't sign someone to a seven year contract. You can, it's just seven years is the max. Thus, when you try and resign someone DURING the season, the max you can offer them is six years because they still have this year to play through. Thus, if they sign during the season they effectively have a seven year deal.

[TheOnlyIThinkJake]

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I signed Brandon Marshall to a 5-year 99 Million dollar deal.

[Fistandilius]

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I signed some guys to mid size deals in my offline CFM and ended up screwing myself on the cap. I fell into the trap of trading quality players on the trade block which can end up leading to a massive quantity of draft picks. Then before I knew it by year 3 I had so many quality guys with big signing bonuses I had to eat massive cap penalties and I'm still cleaning it up in year 5 or 6 now.

I think I have 40-60 mil in cap penalties after moving a bunch of guys and had to trade away all but one of my draft picks in this upcoming draft to get under the cap and have room to fill my backup spots. I think after this year my cap will be fixed, but I still have a butt load of draft picks I think I'm going to have to trade because it's killing me.

[josefrees]

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Yeah I have tried to shy away from signing bonuses. I'll pay the guy more to be more flexible when money gets tight

[macbranson]

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I signed some guys to mid size deals in my offline CFM and ended up screwing myself on the cap. I fell into the trap of trading quality players on the trade block which can end up leading to a massive quantity of draft picks. Then before I knew it by year 3 I had so many quality guys with big signing bonuses I had to eat massive cap penalties and I'm still cleaning it up in year 5 or 6 now.

I think I have 40-60 mil in cap penalties after moving a bunch of guys and had to trade away all but one of my draft picks in this upcoming draft to get under the cap and have room to fill my backup spots. I think after this year my cap will be fixed, but I still have a butt load of draft picks I think I'm going to have to trade because it's killing me.

That's what happens when ppl stock up on draft picks. You winding up having more than you really need. I had some cap problems in place before I took over my franchise because a lot of players have big contracts. So, I had to plan out who's gonna get released or traded and when. I've already got a backup center and a backup defensive end to replace two guys I'll prbly have to release or trade next season since they'll be putting $20 million against the cap. I don't rely on the draft as much as I used to in previous Madden games because the players aren't as good and it's hard to figure out where a guy is gonna fall in the draft order. I try to save money so I can pick up at least one starter in free agency, then I focus mainly on my first round draft pick, even trading away picks to ensure that I get the guy that I really want. My formula has worked very well so far, but I'm only in my second year of franchise, so I'll see how it pans out in the long term.

[Fistandilius]

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That's what happens when ppl stock up on draft picks. You winding up having more than you really need.

That's pretty subjective. If the game worked the way it was supposed to then ideally you want every player on the 52 man roster to be quality in case of injuries, but the game is broken and guys won't get hurt if you don't have a replacement. For example I have never seen an offensive lineman get hurt, and my TE has gotten hurt MANY times but because I only keep two on the roster, the game just refuses to let him be hurt and puts him right back in the lineup. I have seen something similar happen when I have 2 rbs.

Also, if the trade system wasn't broken we wouldn't have to resort to draft picks. I'm not going to cut a guy with an 88 overall because his salary is more than I need for a 3rd cornerback, but when the computer teams always say they're interested, but have certain players they refuse to trade, it's one sided. I shouldn't have to trade an 88 player for a 78 player to make it work. In addition, it's pretty ridiculous when a team refuses to trade a player. I think in reality every player has a price and when I offer 3 high first rounders for a player, or 3 guys with 90+ ratings for a player, it's asinine when the computer refuses the trade. But they'll trade draft picks all day long so I'd rather do that, then get nothing for a 25 year old 88 cornerback.

Make the trades more balanced and the injuries mean something and it would eliminate some of the issue.

[nekolas]

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The game doesn't seem like it allows you to give 7 year contracts. It's definitely not lettin me do it for Cam Newton.

I think it is because you can only give players resigning a 6 year extension (since they still have 1 year left when you resign them). If you try to sign someone off of FA 7 years is possible I think?

I just gave Dez a 93m 6 or 7 year deal I think, one of the highest I ever gave. But it was partly also due to being in online franchise, and division rival was bidding on him too

[macbranson]

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That's pretty subjective. If the game worked the way it was supposed to then ideally you want every player on the 52 man roster to be quality in case of injuries, but the game is broken and guys won't get hurt if you don't have a replacement. For example I have never seen an offensive lineman get hurt, and my TE has gotten hurt MANY times but because I only keep two on the roster, the game just refuses to let him be hurt and puts him right back in the lineup. I have seen something similar happen when I have 2 rbs.

Also, if the trade system wasn't broken we wouldn't have to resort to draft picks. I'm not going to cut a guy with an 88 overall because his salary is more than I need for a 3rd cornerback, but when the computer teams always say they're interested, but have certain players they refuse to trade, it's one sided. I shouldn't have to trade an 88 player for a 78 player to make it work. In addition, it's pretty ridiculous when a team refuses to trade a player. I think in reality every player has a price and when I offer 3 high first rounders for a player, or 3 guys with 90+ ratings for a player, it's asinine when the computer refuses the trade. But they'll trade draft picks all day long so I'd rather do that, then get nothing for a 25 year old 88 cornerback.

Make the trades more balanced and the injuries mean something and it would eliminate some of the issue.

Yeah, in a perfect world, all 53 players on the roster would be quality. But is that remotely realistic? What team has 53 starting caliber players? Sometimes teams just will start a player who's not even starting quality, but they need someone to fill the spot. And if you did have 53 quality players, you'd have no cap room. And what were you saying about injuries? I've had plenty of injuries where the player had a terrible backup. My free safety just got a broken jaw and will miss 4 weeks. My backup free safety is rated 63 overall. I had to move a cornerback over there.

Secondly, just because a team doesn't want to trade players doesn't mean the trading system is broken. Very often you'll see good players get traded for low picks in real life. If you know a team is trying to get rid of a player just to free up cap space, why would you give up a lot for him? The team trying to get rid of him has no alternative other than to cut him, so the team getting the player is in a powerful position. Unless a team needs a plays at that position AND can afford him, I can see why they wouldn't want to trade for him.

[Masterfocker]

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My backup free safety is rated 63 overall. I had to move a cornerback over there.

Overall's aren't everything. A 63 rated corner is my 2nd CB (With 4 people in the 70's below him on the Depth Chart) and my LOLB is rated 61 overall.

Players can still beast with low overalls. Just look at his stats and see if he'd be a good fit or not. Stats matter, OVR doesn't (At least as much).

[Unlucky 13]

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The biggest contract that I've given is to Ryan Tannehill, who before week 1 of 2015 is 95 OVR. I gave him 6 years at 100.5 mil.

Like a lot of other people, the biggest contract I've seen the CPU give out is to Kapernick. Somewhere over 130 mil.