Non-Hockey Sports Thread VIII

[Northerner]

If the Vikes know how to draft they should be able to fill some of these losses.

 

[Wild11MN]

Barr backed out of the Jets deal and came back to the Vikes! Wow! I don't know how they're going to have the cap space for that. The terms haven't been announced yet, but he was expected to get $14M-$15M per year with the Jets.

Edit: 5 years, $67.5M. Average of $13.5M.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Barr backed out of the Jets deal and came back to the Vikes! Wow! I don't know how they're going to have the cap space for that. The terms haven't been announced yet, but he was expected to get $14M-$15M per year with the Jets.

Edit: 5 years, $67.5M. Average of $13.5M.

Griffen is going to take a pay cut or he's going to be released.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[Wild11MN]

Holy crap.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Now is the time for the Browns to strike. Bengals are super trash, Ravens are relying on running the ball 90% of the time while losing 4 of their best players on defense and Steelers are just a mess internally.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Barr backed out of the Jets deal and came back to the Vikes! Wow! I don't know how they're going to have the cap space for that. The terms haven't been announced yet, but he was expected to get $14M-$15M per year with the Jets.

Edit: 5 years, $67.5M. Average of $13.5M.

Griffen is going to take a pay cut or he's going to be released.

His cap hit for 2019 is only $5.6M so feasably, we can fit without the pay cut but I think they'll rework Griffen for more flexibility.

The remaining cap hits for Barr:

2020: $12.7M
2021: $15.5M
2022: $15.6M
2023: $18.1M

 

[TaLoN]

Barr is not worth that contract.

Should've let him walk.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Gophers BB is doing pretty well so far in the tourney. Beat Purdue a 2nd time tonight.

 

[Wild11MN]

Gophers BB is doing pretty well so far in the tourney. Beat Purdue a 2nd time tonight.

They're now at a 9 or 10 seed in the tourney. They're going to draw one of the top-tier mid-majors in the first round, and they're going to lose. Book it.

 

[57special]

They're now at a 9 or 10 seed in the tourney. They're going to draw one of the top-tier mid-majors in the first round, and they're going to lose. Book it.

Likely, but they are peaking at the right time. There is no law that says the Gophers ALWAYS have to lose, is there?

 

[Wild11MN]

Likely, but they are peaking at the right time. There is no law that says the Gophers ALWAYS have to lose, is there?

Optimism is not allowed!

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Likely, but they are peaking at the right time. There is no law that says the Gophers ALWAYS have to lose, is there?

Are you new here?

 

[Digitalbooya]

His cap hit for 2019 is only $5.6M so feasably, we can fit without the pay cut but I think they'll rework Griffen for more flexibility.

The remaining cap hits for Barr:

2020: $12.7M
2021: $15.5M
2022: $15.6M
2023: $18.1M

Seems like a lot of money. Aren't the Vikings really close to the cap?

 

[Wild11MN]

Seems like a lot of money. Aren't the Vikings really close to the cap?

Yup. They seem to work cap magic every year somehow. The NFL salary cap rules are impossible to follow, especially with restructuring contracts and all that, so I don't know how it ends up working every year. Sounds like they saved something like $4M on the cap this year with Griffen restructuring, but they basically have no money to upgrade the OL as of now... which is baffling year after year.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Yup. They seem to work cap magic every year somehow. The NFL salary cap rules are impossible to follow, especially with restructuring contracts and all that, so I don't know how it ends up working every year. Sounds like they saved something like $4M on the cap this year with Griffen restructuring, but they basically have no money to upgrade the OL as of now... which is baffling year after year.

I have little knowledge of how salary works in the NFL. If Minnesota were to draft the OL they need would they be able to sign them? I know in year's past teams have avoided drafting QBs in the 1st round due to not having enough cap space to sign them.

 

[Wild11MN]

I have little knowledge of how salary works in the NFL. If Minnesota were to draft the OL they need would they be able to sign them? I know in year's past teams have avoided drafting QBs in the 1st round due to not having enough cap space to sign them.

Yeah, to be honest I don't know too much about it either, including contracts related to draft position and all that. I mostly meant they won't have money to upgrade the OL in free agency.

 

[SupremeNachos]

I have little knowledge of how salary works in the NFL. If Minnesota were to draft the OL they need would they be able to sign them? I know in year's past teams have avoided drafting QBs in the 1st round due to not having enough cap space to sign them.

For me it's the most complex cap system in all of sports.

 

[57special]

Optimism is not allowed!

Are you new here?

Naivete...exposed!

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

I had no idea that the Gophers were the worst 3-point shooting team out of ALL 5 power conferences.

Put Brodin on the point, he'll make it rain.

 

[Wild11MN]

I had no idea that the Gophers were the worst 3-point shooting team out of ALL 5 power conferences.

Put Brodin on the point, he'll make it rain.

I thought Duke was the worst 3-point team in the tourney actually. Are they talking number of made 3s or percentage?

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

I thought Duke was the worst 3-point team in the tourney actually. Are they talking number of made 3s or percentage?

Percentage I believe

 

[Wild11MN]

Percentage I believe

Yeah looks like Duke is a couple percentage points worse. Wouldn't surprise me if they were second though.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Yeah looks like Duke is a couple percentage points worse. Wouldn't surprise me if they were second though.

Maybe I misunderstood the commentators. But they've mentioned our terrible 3 point shooting 40 times. Yet McBrayer keeps launching it.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Oh baby!