2016 Forum Mock: Discussion Thread

[52520Andrew]

3 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

1 star.  .75 would round up.

 

4 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Question: if the FA is signed for 1.5 stars, does cutting him save 0.5 or 1 star?

Correct, from the rules thread

Free agents that are signed can be released afterwards, but you only get back half the cost. (Round up for cuts if they were at a .5 for the star. This means a player signed for 2.5 stars could be cut for savings of 1.5 stars, half of it is 1.25 which rounds up to 1.5 stars.) The only exception is players that were signed for 0.5 stars, who can be cut for the full 0.5 stars.

[hawkprey]

Just now, 52520Andrew said:

How is just looking at the base salary and seeing that harder than going off what a cap manager says?

It takes 5 minutes. No calculator, no spreadsheets, no typing in numbers.

[rmw10]

2 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Cool. And if I trade him, the entire amount is saved or also 1 star?

Samesies.

[52520Andrew]

Just now, hawkprey said:

It takes 5 minutes. No calculator, no spreadsheets, no typing in numbers.

It takes 5 seconds to look at a base salary

[allblackraven]

Just now, rmw10 said:

Samesies.

Thank you

[hawkprey]

Just now, 52520Andrew said:

It takes 5 seconds to look at a base salary

Right, then you need to change your total cap, dead cap and stars remaining.

[allblackraven]

Actually, one more related question - if I end up trading FA who was signed for 1.5 stars, does the other trade party pays 1 star or 1.5 stars?

[52520Andrew]

Just now, hawkprey said:

Right, then you need to change your total cap, dead cap and stars remaining.

You would have to change those numbers in the SOF using the cap calcuclator as well. And dead cap does not get updated once the game starts, you only take the savings into account. 

[-Truth-]

3 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Actually, one more related question - if I end up trading FA who was signed for 1.5 stars, does the other trade party pays 1 star or 1.5 stars?

We've always traded the full amount in the past considering that there are no guarantees in the contract. Not entirely certain though.

[Mt. Crushmore]

7 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Actually, one more related question - if I end up trading FA who was signed for 1.5 stars, does the other trade party pays 1 star or 1.5 stars?

Other team takes on a 1.5 star cap hit as that's the base salary. 

[GrimCoconut]

12 minutes ago, hawkprey said:

It takes 5 minutes. No calculator, no spreadsheets, no typing in numbers.

 

12 minutes ago, 52520Andrew said:

It takes 5 seconds to look at a base salary

Spotrac's feature is great but the problem is that if someone restructures, gets cut, etc. and you later trade them or cut them, things can get messy. 

[allblackraven]

7 minutes ago, -Truth- said:

We've always traded the full amount in the past considering that there are no guarantees in the contract. Not entirely certain though.

 

3 minutes ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

Other team takes on a 1.5 star cap hit as that's the base salary. 

Thanks

[Inqui]

6 minutes ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

If you need a kicker you want Andrew Franks not Caleb Sturgis. Franks replaced Sturgis in Miami last year (cut Sturgis and kept Franks). 

Hashtag shotsfired.

[regz1997]

7 minutes ago, Inqui said:

Hashtag shotsfired.

Just solid marketing techniques!

[Mt. Crushmore]

That was a quick deal from the Bills

[rmw10]

Joique Bell

10 Stars

I think your numbers are just a tiny bit off...

[ludy51]

If someone could perform a quick audit of my team it would be much appreciated

[52520Andrew]

3 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

I think your numbers are just a tiny bit off...

Nah, Bell's cap hit was over 10 mil obviously leading to such a significant amount of savings if cut

#sarcasm

[KDUBB44]

6 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

I think your numbers are just a tiny bit off...

whoops thanks

[rmw10]

Detroit Lions

LS Don Muhlbalch

0.5 Star

And your timing may be a tiny bit off here...

[CalvinSmoke]

i didn't expect to lose Lansanah, wowzers

[PaRAYdise]

So how bout the Saints?

[52520Andrew]

3 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

Well hey, while you all are fighting about kickers, don't forget that Panthers DE Charles Johnson (11 stars) is available!

Yeah that's the real kicker... what a deal!!

[JO_75]

Are real life player retirements still being considered? Rashean Mathis and Jerod Mayo retired today.

[52520Andrew]

2 minutes ago, JO_75 said:

Are real life player retirements still being considered? Rashean Mathis and Jerod Mayo retired today.

If a player retires in real life, they have retired on here. I don't know why anyone would want to keep a player around who has retired in real life

[JO_75]

1 minute ago, 52520Andrew said:

If a player retires in real life, they have retired on here. I don't know why anyone would want to keep a player around who has retired in real life

Just didn't know if the rosters locking changed that or not for this season. 

WR Free Agency begins tomorrow night correct?

[Mt. Crushmore]

2 minutes ago, JO_75 said:

Just didn't know if the rosters locking changed that or not for this season. 

WR Free Agency begins tomorrow night correct?

RB, WR, TE

[ludy51]

5 minutes ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

RB, WR, TE

Get ready for some teams to lose quite a bit of cap space

[52520Andrew]

1 minute ago, JO_75 said:

Just didn't know if the rosters locking changed that or not for this season. 

All rosters locking does is prevent new moves made by a team in real life to be made on your team. If the Steelers cut Big Ben tomorrow, I would still have him on my team. If they signed JJ Watt, I would not get JJ Watt on my team. If a player retires, they are retired. Rmw wishes that wasn't the case but it has been that way for a while and it wouldn't make much sense if a player who retired was playing on in this game.

[rmw10]

2 minutes ago, 52520Andrew said:

All rosters locking does is prevent new moves made by a team in real life to be made on your team. If the Steelers cut Big Ben tomorrow, I would still have him on my team. If they signed JJ Watt, I would not get JJ Watt on my team. If a player retires, they are retired. Rmw wishes that wasn't the case but it has been that way for a while and it wouldn't make much sense if a player who retired was playing on in this game.

Yeah it's not like this is Madden where you can still get value out of a real life retired player who is still in the game.  If a guy retires, he retires.  He's not going to do your team any good sitting at home.