(08-08-2018, 01:56 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(08-06-2018, 09:49 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: Ouch. Based on the camp reports, I'm getting the impression that the signings of Hayden and Moncrief were mistakes that wasted a lot of cap space. That was the consensus of the board at the time, which makes me wonder how Caldwell failed to see what most people here thought was obvious.

Hayden reportedly played well in the team scrimmage last Friday and his contract has an out clause after two years. That's not "wasting cap space." 
Moncrief is on a one year deal and was lighting up camp until he got hurt. Again, not "wasting space." 
Both of their contracts are actually very intentionally designed to allow for more cap space when it's time to re-sign our young talent.

The problem is that those two salaries mean we may have to start dismantling the defense immediately after the season.  That's $20 mil that could have rolled over to next season.  Instead, we will have to cut at least $20 mil in salary before the start of the next league year.  Do you want to have to cut Dareus and/or Jackson and Church, maybe even Gipson or Campbell to get under the cap because we signed Moncrief and Hayden?  I don't.

I expect some creative restructuring to keep things mostly in tact, but some big pieces will be sacrificed in large part thanks to those 2 signings.  Our home-grown talent will start to need new contracts too.  Can we in good conscience keep Yannick on his 3rd round rookie deal if he's even better this year than last?

Coughlin definitely went all in for the Super Bowl this year.  Hopefully it pays off.  
I think I'm going to just quit thinking about it and enjoy the season now that it's almost here.  I'm sure I'll bithc about it after a few beers though.

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