fan since 1979 and love football. I find myself getting less interested and sometimes disappointed in it which is brought on by injuries. Health is such a major, uncontrollable factor in winning and losing. It just seems like a player, team and organization has so much riding on the health of the team. It just seems like a crapshoot sometimes.
I don't fault players for wanting to be at the top of their game but the sport is getting more violent as a by product.
With the speed and size of athletes, the weak link is human physiology... the equipment just can't protect the vulnerable areas of the human body. One hit in the wrong place and it's an injury.
As of right now the Giants have 39.51% of their 2019 cap hit in their top 5 paid players. There are 53 players on a roster. Divided evenly, that's about 1.89% of the salary cap per player if every player on the roster had the same cap hit. Eli's cap hit is 11.95% of our cap...that's 6.3 times that 1.89% number. Even if you didn't know a thing about the Giants coming into the season, you'd know that if anything happened to Eli we'd be at a major competitive disadvantage...11.95% of our money isn't playing for us.
The vast majority of the players on the Giants' roster each account for less than 1% of the salary cap.
I wonder, as an academic exercise, how a roster comprised only of players all within 1.8%-2% of the salary cap would perform over the course of a season. I suspect it would do pretty damn well if you control for the quality of coaching.
As of right now the Giants have 39.51% of their 2019 cap hit in their top 5 paid players. There are 53 players on a roster. Divided evenly, that's about 1.89% of the salary cap per player if every player on the roster had the same cap hit. Eli's cap hit is 11.95% of our cap...that's 6.3 times that 1.89% number. Even if you didn't know a thing about the Giants coming into the season, you'd know that if anything happened to Eli we'd be at a major competitive disadvantage...11.95% of our money isn't playing for us.
The vast majority of the players on the Giants' roster each account for less than 1% of the salary cap.
I wonder, as an academic exercise, how a roster comprised only of players all within 1.8%-2% of the salary cap would perform over the course of a season. I suspect it would do pretty damn well if you control for the quality of coaching.
Long snapper, kicker, punter, and dedicated returners factor into that average. Not to mention those who are inactive. If you divide 90% of space among 42 players and 10% for kicker, punter, 3rd QB, other inactives, it would be interesting to see where you stand.
Freak injuries occur in any sport. It's up to the NFL to make the game safer by investing in better equipment or a way to curtail PEDs.