But as a FA he'll only be able to choose from offers made. If someone is willing to pay him that good for him. If not he'll take the highest garuanteed of the lower bids. In real life many FA players ask for more then they end up with and some get offered more than they are worth

Your right i mlixed up free agents and was actually going to rensign a player on my team to see how much cap ill have after resignings and he wont accept any less then 38 mil bonus. Does it go down as the season goes? If so is it smartest to resign at the end of the season ?

The larger problem may be that owners have no financial obligation as in real life and therefore can offer ridiculous contracts knowing they can dump a team without penalty if it all goes wrong.

Possible solution

This one might get moved to another forum but when dealing with contracted players about to become free agents can there be a button to say to them we will not meet that demand. The player engine would then search to see how many players close to or above their owners or default ratings in their primary position are available or due for free agency in the next off season and adjust their demands accordingly
Ie if a player knows he'll be the best available he won't change his demands or even go higher but if there are a lot of players rated above to contend with they may go lower to avoid being undervalued in FA their happiness with the owner would also have an effect. To stop owners spamming the button on every player make every press affect how much the player likes the owner until it makes them unhappy and unwilling to deal with the owner.

I have actually noticed that if I click on "contract" to see what a player wants to re-sign them, but I don't offer a contract at that time, when I go back at a later date they demand a higher bonus. I have seen a former highly rated WR of mine (92/92) do that to me 3 times.. He started wanting around $40mil in signing bonus. I ended up signing him at $55mil signing bonus because his demand went up 3 times. I think it is a glitch somewhere. Just looking at what a player wants shouldn't cause their price to change. Not sure if anyone else has seen the same thing or just signs the player at that time.

His request shouldn't change within the same stage, but if other contracts are accepted he may see that his value has gone up and change his request on the next stage.

Interesting, never knew that one. Thx

I tried offering some modest sums for guys way down the list and even those guys are getting huge contract offers, on the bright side I don't really have any glaring needs so I don't need to over pay.

Also it was nice of everyone to leave my coaches alone, so I will have at least one more season of a very strong coaching staff top to bottom.

I believe big name free agents will be over-valued for a few seasons. There's still a lot of contracts for the "old days" that will need to be redone soon. Though, it looks like no one has serious cap issues yet.

I'm playing moneyball this season. I'm not gunning for any big pickups.