The original content and analysis produced by the PFR staff over the past week:
- We covered six notable moves in our This Date In Transactions History series:
- Zach Links looked at wide receiver Joe Horn‘s retirement in 2010.
- Zach then analyzed the Panthers’ decision to franchise tag defensive end Julius Peppers in 2009.
- Ben Levine probed the Vikings’ ill-fated decision to sign linebacker Desmond Bishop in 2013.
- Zach went over Ed Reed‘s six-year, $40MM contract, a deal which made him the highest-paid safety in the NFL.
- Zach also covered Andrew Luck‘s 2016 contract extension, which made him the highest-paid player in NFL history (at the time).
- Finally, Ben touched on ex-Cowboys linebacker Rolando McClain‘s 2016 10-game suspension.
- We also posted five polls last week:
- Andrew Ortenberg asked which NFC East had the most productive offseason.
- Zach asked which top-10 NFL draft pick will have the largest role in 2018.
- I asked which new head coach will experience the most success during the upcoming season.
- Zach asked which NFL club won the 2018 draft.
- Sam Robinson asked if the Steelers will extend running back Le’Veon Bell before a July 16 deadline.
- PFR looked at three candidates for a contract extension:
- In a pair of PFR Glossary entries, Zach went over both the supplemental draft and contract guarantees.