Quote:True enough... but most of the contracts were structured in a way that any of them could be 1 or 2 year band aids.

 

I suspect if we cut a RB currently rostered it'll be Pierce.

 

But a cut of Clemons, Toby, or Ziggy would not surprise me.

I'm glad we don't have to worry about cutting high priced DFlo/Porter type guys.

 

 

Exactly.  We're not married to almost any free agents that the team acquired in '13 or '14 the way they structured the deals.  They've made a deeper investment this year with at least one guy, so there's at least the expectation of a long engagement.

 

I think Pierce was brought in as a "let's have a look" kind of thing, and as an insurance policy depending on what happened in the draft.  Odds are he winds up being that odd man out unless a guy like Johnson falls flat this year.  They gave him $555k guaranteed.  That's peanuts in the grand scheme of things. 

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