Phenomenal questions below and inside the email inbox. We'll need to break this out into three parts again, and I'll probably get to everything early next week.
Thanks, all.
One thing I forgot to ask for...
Would love it if you wanted to include the town you're from, so readers around the world can get a sense of our community here. Feel free below or via email (golongtd@gmail.com).
For players on the fringe of the NFL, how do they maintain income/a “normal” job if they might be doing NFL tryouts every other week or on a PS for a couple weeks? Do these players pay to attend tryouts or do teams accommodate them?
This is a long one so shorten if needed. There's expectations that Jordan Love and Kenny Clark will get extensions from the Packers this offseason. In social media there’s comments like “the Packers should sign Love before (Dak, Lawrence, Goff) get their contracts, because his contract will get more expensive”. How much does a “game of chicken” exist between extension-eligible players to where Love’s camp says “we won’t negotiate until Dak signs his extension”? What then happens if Dak’s camp says the same about Love?
We’ve seen a number of DL’s get huge extensions this offseason as well. Would Clark reject overtures by the Packers to negotiate an extension, or do these negotiations happen more “in a vacuum”?
Tyler: NIL has ruined Division I Pigskin & Hoops, BUT the current system will result in MORE excellent high school athletes choosing basketball and football at the college level. Why?
Easy answer: $$$$.....Think how you can join the portal every season after your freshman year = cha-ching $$$....three times as you enter the portal EVERY offseason
Crazy? Yes, but if you're good that's $3M easy cash....Frosh to soph = $1M; soph. to jr. = $1M; jr. to final year = $1 = $3M total.
That's why NIL will be gone soon....A college level CBA is coming....Top conference/Division 1 hoop players will play overseas when done after sr. year, if no spot is in the NBA is earned. More high school players will shun MLB's minor league system and, instead, choose basketball or football in high school. The NFL will benefit from the BEST athletes joining the NFL......and spurn MLB/minor league baseball.....and also delete the NFL, perhaps, if playing overseas basketball remains lucrative.
Hi Tyler. I would like to add to MJ's question. Obviously there is a unique ownership situation in Green Bay. So does the "Packer Way" work in other places where you might have an owner that is looking for immediate results?
Tyler, as someone who's no doubt had some experience with Eliot Wolf, what are your thoughts on him? That situation seems very interesting. What should we know about him, and what's your take on what he's done so far in the draft besides the Maye pick, ie the receivers he's trying to surround him with for example. How do you expect him to do in New England?
Phenomenal questions below and inside the email inbox. We'll need to break this out into three parts again, and I'll probably get to everything early next week.
Thanks, all.
One thing I forgot to ask for...
Would love it if you wanted to include the town you're from, so readers around the world can get a sense of our community here. Feel free below or via email (golongtd@gmail.com).
What is your outlook on the AFC North this year? I’ve got specific interest in the Cincinnati Bengals and their prospects for the coming season.
For players on the fringe of the NFL, how do they maintain income/a “normal” job if they might be doing NFL tryouts every other week or on a PS for a couple weeks? Do these players pay to attend tryouts or do teams accommodate them?
This is a long one so shorten if needed. There's expectations that Jordan Love and Kenny Clark will get extensions from the Packers this offseason. In social media there’s comments like “the Packers should sign Love before (Dak, Lawrence, Goff) get their contracts, because his contract will get more expensive”. How much does a “game of chicken” exist between extension-eligible players to where Love’s camp says “we won’t negotiate until Dak signs his extension”? What then happens if Dak’s camp says the same about Love?
We’ve seen a number of DL’s get huge extensions this offseason as well. Would Clark reject overtures by the Packers to negotiate an extension, or do these negotiations happen more “in a vacuum”?
Tyler: NIL has ruined Division I Pigskin & Hoops, BUT the current system will result in MORE excellent high school athletes choosing basketball and football at the college level. Why?
Easy answer: $$$$.....Think how you can join the portal every season after your freshman year = cha-ching $$$....three times as you enter the portal EVERY offseason
Crazy? Yes, but if you're good that's $3M easy cash....Frosh to soph = $1M; soph. to jr. = $1M; jr. to final year = $1 = $3M total.
That's why NIL will be gone soon....A college level CBA is coming....Top conference/Division 1 hoop players will play overseas when done after sr. year, if no spot is in the NBA is earned. More high school players will shun MLB's minor league system and, instead, choose basketball or football in high school. The NFL will benefit from the BEST athletes joining the NFL......and spurn MLB/minor league baseball.....and also delete the NFL, perhaps, if playing overseas basketball remains lucrative.
If “The Packer Way” means two Super Bowl wins in 54 years since the merger, it’s the long way.
Hi Tyler. I would like to add to MJ's question. Obviously there is a unique ownership situation in Green Bay. So does the "Packer Way" work in other places where you might have an owner that is looking for immediate results?
Do you think that the Packers are going to finally slay their demons in the 49ers this year should the two teams meet in the playoffs?
Tyler, as someone who's no doubt had some experience with Eliot Wolf, what are your thoughts on him? That situation seems very interesting. What should we know about him, and what's your take on what he's done so far in the draft besides the Maye pick, ie the receivers he's trying to surround him with for example. How do you expect him to do in New England?
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