Month: February 2018

The first-round pick the Jets reportedly were seeking for Richardson is out of the question because of a subpar 2016 season and his well-documented off-field issues. The swap for third-round picks in the Timmy Jernigan trade probably helps define trade compensation for Richardson. Moving Richardson would wipe his $8.069 million fifth-year option salary from the Jets’ books.

There is more upside with Brissett because he is younger and more mobile than Tolzien. But Brissett has been with the Colts only since Sept. 2, when he was acquired in a trade with New England.

“Players don’t see their bills or keep track of their payments. They’re in the dark about taxes. They lose touch with their own money,” the authors write.

“You think of sharks in the ’hood, you think of gang bangers and drug dealers. You haven’t seen nothing ’til you step into some of these white-collar criminals,” said Scott, to which investment manager Ed Butowsky adds in the book, “I know many people who have had money wired out of their accounts to private equity accounts or into other accounts without their knowledge.”

The losses incurred by some players are staggering. Sapp made “$82,185,056 during his NFL career. He ended up with $826.04 in his bank account,” and filed for bankruptcy in 2012.

Former linebacker Keith McCants signed a $7.6 million contract in 1990 but tells the authors that he “bought a yacht, a mansion and a couple of cars. That ain’t a million dollars. That’s several million. I pretty much gave it away.”

Signing a 27-year-old kicker — who’s never played in a regular season game — less than 24 hours before your regular opener isn’t something that usually works out for you, but it definitely worked out for the Raiders on Sunday.

It will be the third career start for Lynch, the Broncos’ first-round draft pick in 2016. He injured his right shoulder Aug. 26 in a preseason game against the Packers and hasn’t played since. In each of the last two preseasons, Lynch was beaten out for the starting job by Siemian.

Raiders coach Jack Del Rio, who’s been searching for answers, used the word “mojo” a number of times when speaking to reporters earlier this week.

“Last year, we always pulled out the close games, and this year, we know we can do it and everything just hasn’t added up yet,’’ Raiders fullback and lineman Jon Feliciano told reporters this week, according to ESPN. “There’s something missing. That’s what [Del Rio] has been talking about, bringing that mojo back, that intangible that we had last year. We’ve got to bring it back this year.”