Chris Baker Resigned

Baker is a strong physical DL that that does not get pushed backwards. He holds his grown.
Kedrick Gholston on the other hand is not any of that. With a cap # at $1.2M, it is time to replace him with a cheaper option.

The other cap number that jumps out at me is Josh Morgan. Can that be right? $10.1M for 2014? No, that will not work either. Time to renegotiate a new cap friendly deal or he goes away.

Like Baker. Seems a bit high - not astronomically, cripplingly so - just a little more than had we let him test. Not sure what the going rate for him would have been. Probably spells the likely end of Carriker though.

Even if a little over value, I would rather lock up a guy like this and move forward. It may be that after years of playing hard ball with our own guys and letting them walk (R. Clark, A. Pierce come to mind) maybe we B. Allen is trying to "change the culture" a bit. If so, expect a generous P. Riley contract announcement soon.

agree with all this.

Baker was balling at the end of the year. Seems like he ( and Cofield) would be a better fit as a 4-3 tackle.

I think Cofield would work better at nose tackle than DE. He has played there before.

From the Cap page, top guys in terms of cap savings (after T. Williams) first number is cap hit this year, second is cap savings if released:

Josh Morgan $10,100; $6,800
London Fletcher $6,200; $4,100
Adam Carriker $6,760; $3,240
Pierre Garcon - $9,700; $3,100
B. Meriweather - $3,400; $2,200
Stephen Bowen - $7,020; $1,980
Will Montgomery - $3,425; $1,925
Chris Chester - $4,300; $1,700

Bolded guys are the ones see going based on cap hit, production, savings, age, etc.

Morgan's deal has a team void option after the '13 season, so yeah he's not going to see that $$. Nothing to worry about there.

I'm glad we got Baker resigned. The money seems a bit high when you look at his production, but as long as he starts in 2014, it should be worth it.

I like the RE-SIGNING. A good price for a quality player.

Like Baker. Seems a bit high - not astronomically, cripplingly so - just a little more than had we let him test. Not sure what the going rate for him would have been. Probably spells the likely end of Carriker though.

Even if a little over value, I would rather lock up a guy like this and move forward. It may be that after years of playing hard ball with our own guys and letting them walk (R. Clark, A. Pierce come to mind) maybe we B. Allen is trying to "change the culture" a bit. If so, expect a generous P. Riley contract announcement soon.

This post gets the Lotus seal of approval.

I approve of this re-signing.