Off season

helimachoptor

Re-signings are now open, I'm off down to visit the out laws for a few days so I'll stick up timings a little later

Paully D

Quick question lads, Brees hasn't retired, does that mean I'm safe or will he spring a surprise during the rest of the offseason?

adrian522

He can still retire during the off season, even after the draft, which would be a right pain..

Paully D

adrian522 wrote: »

He can still retire during the off season, even after the draft, which would be a right pain..

Bollocks. At least I know now anyway. He has retired on almost all simulated franchises I have ran but usually at the start of free agency. Oh well, Bray is signed up and ready to go if needed

Knex*

I've been away over Christmas and won't get back to Ireland until 1st/2nd, so won't have a chance to check out my team (Eagles) until then.

Anything I can do to stop players out of contract being snapped up, or even find out who that might be? Thinking Vick and Maclin may be in that list. Or do people think that I am safe to wait the few days until I am back at home?

adrian522

Well, did you offer your free agents contracts during the season? If not they could all be going to free agency.

Pudsy33

Can you log into the connected career website and do it from there?

helimachoptor

Nope pudsy, has to be done on XBL

Pudsy33

Jokeshop stuff from ea as usual.

helimachoptor

Thoughts on the below lads?

Resignings open til 10pm Friday
FA1 open til 10pm Sunday
FA2 open til 6pm Tuesday
FA 3 open til 9pm Wednesday (can scout draft 9pm Wednesday evening

PADRAIC.M

When's draft?

Paully D

Sounds good on the timings Heli. What way will free agency work? The same as we always do it, each team picks a player in each round, or is it done differently?

Also, what is the order for free agency picks if we are each picking one player or is it a free-for-all?

adrian522

There is a free agency bidding process, in 3 stages. You offer them a contract and then they decide which one to accept.

After the draft FA reverts to the usual free agency where you can pick up whoever you want cap permitting. At this stage (and throughout the season) we limit people to 1 FA pickup per gameweek.

mikemac1

Usual FA rules about 4 year contracts and no more then 25% guaranteed?

I think that was the rule? I suppose this needs to be made clear before we begin

And hands off Arthur Jones!!

Rock Lesnar

mikemac1 wrote: »

Usual FA rules about 4 year contracts and no more then 25% guaranteed?

I think that was the rule? I suppose this needs to be made clear before we begin

And hands off Arthur Jones!!

Its 20% isnt it and whose arthur jones ;-)

PADRAIC.M

Yeah it's bonus can't be more than 20% of the salary and no more than 4 years, anymore and you will have to cut the player and suffer the cap hit!

guns4all

mikemac1 wrote: »

Usual FA rules about 4 year contracts and no more then 25% guaranteed?

I think that was the rule? I suppose this needs to be made clear before we begin

And hands off Arthur Jones!!

Feel the need to united the Jones brothers at New England!!

guns4all

helimachoptor wrote: »

Thoughts on the below lads?

Resignings open til 10pm Friday
FA1 open til 10pm Sunday
FA2 open til 6pm Tuesday
FA 3 open til 9pm Wednesday (can scout draft 9pm Wednesday evening

That schedule sounds good to me

Rock Lesnar

guns4all wrote: »

That schedule sounds good to me

I hate the 48hr wait for them to decide, i do feel like the bank robber in dirty harry ''I gots to know''

Then its jump on at 10 and see they've still not decided what they're doing ;-)

PADRAIC.M

Schedule is good for me but I could also do a 24 hour fa window as I have all my resignings done

Rock Lesnar

Is there a 2nd stage of resigning players, i mistakingly dismissed it on the actions screen and cant access it from the Roster page.

giffney1991

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Is there a 2nd stage of resigning players, i mistakingly dismissed it on the actions screen and cant access it from the Roster page.

....nope...or at least I don't think so

helimachoptor

You can the option of doing it yourself or delegating, some of them will be resigned by the CPU I'd say

Rock Lesnar

helimachoptor wrote: »

You can the option of doing it yourself or delegating, some of them will be resigned by the CPU I'd say

No cant do it by myself, the re-sign option on the manage roster page is locked, it dont matter really, ive re-signed who i needed to but was thinking about franchise tagging a player. He can walk now

giffney1991

Thought this was advancing tonight...I am disappoint!

helimachoptor

giffney1991 wrote: »

Thought this was advancing tonight...I am disappoint!

Someone doesn't read my posts!

helimachoptor

the advance will be about 5:30 today

mikemac1

I'm going to rush home!

And then most likely seem my targets want to wait for the last gameweek advance

helimachoptor

mikemac1 wrote: »

I'm going to rush home!

And then most likely seem my targets want to wait for the last gameweek advance

yeah sad but true mike

I remember i had bid on a few guys last year, no one else bid on them and they still wouldnt come to Tennessee!

Knex*

helimachoptor wrote: »

yeah sad but true mike

I remember i had bid on a few guys last year, no one else bid on them and they still wouldnt come to Tennessee!

Well, at least its realistic.


*Runs*

:pac:

helimachoptor

surely if you throw enough money at someone they go if no one else is bidding on them!