03-15-2016, 12:31 PM
(03-15-2016, 01:36 AM)BengalChris Wrote: The one thing this team doesn't want is to be strapped with no maneuvering room when it comes to the cap. So they aren't going to spend to the limit and write contracts which put them in cap hell in a year or two.
Zietler, Gio, Eifert and Kirkpatrick are coming up next year, plus our depth on the DL is currently empty since we drafted so many projects in higher rounds (Hunt, Clarke and Still) and it looks like Thompson may leave.
Overpaying for a vet right now doesn't make a lot of sense if it will cut across our ability to sign our own guys in the next year or two. I'm sure this is how the team sees it. We'll have to replace Marvin Jones in the draft and sign an inexpensive vet to replace Sanu.
Besides, just because you can afford something doesn't mean it is wise to buy it. I could buy a new Porsche, but I'm not going to.
Why would we have to overpay? There's a reason why free agency has slowed to a crawl after the initial flurry.
This pretty much happens every year. Some young guys with potential get overpaid. After the dust settles, you start seeing some very realistic and fair deals.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
