Around the NFL: Offseason edition 2.0

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Originally Posted by punch it in

Rite. Im sure there was some thought put into it. Lol.

What exactly is Lucks situation? In other words could he have signed elsewhere? If yes what team that needs a qb also has that kind of money to throw at him? Just curious.

Great question, this gets to useful specifics. He was signed through this upcoming season at $16M, but would have been a free agent in 2017.

According to OvertheCap, here is the projected cap room by team in 2017. I bolded the ones that are QB needy:

Buccaneers 62,557,050 - Winston would not stop you from signing luck
Patriots 62,426,481
Broncos 59,239,449
Cardinals 56,230,817
Bears 54,634,333
Steelers 52,367,705
Panthers 48,671,301
49ers 44,841,486
Browns 44,673,390
Raiders 44,387,278
Colts 42,205,426
Bengals 41,059,865
Titans 40,579,159
Redskins 40,574,496
Lions 39,130,414
Saints 38,993,067 Brees is also FA in 2017
Seahawks 33,706,790
Bills 32,486,952
Vikings 31,849,040
Falcons 31,583,760
Rams 31,348,342
Chargers 26,836,303
Packers 24,708,254

You don't think John Elway would pay ANYTHING to get Andrew Luck, with that much free space in 2017? Luck held every card in the fucking deck. The Colts were held hostage, they had no choice.