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AlbaNY_Ram
Should we write it off as coincidence that all of these headache negotiations are with CAA clients? Or is it possible that teams are being jerks with CAA clients because they know ahead of time the CAA is a royal pain to deal with? (In other words, do teams lay out difficult terms with CAA clients just so they have something to negotiate away, knowing that CAA is going to show up with difficult terms of their own?)

SAM DARNOLD
But the issue with Darnold isn't offset language -- a common point of contention in rookie contracts. Instead, according to NFL Media, it is contract language involving Darnold's guaranteed pay and how and when the Jets could potentially void that money.

So that is what Darnold's agent, CAA Sports' Jimmy Sexton, is locked in a battle with the Jets over. According to NFL Media, Darnold will continue to skip camp practices until the issue is "handled," though it's unclear what that might mean, in terms of a negotiated settlement.

Darnold's four-year rookie contract is fully guaranteed. Its value is $30.247 million, including a $20.078 million signing bonus. It is very likely Darnold will get all of that money.
[www.nj.com]

ROQUAN SMITH
And of course it was CAA that represented Joey Bosa two years ago in the first protracted holdout in a number of years.

If anything is clear, it is that Smith's agents appear to have an ax to grind.

Whatever is going on here is not on the Bears' front office -- and it isn't about money.

Roquan Smith is not a Bear yet because his agents are fighting over how his bonus money will be paid and what the Bears will owe him if they cut him before the end of his fourth season.
[www.dailyherald.com]