Quote:Depends on whether you are trying to win games or save money. Why would we talk about saving cap space when we are still top 5ish in cap space? That might be good business sense for the guy writing the checks but not for the product on the field. Just like when they talk about spending for Murray, well if you have the most money and he didn't come here then you have yourself to blame(not that I would have wanted him, but to say he wanted too much just means that you are worrying about money too much). The most effecient use of money is not necessarily the best, the point of the game is to win, not have the best wins/dollar spent ratio. People liking this move talk like winning 8 games and missing the playoffs spending 100 mil is better than winning 10 and making the playoffs spending 135 mil. We had huge space last year too, it really helped to look at our balance sheet after each loss and congratulate them on not spending any money on good players.

That's a whole lot of paragraph basically whining about the team managing the cap wisely.


The reason the cap situation is what it is has more to do with bad drafting and not having a lot of veteran talent worth retaining in order to dole out new contracts.


This team didn't spend foolishly in free agency trying to rebuild going that route, opting instead to use free agency to augment the roster with band aids like Bryant while they continued to build through the draft.


People are complaining about cutting a marginal, expensive older veteran while giving a younger role player who is cheaper like Alualu an extension. Bryant was never a long term solution for anything. Signing Odrick addresses that situation allowing the team to move on, at least for now, from Bryant. In the end, they may wind up bringing him back at a cheaper rate. There's nothing saying that won't happen, but the way some people are reacting to the Bryant cut, you'd think we just released Suh. He was a depth guy who gave us good veteran leadership and marginal production. I don't see this defense missing a beat with him gone.

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