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Post by WilleB on Sept 19, 2018 23:57:50 GMT -5
Follow the money. Do the players control your leagues, or the GMs that pay them?
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Post by nick on Sept 20, 2018 2:04:33 GMT -5
I think this is one of the better parts of the game. Decisions really matter here. In the RZB the cap is tight enough so that you have to make the difficult decisions if you have decent talent. You really have to consider value for money, factoring in likely declines but also cohesion.
I guess the $5m and $10m marks are lines in the sand for me. I really have a problem going over $10m for anyone but a starting QB. Right now it is only the starting QB. A lot of teams are paying over $15M for non skill guys.
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Post by ezlee2 on Sept 20, 2018 8:22:09 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite aspects of this game. I love the challenge of making it work. I've been pretty damn good about managing some really tough spots throughout all of the leagues I play in.
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Post by ezlee2 on Sept 20, 2018 8:53:00 GMT -5
Follow the money. Do the players control your leagues, or the GMs that pay them? It's crazy what a few GMs did to the cap in the VFL. |
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Post by WilleB on Sept 20, 2018 9:36:58 GMT -5
Agreed. I'm pretty much out of the crunch there and should be fine going forward. I see guys playing players $40M per season for no reason at all. What else could you be doing to help your overall roster than paying one guy?
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Post by thefatcat on Sept 20, 2018 17:45:58 GMT -5
I think this is possibly the easiest part of the game, one thing that does piss me off though is you sign some guy to a long contract with some decent bonus then he drops like a bomb in PS2
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Post by manwithnoname on Sept 20, 2018 18:29:45 GMT -5
I think this is possibly the easiest part of the game, one thing that does piss me off though is you sign some guy to a long contract with some decent bonus then he drops like a bomb in PS2 One of the reasons I hate to trade for anyone before PS2. |
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Post by ezlee2 on Sept 22, 2018 8:24:25 GMT -5
I rarely sign a player over 5 years - 6 years experience to an extension prior to EX2.
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Post by dawgfan19 on Sept 26, 2018 21:46:00 GMT -5
One technique I've used recently is to sign a player still on his rookie deal during year 3 of the contract. You can normally get a discount vs. waiting until year 4. Of course, you need the cap room and the discipline to not make big FA offers.
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Post by ezlee2 on Sept 27, 2018 7:44:34 GMT -5
One technique I've used recently is to sign a player still on his rookie deal during year 3 of the contract. You can normally get a discount vs. waiting until year 4. Of course, you need the cap room and the discipline to not make big FA offers. I do this all the time and I even find myself reworking a deal in year two if the guy is someone I want to keep longterm. |
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Post by bdubbs on Oct 2, 2018 5:21:40 GMT -5
I try and reneg the offseason before I expect a player to come into a bigger role if they aren't immediate starters. I think who you choose to pay and when is such a crucial aspect of putting together a roster that's going to compete regularly. If you draft well and can get yourself deep enough talent you can extend guys at a huge discount and trade them off when they expect their big pay day. I also tend to pick a handful of players that I'm willing to gamble on and offer them mostly guaranteed contracts. It leaves me at a pretty big risk if that player were to receive some kind of massive injury, but it's the only way to get an 80+ ovr player at a decent number. You just have to plan your franchise tags ahead so you can avoid taking a huge cap hit trying to negotiate another contract in the last year of a guaranteed deal.
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Post by garion333 on Oct 8, 2018 8:25:58 GMT -5
One technique I've used recently is to sign a player still on his rookie deal during year 3 of the contract. You can normally get a discount vs. waiting until year 4. Of course, you need the cap room and the discipline to not make big FA offers. Reneg a guy in his 2nd year on a rookie contract is also a great way to keep them on the cheap, especially if they didn't play in their rookie year. You can pretty much keep them on the same cap hit, but trading salary for bonus. If they started and played a bunch their $$ will go up, obv. Best to wait on that. |
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Post by ezlee2 on Oct 9, 2018 22:49:23 GMT -5
One technique I've used recently is to sign a player still on his rookie deal during year 3 of the contract. You can normally get a discount vs. waiting until year 4. Of course, you need the cap room and the discipline to not make big FA offers. Reneg a guy in his 2nd year on a rookie contract is also a great way to keep them on the cheap, especially if they didn't play in their rookie year. You can pretty much keep them on the same cap hit, but trading salary for bonus. If they started and played a bunch their $$ will go up, obv. Best to wait on that. I do this as well. I also will play the system to move guys around so they don't have as many starts to keep their price lower when possible. |
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