23 passes defended last year, good for 2nd in the NFL
INT's are only 1 part of the equation
23 passes defended last year, good for 2nd in the NFL
INT's are only 1 part of the equation
I wish people would/could leave politics out of a Steelers Football Forum.
1/28-Rashaan Evans=ILB-Alabama
2/60-Jessie Bates-S-Wake Forrest
3/92-Dorrance Armstrong-OLB-Kansas
5/148-Bo Scarbrough-RB-Alabama
5/165-Jack Cichy-ILB-Wisconsin
7/220-Jeff Badet-WR-Oklahoma
7/246-Steven Parker-S-Oklahoma
You are correct. I hadn't realized what the first year cap hit for Gay looked like. However, it does confirm for me they don't believe Lewis will be back.
They still have to tender RFA's and have 4 million under the cap to sign draft picks. They still need about 7 to 8 million more dollars to do this.
Lewis is a goner.
Here comes the BOOM!
They might not even tender all the RFA's. But if they do, all RFA's & ERFA's, it'll cost the Steelers (on the lowest tender for each player) just over $7m. That is close to what the Steelers would save in restructuring Woodley. If they restructure Harrison too, they might have room to even sign a couple of low priced FA's.
Chances of signing Lewis appear very slim at best.
Early Addition Mock (3 Round Version)
Fix the Run Defence Mode:
1. DaRon Payne
2. Josey Jewell
3 Kerryon Johnson
????? I'm talking Allen over Lewis. It is not simply a case of Taylor or Lewis. Taylor is under contract. Lewis is not. Lewis is going to get an offer structured in a manner the Steelers won't be able to match.
I like Allen. He played very well in his two starts to end the season. I think the Steelers value him much more than Lewis.
Here comes the BOOM!
Actually, teams now have three days to negotiate with other teams' free agents before Free Agency begins. You can negotiate with your own free agents at any time. It's the new "legal tampering" window. In the past, tampering was supposedly illegal, and yet teams still somehow signed big money free agents at 12:03 on the first day of free agency, even though agents and GM's weren't supposed to have any contact prior to that time. At least three days worth of "legal tampering" makes such contracts appear to be above board.
If Roquan Smith falls to late teens, trade 1.28 & 2.60 to SEA for 1.18 & 4.120:
1.18 LB Roquan Smith
3.92 FS Jessie Bates
4.120 RB Royce Freeman
5.148 DT Ken Norton
5.165 TE Chris Herndon
7.220 WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling
7.246 OT Brett Toth
If not:
1.28 LB Leighton Vander Esch
2.60 C/G Billy Price
3.92 FS Jessie Bates
5.148 DT Ken Norton
5.165 TE Chris Herndon
7.220 RB Ito Smith
7.246 WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling
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