NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

Starting next season, Kaepernick's salary goes down $2 million each year if he is not named first- or second-team All-Pro, or if the 49ers don't play in the Super Bowl the previous season with 80% of the snaps taken by Kaepernick, according to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com.

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In addition, while many outlets were reporting that Kaepernick's deal included a record $61 million in "guaranteed" money, it turns out the money was guaranteed only for injury. Each year of the contract, the 49ers can decide to cut Kaepernick before April 1 and will not owe him any more money.

Kaepernick is almost certainly going to be the 49ers' quarterback in 2015. But if he has another disastrous season next year, the 49ers could potentially cut him before the 2016 season. All of a sudden, Kaepernick's deal would be for just two years and worth $25.9 million.

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Phazael_sl said:

Or he bought his own hype and thought he could repeat what he did his first year.

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Phazael_sl said:

I don't think I have seen a team with as little heart as the Bears last night. I mean, Allen, Marshal, and a couple of the DBs showed up, sorta, but the rest of the team was completely phoning it in. You see more effort out of the fucking Jaguars and Raiders on a weekly basis than the Bears this year. Trestman's fault or not, this team has thrown in the towel and a compete house cleaning needs to happen. You can say its the D that aged out all of its veterans, and they have been shit this year, but the D are not throwing all of the picks or letting Cutler get sacked 7 times by the worst D in the league. All around shit show, worse than the Forrest Greg/Randy Wright years of the Packers, and that is saying something.

Anyhow, I think the Pack probably gets the number two seed, with Detroit being what it is and their recent injuries. This is provided that we actually beat TB, which I am not taking as a given at the moment. That basically means they might win a playoff game for a change and lose in Seattle instead, meaning a Roidhawks vs Cheatriots Superbowl. The only part of that game I will be morbidly curious to watch is seeing who works the refs better, Brady or Carroll. I don't even know who I would pull for in that game.

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Phazael_sl said:

Or he bought his own hype and thought he could repeat what he did his first year.

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Grimmlokk_sl said:

"Rodgers, Brady, Brees vs. 2014 Bears: 94/117 for 1269 yards, 18 TD, 0 INT"

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a_skeleton_06_sl said:

This was one of the more disgraceful seasons as a Bears fan. Very reminiscent of the Wannstedt era where the team was just getting pummeled lifeless and he had no pulse of the team. I'm usually pretty angry during the loss and then recover rationality the days after but I think the only solution to this problem is a complete fire sale. This team can't win, might as well reboot while there are still some young players building up on the team. For as shitty as Cutler played, I'm 100% positive he could be traded. Trade Marshall while you're at it and hope those draft picks are home runs. This shit needs to end.

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Muurloen_sl said:

Trading in the NFL is retardedly stupid. Not only do you eat the incoming salary of the player you trade for, but you also eat the dead money of the outgoing player.

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Muurloen_sl said:

No one will want to take onCatler's contract next year, BUT 2016 and forward he is worth taking on and then cutting.

Also this is worth remembering



NFL Free Agency: A Basic Explanation of the Complex Concept of | Bleacher Report

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Muurloen_sl said:

No team in their right mind will trade forCutlerandMarshall'scontract, regardless of how cap/cash flush they are.

Any GM worth their weight in salt would keep the cheap draft picks in the future, for expensive garbage now. Besides, there is only one team out there that could take on that size of anincoming cap hit. I know the Jags are dumb as shit, but they arent that dumb.

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Muurloen_sl said:

No team in their right mind will trade forCutlerandMarshall'scontract, regardless of how cap/cash flush they are.

Any GM worth their weight in salt would keep the cheap draft picks in the future, for expensive garbage now. Besides, there is only one team out there that could take on that size of anincoming cap hit. I know the Jags are dumb as shit, but they arent that dumb.

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