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Typically, when an NFL team signs a player to a blockbuster deal that doesn’t work out, you potentially set the franchise back several years. It ends up being a point of embarrassment—just [...]

Over the last two seasons, the team that I’ve most frequently covered and cited on this site and on the Walterfootball.com podcast, has been the New Orleans Saints. That’s because [...]

Some NFL teams are always looking for ways to manipulate the NFL salary cap. Financial flexibility in a league where things change fast is paramount. One recent tactic has been the deployment of [...]

In previous eras, option clauses and option bonuses in contracts were a big deal. It was a helpful way for NFL teams to retain talent. But such option structures and option bonuses have mostly [...]

In the early 1990s, NFL players wanted a much larger slice of the league’s overall revenue. One of the mechanisms that was crafted to help accomplish this was the salary floor. What is the [...]

The average NBA salary in 2023-2024 was $9.7 million. The average WNBA salary during the same time period was $147,745. This is clear evidence of sexism, right? (Can you sense the thick sarcasm?) [...]

Heading into the 2025 off-season, the New Orleans Saints were reportedly $64+ million over the NFL salary cap. According to the alarmists online, the Saints were in “cap hell.” If you [...]

Major League Baseball has more nostalgia and a more storied history than the NFL. The NBA has a massive global following, basketball is played in more nations than American football. And events [...]

Jalen Hurts is an unorthodox QB. He’s definitely not the prototypical modern passer that NFL teams covet. But he should still be considered elite. Hurts has a unique skill set that has [...]

Updated August 27, 2024 Since the mid-1990s, I’ve been quite successful in fantasy football. I’ve been asked, “What’s your secret?” Well, there’s not a secret [...]

Winning in fantasy football is fun. There’s a thrill in building your team and beating your league-mates. However, there are a few critical mistakes that many fantasy owners make that [...]

When the salary cap was introduced in 1994, the narrative that the team owners and league executives pushed was that they needed a mechanism that would ensure that each team spent (roughly) the [...]