Brian Tyms signed to a 2 year deal....

not surprising to see these practice squad guys (Alexcih and Tyms) getting futures contracts after the team invested a lot of time with them on the practice squad.

Would be cool to see a Fellow Rattler impress. Guess I'll go throw the Team Tyms t-shirts on the press.

"Paul 13 wrote:

not surprising to see these practice squad guys (Alexcih and Tyms) getting futures contracts after the team invested a lot of time with them on the practice squad.

Yup. Par for the course, and it happens every year about this time.

I've heard the coaching staff likes him quite a bit, but we'll see where that goes.

At 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, he possesses prototypical size for a pro wide receiver and eye-popping athleticism. At Florida A&M's pro day, he had a 38.5-inch vertical jump, which would have ranked tied for fifth among wide receivers at the NFL combine. His time in the 20-yard shuttle (3.93 seconds) would have tied for second and his 40-yard-dash clocking (4.40) would have ranked third.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/Rookie-wideout-Tyms-runs-toward-future-3791826.php#ixzz2GqEgKQf7

He is a good athlete however very inexperienced.

Is this different than a practice squad guy getting signed to the off-season roster? I didn't think "future contracts" were usually two-year deals?

"Disgustipate wrote:

Is this different than a practice squad guy getting signed to the off-season roster? I didn't think "future contracts" were usually two-year deals?

Wasn't Les Brown signed to a 4-year deal originally? I think it's the same as Miami signing a street free agent, as I believe practice squad contracts expire after a year. I think it'd be pretty unlikely that either Tyms or Alexcih make the active roster next year.

"RoninFin4 wrote:

Wasn't Les Brown signed to a 4-year deal originally? I think it's the same as Miami signing a street free agent, as I believe practice squad contracts expire after a year. I think it'd be pretty unlikely that either Tyms or Alexcih make the active roster next year.

I think it is more likely that Alexcih makes the roster.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

I think it is more likely that Alexcih makes the roster.

If he makes it, I'm guessing it'll have been due to numbers i.e. not bringing back Starks and/or McDaniel or not bringing in other players through the draft or free agency. Just based on what he showed, I'd be pretty surprised.

"Disgustipate wrote:

Is this different than a practice squad guy getting signed to the off-season roster? I didn't think "future contracts" were usually two-year deals?

not 100% sure but I would assume it's similar to any "street free agent" except the Dolphins have first crack at them. There is probably a date at which point their practice squad contract expired. We've still got teams in the playoffs who still have their practice squads "active" and I'm assuming those guys are getting paid extra??? I can't imagine all practice squad guys are still getting paid.

just read part of the CBA regarding practice squad players... they do get paid while their team is in the playoffs. And the contract terminates one week after the team's last regular season game or playoff game.

"RoninFin4 wrote:

Wasn't Les Brown signed to a 4-year deal originally? I think it's the same as Miami signing a street free agent, as I believe practice squad contracts expire after a year. I think it'd be pretty unlikely that either Tyms or Alexcih make the active roster next year.

I think the day the regular season ends, that the practice squads of every non playoff team become street free agents. Since Tyms was on our PS this season, his signing is basically as it would be for any street free agent.

"Paul 13 wrote:

just read part of the CBA regarding practice squad players... they do get paid while their team is in the playoffs. And the contract terminates one week after the team's last regular season game or playoff game.

Shudda read your post before making mine. So, it is a week after the last game rather than as soon as the last game ends. :up:

"MrClean wrote:

Shudda read your post before making mine. So, it is a week after the last game rather than as soon as the last game ends. :up:

Yeah a week after. I suppose that would have been 12/31