Srg Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'd be surprised if they keep him unless he does well on special teams. St Louis have one of the best pass rushes in the league, can't see a spot for him on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'd be surprised if they keep him unless he does well on special teams. St Louis have one of the best pass rushes in the league, can't see a spot for him on that. Really? I'd be surprised if we didn't keep him. Sure, we have one of the best D-lines in the league but we don't have much beyond Long/Brockers/Donald/Quinn apart from Langford and Hayes. He'd be good as depth, especially after Fisher said in an interview that they had a much higher draft grade on him than a 7th rounder. Not to mention, he could be shifted to an OLB, what with him being severely undersized. We are very thin at the linebacker spots too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Talk about license to print money. I heard on the radio last night that the salary cap in the NFL is $125M (not sure if you get marquee palyers above that), but the TV money alone is $240M for each team!!! You can't go wrong, no financial fair play worries for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Talk about license to print money. I heard on the radio last night that the salary cap in the NFL is $125M (not sure if you get marquee palyers above that), but the TV money alone is $240M for each team!!! You can't go wrong, no financial fair play worries for them! $125M doesn't sound so much considering how many players the team has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subman Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Well that's about 45k a week for each player, not bad I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Well that's about 45k a week for each player, not bad I guess. They only play for 16 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subman Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 They only play for 16 weeks. Yep, it's a hard life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 But there's no transfer fees or anything like that. So all the money is on the players. But as said above, 52 men on a roster so you can't afford to have a team full of stars and still be under salary cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subman Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/49ers-Sign-Colin-Kaepernick-to-Contract-Extension/57f6207f-c5be-4072-8ee8-f3a9f42a57b4 Well reports suggest he's now on 15-20million a year. That's only 275-385k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 And that's a massive chunk of salary cap gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 He's the most important player. Perhaps even in the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 They only play for 16 weeks. The problem is that one hit could be career-ending, no more money. And despite the league adding rules every year to increase safety, it's a competitive league, which means everyone wants to win, so bad tackles happen. Players see it as get your money from whoever is paying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 And they play 16 games... but they're already training for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 It's a girly version of Rugby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 aka it's a more interesting, exciting, explosive game for athletes... not fat plodders who have to pass backwards before ambling into the nearest **** infront of them. take your ***** to the relevant thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 It's slow, it's made up of 4 quarters, it has time outs, they need 50 players, they can't tackle properly, wear pads, only one player has ball handling skills, only one player knows how to kick. You obviously haven't watched a game of rugby before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 It's slow, it's made up of 4 quarters, it has time outs, they need 50 players, they can't tackle properly, wear pads, only one player has ball handling skills, only one player knows how to kick. You obviously haven't watched a game of rugby before. I reckon the receivers have better handling skills than a lot of rugby players. The pace the ball arrives at them, the varying heights and nearly always getting hit at the point of catching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 The hits taken in rugby around the breakdown are as explosive as the line of scrimmage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I reckon the receivers have better handling skills than a lot of rugby players. The pace the ball arrives at them, the varying heights and nearly always getting hit at the point of catching. they wear glue gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I have friends who don't know anything about rugby or american football but all of them agree that rugby players don't look like athletes and are no way near with the skillset that players have in american football. I cannot understand how anyone could see rugby players as better athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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