Lockout update thread

[Enigmatic Evil]

I would love to see them close this out soon. I want to see some Football!

[Brown Warrior]

Peter King has the over/under at July 10. Harbaugh says early July. And for whatever I did wrong in this post, Alo, I apologize in advance. And thanks to anybody who didn't write it. Did I cover everything?

[YtownBacker]

Who cares.......................let's see more pics.

BTW, take the over. Too many egos to get stroked in just 2 weeks.


Know let's see the additional pics.............................let me get my popcorn first

[Brown Warrior]

So wait... what do you do with the popcorn?

On second thought, never mind!!!!

[Alo]

Originally Posted by Brown Warrior

Peter King has the over/under at July 10. Harbaugh says early July. And for whatever I did wrong in this post, Alo, I apologize in advance. And thanks to anybody who didn't write it. Did I cover everything?

Link?

[hammertime]

[YtownBacker]

The hell with the greedy bastards on both sides...................this could fill the void

[Brown Warrior]

Originally Posted by Alo

Link?

Funny. I didn't link it but it was off of PFT. The mention of King's opinion is inside the Harbaugh article. All the media reporting serious progress now, lawyers returning to get into details. Still saying it all could take 3-4 weeks... so I think King's over/under is pretty good.

[Brown Warrior]

Looks we can stop saying the Browns "might" spend a lot of money on free agents. They will. Looking at last year's roster, it's tough to imagine we weren't one of the lower payrolls. Didn't have one skill player making any money. Also, a lot of free agents will be available.

Next CBA likely will require plenty of teams to spend plenty of cash
Posted by Mike Florio on June 15, 2011, 2:58 PM EDT

When it comes to working out a new labor deal that entails the players taking a smaller piece of an ever-growing pie, one for the tools for persuading them to accept a per-dollar reduction arises from tightening the difference between the salary cap and salary floor — and converting the salary floor into an annual minimum cash expenditure.

The offer made by the owners on March 11 included a commitment to spend 90 percent of the salary cap in cash. This would prevent teams from relying on “dead money” arising from trading or cutting players with large contracts in order to meet the minimum, and it would require all teams to spend a lot of money.

If this provision makes it into the final deal, it means that teams on the low side of the spending equation (and several were millions below what the cap floor would have been in 2010) will have to spend a lot of money in 2011.

That money could be spent via pursuing free agents, and there will be plenty of free agents available if, as expected, the minimum threshold moves from six year back to four. Or it could be spent on young players already on the roster who merit extensions.

Either way, the cash will be flowing in 2011 — and the teams that have been holding back will need to find a way to bridge the gap.

[Alo]

Interesting.

This likely will have a bigger impact on teams like the Bucs; they've always kept their spending low, and due to some strong drafts and coaching stability, they don't need to overhaul their roster. It could lead to them retaining Tampa 2 middle backer Barrett Ruud, a guy who could be a Browns target.

However, with the Browns switching coaching staffs and schemes, they could spread the wealth among a number of FA acquisitions. Ultimately, that may be the smart move; because the coaching staff doesn't know what it has in Benard, Massaquoi, etc., you could end up spending a lot of dough on a guy who turns out to be a redundant piece or -- perhaps even worse -- not as good as one of our less costly guys.

[Brown Warrior]

I agree: I think the Browns will be a volume participant, looking at only a couple starters and then mid-range contributors.

[nickers]

Originally Posted by Brown Warrior

I agree: I think the Browns will be a volume participant, looking at only a couple starters and then mid-range contributors.

This makes a ton of sense to Me and secondly, I think Clevelands WCO could be very attractive to WR's in FA...The only negative I see for them is we really cant say were established at QB yet and as much as I love Colt we have to keep it real.