With negotiations between the Broncos and Emmanuel Sanders reportedly on hold (per Mike Klis), most likely due to the real deadline for Von Miller heating up, and details of Doug Baldwin’s extension with the Seahawks now up on OTC, I figured I’d ponder a possible contract for Sanders to think about over the weekend.
It’s All Orange, Fat Man: 07/08/16
Exploring A Compromise To Reforming The Franchise Tag
Mike Florio wants to eliminate the franchise tag. Jason Fitzgerald wants rookies to demand a no-tag clause to their contracts. From the perspective of Broncos fans, we have some base happiness in that the franchise tag is aiding in their efforts to retain Von Miller–and we also have to admit that the tag is preventing Miller from achieving full value on the open market, be it with the Broncos or someone else. He, and other players, have the right to be grumpy about its existence.
However, the NFL isn’t simply going to abolish the franchise tag out of the goodness of their hearts. They would instead want to collectively bargain a concession out of the NFLPA to ensure they get something favorable in return. Thus, I came up with a quick idea to possibly help franchise and transition tagged players participate more fully in free agency, while at the same time protecting teams from possible losses of elite talent.
And as you might expect coming from me, the key that I use lies within compensatory draft picks.
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It’s All Orange, Fat Man: 07/07/16
Broncos Greatest Games, Round 1B.
I hope you all enjoy reading through the summary of these games as much as I enjoyed writing some of them. See here for a full description of this greatest games tournament.
In part because I want to give people extra time, and in part because my schedule dictates it, I’m going to leave voting for both Round 1A and Round 1B open until Sunday Evening. So enjoy the extra time to learn about/remember some of the great Broncos memories outlined below, comment on your memories of these games, and vote for your favorites. The new schedule still has us adding in the playoff games middle of next week, and still finishing about a week before training camp.
Again, thanks to RSH for the summaries of the even seeded games.
Final Word On Proposed Contract For Von Miller
I had a little bit of time to put together a proposed contract for Von Miller that would give him more in fully guaranteed money and total guarantees, yet still give the Broncos a chance to get out of the deal after three years.
Before I get to it, Joel Corry broke down what he expects will happen with each of the franchise tagged players not signed to long-term deals. He expects Miller and the Broncos will reach an agreement, but I want to focus on the reported details he shared of where the Broncos’ last offer stands: $114.5M over six years, $38.5M fully guaranteed upon signing, $39.8M guaranteed over the first two years, $21.5M signing bonus, and $58M in total guarantees.
One comment I will make is that I am surprised the Broncos are going with a $21.5M signing bonus, because that would mean more than $4M will be pro-rated over the first five years of the deal. Assuming the Broncos keep him on the roster for at least three years, that would mean a dead money charge of more than $8M if he were to be released at that point. Of course, the Broncos aren’t guaranteed to part ways with Miller after three years and are more likely hoping Miller will be with the franchise for the next five years, but whether he actually collects money from the sixth year of the contract remains to be seen.
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It’s All Orange, Fat Man: 07/06/16
It’s All Orange, Fat Man: 07/05/16
Broncos Greatest Games, Round 1A UPDATED WITH DESCRIPTIONS
Edit: RSH and I have updated each game to include a brief description/teaser of the game. If anyone has any more good sources or info on the older games, feel free to share, as I know I felt lacking on some older games. Much thanks to RSH for his help.
Hopefully wading through this many games isn’t too tough, but I think once we get into the later round, this will be a really fun exercise.
As mentioned, I am going to facilitate a Broncos greatest game tournament to help give us something to do/talk about before training camp kicks off. Vote in the comments. See full description here. Download full bracket Denver Broncos Greatest Games. Campaigning for favorite games and sharing memories is encouraged!
One more thing, you don’t have to vote on every match up if you don’t want to.
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Happy Fourth Of July, Everyone
I’m sure most of you are spending the day celebrating the holiday. So I’m just going to leave you with one link, to Jake Plummer’s guest writing for MMQB.
In the piece, Plummer talks first about Pat Tillman, then discusses his efforts to get the NFL to recognize the benefits of cannabinoids over opioids for treating pain.
I’ll leave the rest of thread open for people to discuss what they want or leave holiday wishes to the rest of the Thin Air-ites.