Pre-Free Agency Offseason Predictions

[CanDB]

I've often said that the offseason can sometimes be almost as exciting as the actual season. NOT QUITE, but pretty fun at times. Following are the key dates for important activities ahead (including the combine, that recently occured):

Feb. 19-25 — NFL scouting combine, Indianapolis.

March 3 — Deadline for clubs to designate franchise or transition players.

March 8 — Clubs are permitted to contact and enter into contract negotiations with certified agents of players.

March 11 — All clubs must be under the 2014 salary cap; free agency begins; trading period begins.

March 23-26 — Owners meetings, Orlando, Fla.

April 7 — Clubs that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2013 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.

May 2 — Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets.

May 7 — Deadline for club to exercise right of first refusal for its restricted free agents.

May 8-10 —2014 NFL draft, New York.

As you can see, the next couple of weeks get really interesting, given the emphasis on franchising of players, and the entry into FA negotiations. There's even more going on, with the workouts for draftees. So as you can see, it not only shapes the FA process, but it's also a great time to get a better handle on the draft projections, as many players make their case for a job in the coming season.

I guess we have to be patient with a later draft, but when it gets here, I'll be extremely ready for it!

[JayJack]

I really hate that the draft is in May . It was tough waiting for April to come around

[FlowdaBroncoFan]

I really hate that the draft is in May . It was tough waiting for April to come around

I know. Its crap. At least FA starts next week

[munoz1987]

Add March 15th to your list.
If the Buccaneers still have Revis on the roster as of March 13, they owe him $1.5 million — and their fourth-round pick that currently belongs the Jets becomes a third-round pick."

[JayJack]

Add March 15th to your list.
If the Buccaneers still have Revis on the roster as of March 13, they owe him $1.5 million — and their fourth-round pick that currently belongs the Jets becomes a third-round pick."

This doesn't have anything to do with what the OP is talking about.

EDIT: I'm not trying to be a Mr. Smarty Pants so please don't take it that way. If we're going to single out 1 player, it should be Manning and his test tomorrow, and that's not relevant to the meaning of this thread, but it's major for the Broncos Family.

[FlowdaBroncoFan]

What happens at owners meeting? Do they brag about how big their bank accounts are?

[CanDB]

I really hate that the draft is in May . It was tough waiting for April to come around

With you JJ! I thought end of April was too long of a wait already!!

For me, get the draft done so that players can move on, and prepare for the season, knowing where they are playing.

[beastlyskronk]

What happens at owners meeting? Do they brag about how big their bank accounts are?

Rules, how to screw players over in the next cba, etc etc

[ERoyal248]

I really hate that the draft is in May . It was tough waiting for April to come around

Under 70 days, not that bad when you think about it.

[Brohemoth]

It makes me sad that you have to spread around CPs. It's like every kid getting a trophy regardless of whether his or her soccer team sucked that season. Some posters are just better than others. Sorry CanDB, I tried.

[JayJack]

It makes me sad that you have to spread around CPs. It's like every kid getting a trophy regardless of whether his or her soccer team sucked that season. Some posters are just better than others. Sorry CanDB, I tried.

...LOL...I bout lost my soda!! I feel ya man!

[JayJack]

With you JJ! I thought end of April was too long of a wait already!!

For me, get the draft done so that players can move on, and prepare for the season, knowing where they are playing.

That's how I feel Can. You forgot the Pro Day dates. I guess depending on when the last Pro Day is, April isn't to bad. May on the other hand is brutal. At least my Bosses know that every year during the draft, i'm taking that Friday off.....It's a Holiday for me!

[CanDB]

Hey gang......according to the event schedule I posted (which of course I stole from elsewhere!!!), tomorrow is a big day. Last day for franchise tags. Should be interesting either way, whether some folks get the tag, or conversely, who's out there to be had.

Anyone you think will be tagged by then?

[MDN1959]

Let's play football

With free agency upon us, and the draft coming up, let's retain and/or get players who want to play football in earnest, and will except a modest though healthy contract. We don't need nor surely want primadonnas who like to basque in their glory - dancing, prancing, acting a fool not paying attention to the situation and matter at hand. We need football players, not actors that, just because they run a 4.4 or better, or seem to be the combine's best, are nothing more than self interested, glory seeking, money grubbing celeb's puffed up with pride, thinking not of the team, but of personal glory.

We need rough, tough down and dirty, team oriented players. The organization has enough notoriety to carry on with a positive bank account, and since Peyton became the starting QB even more so. Coach Fox and Coach Del Rio must concentrate on football, not willy nilly chumminess with players, babysitting them through their trials and tribulations, regarding them as buddies to be coddled for goodness's sake.

I guess ole Pete Carroll got away with such hearty coach - player joviality, but their championship comes with a mask of questionable tactics and/or our lack of desire.

[BroncoooJohnson]

Cortland Finnegan

He was just cut by the Rams to save them $7M. Would you give him a look? I would definitely give him a mid level, $4M/year deal.