NFL News:

• Daniel Jones has agreed on his rookie contract with the Giants.  
  • Ahead of rookies appearing at camp Monday.
    • Veterans arrive Wednesday, with the first team practice scheduled for Thursday.
  • Per nfl.com, the only rookies left to sign their entry-level deals are:
    • Nick Bosa – Niners
    • Quinnen Williams – Jets
    • Brian Burns – Panthers

• One reason Bosa hasn’t signed yet is the “shitty nature” of the 49ers contracts.
  • According to player agents Doug Hendrickson and C.J. LaBoy, the Niners structure their contracts to roll over on April 1, not the first week of March, buying the team 3-4 weeks to evaluate current talent and decide if they want to fish or cut bait.
    • They note that the Colin Kaepernick situation came about because of this scenario.  
      • When they made the decision to release him, they had three weeks before his next yearly structure came into effect, allowing them to survey the available talent.
        • A brilliant decision which led to the glory years of Blaine Gabbert & Brian Hoyer.
    • Under their current set-up, Jimmy Garoppolo’s rolling guarantee structure delays the conversion of $15.7 million of his $23.8 million 2020 base salary until April 1.
  • The PFT version of The Athletic article notes that it’s also coincidental that the 49ers haven’t been to the playoffs since 2014.
  • Not for nothing, but Big Daddy Drew has his “Why Your Team Sucks – 49ers” edition up today.

• The first day of training camp got Atlanta Falcons safety J.J. Wilcox.
  • With a torn ACL, he’s done for the season.
    • It was only an hour into the first practice.
• Forbes has come out with its annual ranking of the 50 most valuable sports franchises.
  • The Cowboys top the list at $5.0 billion.
    • Followed by the Yankees ($4.6 billion), Real Madrid ($4.2 billion) and Barcelona ($4 billion).
    • According to Forbes, Cowboys fever helps owner Jerry Jones generate an estimated $340 million in sponsorship and premium seating revenue at AT&T Stadium, twice as much as any other team.
  • Thanks to Florio, who did most of the reading, more than half of Forbes‘ top-50, though, are NFL teams, each of which received more than $260 million in media-rights deals last year.
  • According to Forbes, the highest-ranking franchise outside of the NBA, NFL, MLB and European soccer was the New York Rangers at 72nd with a value of $1.55 billion.

Finally, after 10 years in the NFL, we lost one of the greats today.

Mark Sanchez has decided to hang up the cleats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTMEDzTESjc

He retires with 15,357 yards on a 56.6 completion percentage, with 86 TDs, 89 INTs and a 73.2 passer rating. One assumes he will spend his time pursuing spiritual goals

or hunting puss. It could go either way. But given he’ll be joining ESPN as a “College Football Live” analyst, (he is replacing Mack Brown, who left to coach *North Carolina) I think we all know what’s what – especially if he gets to go on location.

Tonight’s sports:

• MLB:
  • Red Sox at Rays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Yankees at Twins – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1 / MLBN
• Futbol:
  • International Champions Cup Soccer:
    • Real Madrid vs. Arsenal – 7:00PM | ESPN
    • Guadalajara vs. Atlético Madrid – 9:00PM | ESPN
  • 2019 Leagues Cup:
    • Quarterfinal #2 – LA Galaxy vs. Club Tijuana – 11:00PM | TSN
• WNBA Basketball:
  • Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces – 10:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN3
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

Televised nights like these make me glad for the beer selling job.