The original content and analysis produced by the PFR staff during the past week:
- We covered six notable moves in our This Date In Transactions History series:
- Ryan Posner on Colin Kaepernick‘s six-year, $126MM contract extension with the 49ers, signed well before the now-free agent quarterback began his protests against police brutality.
- Zach Links also covered a 49ers’ extension in the six-year, $42MM extension Joe Staley inked in 2009, a deal which quickly proved to be below-market (San Francisco has since extended Staley again).
- Zach touched on the 2010 trade that sent wide receiver Isaac Bruce from the 49ers back to the Rams, allowing him to retire with his original organization.
- Zach also looked at the six-year extension tight end Rob Gronkowski signed with the Patriots in 2012, a deal which (at the time) made him the highest-paid tight end in NFL history.
- Ben Levine examined the five-year extension inked by Chargers defensive tackle Corey Liuget in 2015, noting that the now-suspended interior defender has since seen his salary reduced.
- Andrew Ortenberg went over the rookie contract signed by Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez in 2009, prior to the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement in 2011.
- As of last week, 20% of 2018 NFL draft picks remained unsigned. That figure has dropped a bit since (the Rams signed their entire draft class, for example), but there are still 17 first-rounders without a contract in place.
- In a pair of polls, Andrew asked PFR readers which clubs in the AFC North and AFC West posted the best overall offseasons.
- Zach explained the concept of offset language in NFL contracts.