Throw Me the Money: Getting Inside the Michael Crabtree Contract Negotiations

Published on: 18th September, 2009

National Football Post It seems like every year there’s one negotiation that stands out as the last remaining battleground between a player and a team. The fact that this year’s last man standing is Michael Crabtree is not surprising, for a few reasons: 1. Crabtree appears to have a “herd” of enablers ...

Wednesday Why’s: The Reason for Veteran Signings

Published on: 16th September, 2009

Why Are Teams Now Starting to Sign Vested Veterans? The financial ramifications of signing vested players became much less severe on Monday. As I wrote last week, any vested player on a roster at the start of the regular season is required to be paid his full salary—as termination pay—in the ...

NFL Cutdown Weekend: Financial Impact

Published on: 7th September, 2009

National Football Post The way my crazy mind works, I always look at players released during cut-down weekend and focus on the money teams wasted by paying them significant amounts—only to flush them out to the street with golden parachutes months later. In managing player costs for the Packers, the league’s ...

Wednesday Whys: Was Umenyiora’s Snit About Money?

Published on: 2nd September, 2009

National Football Post Why was Osi Umenyiora’s one-day absence from the Giants perhaps about more than a flare-up with a coach? Sorry for being jaded, but after being in the business of pro football for so long, I have to believe that Umenyiora’s one-day snit was related to his contract, one that ...

Wednesday Whys: No Complaints from Rivers

Published on: 26th August, 2009

National Football Post Why was it expected that Philip Rivers would sign a mega-contract extension prior to the start of the season? Rivers was the other shoe to drop after the Eli Manning extension in New York. With the market set the past year and quarterbacks such as David Garrard, Tony Romo, ...

Do broadcast deals help owners?

Published on: 21st August, 2009

National Football Post Broadcast Deals Extended In the midst of this economic downturn, the NFL has extended important broadcast deals with its partners for two more years. Set to expire following the 2011 season, if there is a 2011 season, the league’s deals with the following partners will run through the 2013 ...

Michael Vick Decision Came from the Top of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Organization

Published on: 14th August, 2009

The long wait is over. Michael Vick has agreed to terms on a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, which assuming he passes a physical today, he will sign before participating in all team activities starting on Saturday. With the signing, here are some answers to a few questions I have received via ...

Don’t Expect Michael Crabtree To Sit Out Season

Published on: 10th August, 2009

I think we can chill on the hysteria about Michael Crabtree holding out the entire season and forgoing his chance to play with the 49ers. We at the National Football Post are not going to be pulling out the scouting reports on Crabtree that were done for the 2009 NFL ...

Michael Vick and the Hurdles To Sign Him

Published on: 31st July, 2009

Upon the conditional reinstatement of Michael Vick by Commissioner Roger Goodell this week, the former Falcons' quarterback is now free to sign with any team in the NFL. However, much like the process when Terrell Owens was set free by the Dallas Cowboys earlier this offseason, many teams have already stepped ...