BeastsoftheNFCeast
12-13-2006, 01:38 AM
With respect to the cap, dude, with respect to the cap. As I've said in countless other posts, there was NO REASON to expect we would regress from last year's showing, and in fact, if the defense had held steady we probably would have easily made the playoffs in this year's weak NFC field.
It's easy to freak out and scream about stupid decisions in hindsight, but honestly, who was fuming mad this summer when we made these FA deals? We were all smug as hell, knowing that The Danny didn't mind spending the cash, and his cap wizards would find a way to make it work.
I seriously don't recall too many people calling for Grilliamss, Gibbs, or Snyder's heads because of those moves.
We didnt call them out for two reasons, 1, we don't break down the tapes over and over to see who is good to what degree, when people are signed to a 30 mil contract, you naturally assume they are a stud and fit the stystem well 2. We got caught up in the hype because of the huge contracts, this season was actually very predicable if you broke down who we played last year vs who we played this year, our lack of depth, the holes in our defense due to releases, the role that each player would play (Rogers, Arch, Taylor, were all supposed to be physical hitters, none of them were supposed to be quality covers, and springs's injuries were predicable plus the fact that he is gettting older and slower, and we had no depth at the secondary), Warrick Holdman starting, Brunell still being our QB, We had alot of key players on the downfall of their careers (Daniels, Wynn, Springs, Washington, Griffin, Saleve'a, Wright, Prioleau, Wright, Fauria, Jansen, Hall, Patten) (I'm not saying they're all bad, they're just not going to get any better, they are all in their 30s), We are mainly a run team but we signed two huge contracts to recievers when we have no good QB to get it to them (we had to have 8 men blocking almost every play last year just to have Brunell have enough time to see the open man, and when there was two he generally didnt see the open one, so how is he going to see who is open with less time) and we already had our go to guy at reciever, and Al Saunders's system supposively takes 3 years to pick up. There were signs
It's easy to freak out and scream about stupid decisions in hindsight, but honestly, who was fuming mad this summer when we made these FA deals? We were all smug as hell, knowing that The Danny didn't mind spending the cash, and his cap wizards would find a way to make it work.
I seriously don't recall too many people calling for Grilliamss, Gibbs, or Snyder's heads because of those moves.
We didnt call them out for two reasons, 1, we don't break down the tapes over and over to see who is good to what degree, when people are signed to a 30 mil contract, you naturally assume they are a stud and fit the stystem well 2. We got caught up in the hype because of the huge contracts, this season was actually very predicable if you broke down who we played last year vs who we played this year, our lack of depth, the holes in our defense due to releases, the role that each player would play (Rogers, Arch, Taylor, were all supposed to be physical hitters, none of them were supposed to be quality covers, and springs's injuries were predicable plus the fact that he is gettting older and slower, and we had no depth at the secondary), Warrick Holdman starting, Brunell still being our QB, We had alot of key players on the downfall of their careers (Daniels, Wynn, Springs, Washington, Griffin, Saleve'a, Wright, Prioleau, Wright, Fauria, Jansen, Hall, Patten) (I'm not saying they're all bad, they're just not going to get any better, they are all in their 30s), We are mainly a run team but we signed two huge contracts to recievers when we have no good QB to get it to them (we had to have 8 men blocking almost every play last year just to have Brunell have enough time to see the open man, and when there was two he generally didnt see the open one, so how is he going to see who is open with less time) and we already had our go to guy at reciever, and Al Saunders's system supposively takes 3 years to pick up. There were signs