Comments on: Released players are fair game for "final eight" teams

By: thejetsblog

thejetsblog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:33:04 +0000

@TheDeuceisLoose lol I don’t blame you.
My point is, with much power comes much responsibility. My problem is that stuff is written almost to incite panic, then researched (nay corrected by sources) later.
For instance, Bob Glauber at Newsday wrote about this two weeks ago … PFT has more all the resources at it’s disposal than most publications combined, has all the ability to CORNER this topic than and yet we’ve got stuff rushed to print half-baked, only to be retracted time and again.
I know it’s fun to stand around Radio Row SuperBowl week and shoot the crap with Donnie Brasco Banks, but jeez … a little elbow grease and research would go a long way before hitting the PUBLISH button, that’s all I’m saying.

By: sandy70

sandy70 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:25:03 +0000

It only took two days after Stallworth was signed by a “final eight” team for this realization to sink in?
That WVU sheepskin keeps earning it’s keep, that’s for sure.

By: MN Boise Fan

MN Boise Fan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:59:42 +0000

So, hypothetically, the Vikings could let Chester Taylor leave, sign one unrestricted FA at, say CB, the same contract that chester got elsewhere, and then sign tomlinson as a back up running back. Do I have that right?
Not saying it will happen or that I want it to happen, but the scenario is correct, right?

By: TheDeuceIsLoose

TheDeuceIsLoose — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:02:38 +0000

# thejetsblog says: February 19, 2010 10:21 AM
Florio, for a lawyer who runs a website that’s seeming main purpose is NFL news and analysis around topics like the salary cap, player contracts, CBA and the like … how is it that you are JUST coming to this understanding of the rules?
While you are getting people to basically spoonfeed you on this subject, other sites (like mine) have had writers busting their ass analyzing this for WEEKS now … yeesh.
Yeah but Jets suck so… I’d rather read Florio!

By: boleyn9

boleyn9 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:17:10 +0000

You’re right. My apologies.

By: WTE

WTE — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:42:10 +0000

HELP ME!!!!!
I’m so confused!!

By: deadboy1111

deadboy1111 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:34:27 +0000

How do you know he is JUST coming to this understanding. Isn’t this the first time in a LONG time anyone has really needed to understand this. When was the last un-capped season? Thats what I thought.
-boleyn9-
All he was saying was that a player has to be passed through waivers (cut/released) before being signed by a top 8 team. I read what Wyche wrote and it had nothing to do with what Florio was saying. If Tomlinson is cut by San Diego he is fair game to anyone because he is not an unrestricted/restricted free agent. The only way a top 8 team can sign an unrestricted/restricted free agent is to lose one first then they can sign one, but only if the first years value is equal to or lower than the value as the one lost, unless like Florio said has passed through waivers first.

By: thejetsblog

thejetsblog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:21:11 +0000

Florio, for a lawyer who runs a website that’s seeming main purpose is NFL news and analysis around topics like the salary cap, player contracts, CBA and the like … how is it that you are JUST coming to this understanding of the rules?
While you are getting people to basically spoonfeed you on this subject, other sites (like mine) have had writers busting their ass analyzing this for WEEKS now … yeesh.

By: .VoxVeritas

.VoxVeritas — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:30 +0000

boleyn9 Wyche was talking about whether final 8 teams could cut a player in order to create a condition in which they could sign another free agent. Cut players will not be considered a free agent loss for the purpose of skirting the final 8 rule.

By: zibit

zibit — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:51:55 +0000

It doesnt count as a free agent loss to the team that cuts him is what Wyche is saying..

By: boleyn9

boleyn9 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:16:45 +0000

Not according to NFL.com's Steve Wyche... "Couldn't one of those top four teams cut a player to create that void to sign somebody else? No. A cut player will not be considered an unrestricted free agent. This rule applies to all teams who finished in the top eight (enter San Diego, Dallas, Arizona and Baltimore). Only a player with an expiring contract counts as an unrestricted free agent for those top eight teams. So if the Chargers were to release Tomlinson, they couldn't re-sign a free agent in his spot? No, because San Diego is a top eight team. Tomlinson would not qualify as an unrestricted free agent for the Chargers. He would be free to sign with any team, though. Whether he draws as much attention as free-agent running backs Chester Taylor (Minnesota), Larry Johnson (Cincinnati) or Willie Parker (Pittsburgh) remains to be seen. It is not a deep group as of now."