Agent's perspective: How free agency really works

[Superman]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/How-NFL-free-agency-really-works-2784.html

 

Free agency is our (agents) time to shine for our clients. It’s extremely difficult for players to get to a second or third contract so everything has to be orchestrated perfectly for the client to score a lifetime setting deal. On the team side, a few bad free agent signings can get GMs fired, weigh heavy on the cap and hurt a team for several years beyond the signing(s).

 

Free agency is supposed to work like this:

 

This is how free agency really works:

 

 

I found this interesting. It's pretty obvious from how quickly deals get done that teams and agents don't actually wait for free agency before they start working on deals. He pretty much confirms it.

[Tracy Denton]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/How-NFL-free-agency-really-works-2784.html

 

 

I found this interesting. It's pretty obvious from how quickly deals get done that teams and agents don't actually wait for free agency before they start working on deals. He pretty much confirms it.

I assumed this is how it goes down, it also explains why some teams don't get a player they are after.