John Clayton: Dumervil has been released because of some mess-up by the Denver front office What a mess in Denver. They must have filed the Welker contract and gone over the cap. So Elvis has left the roster.John Clayton (@ClaytonESPN)
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter Elvis Dumervil's contract not filed with NFL in time. Dumervil released, as Denver Post released.
The Broncos did not file RE Elvis Dumervil's new contract in time, and he has been released. Denver had until 4PM ET to submit the new deal to the league office, but they simply didn't get it in before the deadline because Dumervil didn't get his signature on the document until 4:07PM. The two sides had agreed to slash Dumervil's salary from $12 million to $8 million, so there is an agreement. We tentatively expect Dumervil to re-up with the Broncos, but he's now open to see what else is out on the market. It's doubtful Dumervil would find $8 million anywhere else, considering what Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett have signed for in recent days. SIGN THIS BEAST
Holy Crap. I'm sure the entire NFL is calling Dumervil's agents right now. Broncos really got screwed there.
This fax machine stuff seems like something that would only happen to us, apparently not. Maybe we should actually make a go at this FA if we have the money.
According to USA Today, free agent Elvis Dumervil's player rep is blaming the Broncos for Friday's contract debacle. As ESPN's Andrew Brandt would say, "there will be lawyers." Dumervil's rep is alleging the Broncos changed the terms of the sides' agreement at the last minute, delaying the process. Dumervil's camp reportedly sent its ill-fated fax at 3:55ET, right as the Broncos were cutting him out of a supposed abundance of caution. The sides have yet to talk since the fiasco. We'd expect many twists and turns over the next 48 hours.
We'd sign him but have tens of millions wrapped up in three absolutely worthless QBs, and just handed a JAG backup RB a three year deal.
Statement from Elway on Dumervil Posted 3 minutes ago By DenverBroncos.com A statement from EVP of Football Operations John Elway on defensive end Elvis Dumervil. STATEMENT FROM DENVER BRONCOS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS JOHN ELWAY: “For the last week, Elvis Dumervil and his agent were aware of our desire to change the financial terms of his contract to ensure he would remain a Denver Bronco. After numerous conversations with both Elvis and his representative, we submitted our final contract proposal to Elvis today at 11 a.m. MDT. Based on our previous discussions, we believed our offer was fair and were hopeful it would resolve this matter. “Due to the procedural elements that were involved in executing the new proposal, we imposed a 1 p.m. MDT deadline for a decision, one hour before the NFL’s waiver wire at 2 p.m. MDT. Our deadline was clearly communicated to Elvis’ representative. “At 1 p.m. MDT, we were informed by Elvis’ representative that he declined our offer. We then prepared Elvis’ termination notice to officially file his release with the NFL office. “At approximately 1:25 p.m. MDT, however, we were informed that Elvis changed his mind and accepted the same contract we proposed nearly two-and-a-half hours earlier. Although we expressed our concern regarding the time constraints, we were assured that the signed documents would be submitted to us before the league’s waiver deadline. “We did not receive the documents from Elvis by the league’s deadline and were forced to release him shortly before 2 p.m. MDT. “Due to this situation, there are now salary cap implications associated with this transaction that we must consider with regard to potentially re-signing Elvis. At this moment, we are discussing all of our free-agency options to determine what’s best for the Denver Broncos.”
Broncos release Elvis Dumervil because new contract too late Posted: 03/15/2013 01:25:52 PM MDT March 16, 2013 12:14 AM GMT Updated: 03/15/2013 06:14:45 PM MDTBy Mike Klis The Denver Postdenverpost.com A three-time Pro Bowler got cut because the paperwork on his new contract didn't get filed in time. We're not making this up. The upstairs floor at Dove Valley was thrown into chaos Friday afternoon when the signature pages on a revised contract from Elvis Dumervil, who was in Miami, and his agent Marty Magid, who was in Philadelphia, didn't show up on the Broncos' fax machine, which was in Englewood, until 2:06 p.m. — 6 minutes and one second past the deadline to file contracts to the NFL office. When the Broncos did not have the paperwork, they released Dumervil in lieu of guaranteeing his $12 million salary for the 2013 season. By cutting Dumervil, the Broncos are confronted with $4.869 million in dead money Elvis Dumervil (Denver Post file)they can't spend against their $123 million salary cup. "The bottom line is our offer didn't change from 11 o'clock, or 1 o'clock Eastern, to the time they decided to take the deal," Broncos front office boss John Elway said. "By the time they decided (at 1:25 p.m), they did not give themselves enough time to send the signed documents back to beat the 2 o'clock deadline." Although, the Broncos were only about $50,000 below the cap as of Thursday afternoon, their dead money was offset by the subtraction of Dumervil's $12 