(06-12-2018, 11:16 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: We are the benefactor of having such bad draft pics that we never had to resign them.  Under our new Front Office, most of the players are still on their rookie contracts so we're going to face $$ issues down the road, inclusive of but not limited to, player holdouts and releasing talented players because we cannot afford them.

I see it as a player/salary evaluation on a case-by-case basis.  Teams like the Falcons and Steelers are having some issues because they actually drafted good offensive skill players and are now faced with salary issues that may take away from the balance of talent --- one can already see that the Steelers defense pretty much sucks and the Falcons just had to let go of one of the best DL in the NFL (Adrian Clayborn).

Our time is coming .... just not here yet.

I still believe that a team can draft well and not pay for it in the 4th and 5th year of a player's career. It makes sense to me that Atlanta painted themselves into a corner with the Jones deal, and Pittsburgh is still +$4 mil under the cap with both Roethlisberger and Brown signed to long-term contracts. Granted, the Bell situation seems untenable right now but I think they will see that through.

Your overall point is a good one though; is Jacksonville simply lucky because they haven't had to sign "Second" contracts? Maybe. But the team avoided a potentially large contract situation with Allen Robinson - still not sure I agree with that move, but whatever - and has shown good foresight in limiting the length of even highly valued Free Agents. I can't help but think Idzik had a huge hand in flattening out Malik Jackson's contract and keeping both his and Campbell's yearly Cap Hit to ~$15 mil.

Our time indeed is coming. How will they approach it?

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