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As animated as Steph Curry’s been on the sidelines this season. Warriors getting whacked in LA. (vid via @NotScTop10pla
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Wait ... Seriously???!!? MSG security stopped Patrick Ewing and asked for his credentials ... AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN??
Please tell me the Big Fella pointed to the rafters and said “There! Those are my ———- credentials!”
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PJ Tucker and the Rockets agreed he will no longer be with the team anymore and are working to find a resolution, coach Stephen Silas says tonight. 3/11/21, 9:51 PM
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How he fits: Here’s the most important thing: This contract will not prevent the Patriots from continuing to scour the quarterback market via trade, free agency and the draft. Newton is not locked in as the starter. More on that later.
There’s a feeling in Foxboro that Newton would have performed better in 2020 if he had more help around him at wide receiver and tight end, and a decent chunk of the Patriots’ $68 million in cap space will go toward rectifying that issue. Newton, who turns 32 in May, ranked first among quarterbacks last season with 12 rushing touchdowns and third with 592 rushing yards, but he was last among 35 qualifying quarterbacks with 177.1 passing yards per game, 34th with eight touchdown passes, 28th with an 82.9 passer rating and 18th with a 65.8 completion percentage.
He averaged 216.6 passing and rushing yards per game, which ranked 29th out of those 35 qualifying quarterbacks. He compiled 20 passing and rushing touchdowns, which was tied for the 21st most in the league. Including completion percentage and passer rating, only Sam Darnold, Nick Foles and Dwayne Haskins ranked worse than Newton in all four categories.
Newton should improve with more help around him, but he must also play better in his own right.
2021 impact: It’s unclear how much money is guaranteed in Newton’s contract, but it sounds like enough to be sure he’ll be on the roster for the full season, even if he doesn’t win the starting job. Backup quarterbacks earn plenty of guaranteed money, too: Taysom Hill ($17 million), Nick Foles ($17 million), Case Keenum ($8 million), Marcus Mariota ($7.5 million), Tyrod Taylor ($6 million) and Chase Daniel ($5 million).
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T-21. John Lynch, San Francisco 49ers
Average signing score: 2.5
Richard Sherman and Kyle Juszczyk have been about what the 49ers hoped they were getting. They have also been exceptions among big-ticket free agents for San Francisco with Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan in charge. Pierre Garçon, Weston Richburg, Jerick McKinnon, Kwon Alexander and Tevin Coleman have combined to miss 89 of 184 regular-season games since signing with the 49ers as priority free agents. Brian Hoyer had a prime opportunity to show his value in 2017, but he completed 58 percent of his passes with four touchdowns, four interceptions and a 74.1 passer rating while San Francisco lost all six of his starts.
RANKINGS EXPLAINED:
Before we explore the GM rankings, a word on the categories used for evaluating all the signings, which for this exercise pertain only to deals made since the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, dated Aug. 4 of that year:
Category 1: Moves a smart GM would make again (20 percent of signings)
Category 2: Moves we could make a case for either way (37 percent of signings)
Category 3: Moves a smart GM would not make again (43 percent of signings)
By assigning those values to each GM’s 10 most expensive offseason signings, as defined by average per year (APY), an average score emerges for the 26 GMs who were in place before this offseason. The results are not necessarily a ranking of how well GMs have done in free agency overall. In many cases, head coaches and owners exert significant influence and, again, the moves teams do not make are sometimes the best ones. Also, we considered only the most expensive moves each GM made, ignoring some of the better bargains that can set apart top evaluators. I focused on the most expensive moves partly because those are the ones generating the most excitement year after year, including when the 2021 unrestricted market opens March 17.
There were 263 signings to evaluate overall. That’s 10 for each of the 26 incumbent GMs, plus three involving players whose salaries tied for the 10th spots on some ledgers. Under consideration were signings of veterans released by their previous teams and true unrestricted free agents (UFAs) whose contracts had expired. All signings were made after the Super Bowl in February and before the regular season in September. The players had to change teams, meaning no re-signings were considered.
Note: Players in Category 1 (signings a smart GM would make again) are shaded blue in the tables below. Players in Category 3 (signings a smart GM would not make again) are shaded red. The other moves are not shaded. Also, the six GMs hired this offseason are not included.
| RANK | SIGNING | POS | APY |
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1 | LB | $13.04M | |
2 | WR | $9.5M | |
3 | C | $9.2M | |
4 | CB | $8.18M | |
5 | RB | $7.5M | |
6 | QB | $5.78M | |
7 | LB | $5.3M | |
8 | FB | $5.25M | |
9 | G | $4.86M | |
10 | RB | $4.25M | |
Avg | 7.29M |
San Francisco 49ers
Projected overall cap space: $24,658,006
Offense: $87,113,435
Defense: $76,931,949
Special teams: $4,610,331
Analysis: The 49ers aren't exactly flush with space, particularly given how many key free agents they have set to hit the market, but things also aren't so dire that they're going to have to lose all of those players either. A big chunk of this space will be dedicated to trying to keep left tackle Trent Williams and if he stays, the Niners are unlikely to make any splashy outside signings. If he leaves, however, the 49ers could be a bit more active than expected with some of the bigger names on the market, especially on the offensive and defensive lines. -- Nick Wagoner
13. San Francisco 49ers — $24.7 million
It may not be sexy or exciting, but the 49ers are focused on re-signing their own free agents — Trent Williams, Kyle Juszczyk and Jason Verrett — and then filling in the gaps in next month’s draft. Though they could use a pass rusher, maybe they can find a bargain once Shaq Barrett and Leonard Floyd are gone.
| Cameron DaSilva |
| @camdasilva |
Deebo Samuel took a shot at the Rams offense, saying they live on play action and flat routes, and want to do what the 49ers do but can’t. He’s not worried about the addition of Matthew Stafford, either. theramswire.usat
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| Notes on Buccaneers QB Tom Brady's extension. • Brady gave Tampa a firm commitment to play in '22 as part of it, so there's no "we'll see" that. • The Bucs will save ~$19 million on the cap in 2021. • Brady's 2022 pay is a rough equivalent of what he got for 2020 and '21. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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