Wouldn't the Reid signing cancel out the comp pick that we would receive from Ward signing with the Niners?

For sure invest in WR in the draft as well.

Nope.

Well, I mean depending on what you're restructuring, I guess.

But 'base' to signing bonus, no. Not really. Because the franchise figure must be some percentage above your most recent salary but you wouldn't be restructuring as a pending FA (no additional years to bump it to) so there's no harm there. I guess if you were someone who might get tagged and you stuck void years on there and then bonused your base out into it, but you'd have to work pretty hard to **** yourself there.

Roster bonus to signing bonus? Boy, I can't think of any.

The only reason a player might not do something like that is if they intend to use it as leverage to exact an extension and the team doesn't bite. So rather than buckle, they stand firm.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free agent money spent so far, by conference:<br><br>NFC: 222,000,000<br>AFC: 1,056,550,000<br><br>cooooooooooooool</p>&mdash; Taylor Witt ���� (@Taylor_Witt) <a href="https://twitter.com/Taylor_Witt/status/1504203044229193731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mostly.

I don't believe they cut him so he'd factor against the calculus. The hope would be that ultimately Mathieu is who cancels out most, if not all, of Reid's deal. But if he ends up settling for second wave money, yeah - Reid will wipe out most of Ward.

So what's the holdup on guys they can rework like Hill/Kelce/Thuney?

I understand Mahomes can't get done until Friday.

Hill is going to get an extension.

Kelce and Thuney could have theirs done but it depends on if they want to deal with higher cap hits in the upcoming years.

First official day of NFL free agency and it’s the Royals who make the biggest name free agency signing among the local teams… didn’t see that coming.

Hmm.

I mean sorta.

Remember the rollover.

If it doesn't create any new money, there's never a reason NOT to do it. You just have to remember that you did it when you're factoring in your signings for this year and into the next.

Because if you owe Thuney $12 million this year and take steps to turn that into say $3 million with the remaining 9 spread out over the next 3 seasons, in the process you've also 'freed up' $9 million that then becomes rollover if unspent.

But yeah, it's buying on a credit card for sure. You'd better have a hell of a plan in place because if you spend that money off, that bill WILL come due the following year.

Good thing we got Burton re signed. There is a spree on fullbacks rn

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Patriots’ fullback Jakob Johnson has agreed to a one-year deal with the Raiders, per <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewJRosenhaus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrewJRosenhaus</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLrecord?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFLrecord</a>. Rejoins Raiders’ HC Josh McDaniels.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1504209528149192704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Raiders</a> FB Alec Ingold is signing a two-year deal worth up to $7.5 million with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dolphins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dolphins</a>, per source. Mike McDaniel loves his fullbacks, and Ingold is about to become the second highest-paid one in the NFL.</p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1504205615647842305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So you think Veach is just sitting on his hands with no plan??ROFLROFL

When has he ever done that?

At this point they aren’t going to be able to rollover a bunch of money to cover it. They need players. A bunch of them.

I trust bart velch.

Something is coming soon, and hard.

Dang. That'd be an interesting development if the Chiefs pulled that off on the cheap.