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9 minutes ago, BudsOilers said:

Not sure where F Pods is looking but OTC has the Titans at 3.223 M in cap space after the Burks deal.  I don't see the DeMarcus Walker deal yet but that can't have a big impact.

 

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/tennessee-titans/

 

The 3.6M starting number comes from spotrac. They don't have the Walker number included either but they do have a 480k hit for J Carter going to IR.

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1 minute ago, Stan said:

He knew he had no leverage soon as they saw he was out of shape. The team knew he has to be there to get ready they expect a lot from him. 

The fucking contracts are slotted.  There's nothing to negotiate.    JFC

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I suspect AAS had a lot to do the timing of draft signings in recent years. 
 

We can all remember the pre-AAS era:  every year without fail,  the team wouldn’t open negotiations with their top pick until just a couple days before training camp….and as a result, the player was hardly ever there when camp opened and typically wouldn’t sign until 2-3 days into camp,  

 

I firmly believe this was because Bud (and then Tommy Smith) wanted to keep those big signing bonus dollars  in their own pockets for as long as humanly possible by specifically instructing their GMs to delay negotiations until the 11th hour. 
 

I’ve also heard that many NFL organizations simply don’t trust rookies enough to give them a big signing bonus with 2-3 months of free time on their hands.   Too many opportunities for trouble…and that makes perfect sense too.  
 

But for the Oilers/Titans, I think it was just a matter of wanting to maintain control of that money until they no longer had a choice,  

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Just now, nine said:

I suspect AAS had a lot to do the timing of draft signings in recent years. 
 

We can all remember the pre-AAS era:  every year without fail,  the team wouldn’t open negotiations with their top pick until just a couple days before training camp….and as a result, the player was hardly ever there when camp opened and typically wouldn’t sign until 2-3 days into camp,  

 

I firmly believe this was because Bud (and then Tommy Smith) wanted to keep those big signing bonus dollars  in their own pockets for as long as humanly possible before cutting it loose. 
 

I’ve also heard that many NFL organizations simply don’t trust rookies enough to give them a big signing bonus with 2-3 months of free time on their hands.   Too many opportunities for trouble…and that makes perfect sense too.  
 

But for the Oilers/Titans, I think it was just a matter of wanting to maintain control of that money until they no longer had a choice,  

 

Not really.  The Titans and NFL stance changed when the new CBA created the rookie pool/slotted contracts.  Where the Titans shift was dealt with specific offset language on 1st rounders.  Something they finally gave in on a couple of years ago eliminating that roadblock.

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1 hour ago, BudsOilers said:

Not sure where F Pods is looking but OTC has the Titans at 3.223 M in cap space after the Burks deal.  I don't see the DeMarcus Walker deal yet but that can't have a big impact.

 

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/tennessee-titans/

 

I'm surprised at how little cap the Titans have.  I suppose that will go up quite a bit after June 1st when Julio's cap relief hits, right?

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16 minutes ago, dcblanton said:

I'm surprised at how little cap the Titans have.  I suppose that will go up quite a bit after June 1st when Julio's cap relief hits, right?

 

Yes.  9.5 M gets freed up

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