million salary. So the Broncos now have a little more than $8 million in cap room after Dumervil's release. The newly structured deal the Broncos thought they had done with Dumervil called for their right defensive end to make $8 million this year. Is Elvis coming back? "We're going to talk about all our options," Elway said. "We're going to let things settle down and see what happens. I'm not going to put a percentage on it." In the meantime, Dumervil is officially a free agent, and Magid said his cell phone "has been blowing up" by calls from interested teams. Let's take this bizarre series of unusual events from the top. The Broncos asked Dumervil last week to take a pay cut from the $12 million that was to become fully guaranteed if he still was on the team's roster by 2 p.m. Friday, to $6.5 million. Dumervil rejected the cut but instructed Magid to work out a restructure. On Wednesday, the Broncos had raised their proposal to $7.5 million in 2013. Dumervil, who had 20½ sacks the previous two seasons when he made a collective $28 million, again balked. Instead, his agent sent back a counterproposal that was more about restructuring his contract — i.e. moving money — rather than slashing it. The showdown was set for Friday with the deadline ticking. Both sides budged. The Broncos again upped Dumervil's 2013 salary to $8 million. Meanwhile, they raised Dumervil's 2014 salary from $10 million to $10.5 million and 2015 salary from $8 million to $11.5 million. The overall terms, thus, came out exactly the same: three years, $30 million. Instead of $12 million in 2013, $10 million in 2014 and $8 million in 2015, Dumervil's pay out was revised to $8 million, $10.5 million and $11.5 million. The guarantee, meanwhile, went from $0 in the initial proposal to $11 million in the second proposal. Elway called Dumervil directly at 1 p.m., while Broncos' contract chief Mike Sullivan talked to Magid, informing them the team needed to hear back by 1 p.m. That would give them an hour to get all the paperwork filed. At 1 p.m., Magid informed the Broncos that he and Dumervil had rejected the team's proposal. The problem, Magid said, was in the 2014 year of the contract, where the Broncos offered a $3 million guarantee against injury. "They changed it from a full guarantee to injury only," Magid said. "Basically, that made it a one-year contract." In other words, the Broncos had the right to cut Dumervil without paying him if they felt his skill wasn't worth a $10.5 million salary for 2014. The Broncos say there was never a formal offer of a full guarantee in 2014. The original contract has zero guarantee for 2014, Adding a full guarantee was discussed as part of ongoing negotiations, Elway said, but numbers were constantly adjusted. As the Broncos improved their 2013 salary proposal — again, from $6.5 million to $8 million -- the guarantee went from full — which includes skill, injury and cap (where teams cannot cut a player because of salary cap considerations) — to injury. When the Broncos' imposed 1 p.m. came and went, Sullivan received orders to start drawing up Dumervil's termination papers and Elway and head coach John Fox huddled to discuss life without Elvis. At 1:25 p.m., Sullivan interrupted the meeting by saying Dumervil had accepted. Sullivan e-mailed the amended contract to Magid at 1:31 p.m. Magid said he received it at 1:32. Magid noticed a number was wrong, informed Sullivan, and the revised deal with the fixed number was e-mailed back at 1:40. Magid said he got it at 1:42. Magid said he scanned it, printed it, reviewed it, signed it and faxed it to Dumervil. Magid said Dumervil signed it and faxed it off to the Broncos' offices from Miami at 1:53. Sullivan called Magid at 1:55 and said the signed documents weren't there and to protect the club, they would have to release Dumervil. The signed documents finally came through the Broncos' fax machine at 2:06. Ugh. Regardless of the guarantee disagreement, the Broncos say their final proposal was communicated at 11 a.m. — three hours before the deadline. It did not change. The Broncos were collectively angered by the turn of events Friday afternoon, but after a cooling off period, the team could re-sign Dumervil as soon as Saturday. Until then, Dumervil has been officially released to free agency.
Free agent DE Elvis Dumervil is interested in joining the Dolphins. Dumervil is a Miami native, but the Dolphins haven't called his agent and may not be interested. Dumervil's rep says "multiple teams" have called, but NFL Network's Michelle Beisner reported Dumervil isn't drawing much buzz. The Broncos appear to be moving on from Dumervil, at least for the moment.
Dumervil fired his agent. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/16/elvis-dumervil-fires-his-agent/ This is a bad year to be on the free agent market because very few teams are spending big and most of them have shot their wad already.
It wasn't officially weird until Dumervil fired his agent. Before that I just figured that Dumervil wanted out for some unknown reason and so he delayed faxing the stuff to the Broncos. Now it seems that there was more than that involved. I'm wondering if the agent didn't make it clear where the contract had to be faxed too after Dumervil signed it and Dumervil sent it back to the agent instead causing the delay?
