02-28-2017, 01:08 PM
(02-28-2017, 12:23 PM)Au165 Wrote: As I said we spent up to within 5 million last year and rolled over most to this year, so where is that money not getting used? Everyone's argument falls apart when you realize we are ending seasons right at the cap, we are not sitting around at the end of the year with $20 million in cap space.
According to Over the Cap, it was slightly more, but let's go with the $5 million figure. That $5 million is the difference between re-signing Marvin Jones vs. LaFell. Or signing a LBer better than Dansby. But, every year we are told we can't use that $5 million to re-sign our Marvin Joneses because we have to re-sign our Whitworths, Zeitlers, and or Kirkpatricks next. Well, it's next year. And what do they tell us? We can't re-sign Whitworth, Zeitler, and Kirkpatrick because next year we have to re-sign Eifert and Burfict.
Meanwhile, the team signs another FA on his last leg like Dansby. Plus they retain underperforming veterans like Maualuga and Michael Johnson. Why? Because IOT get the home town discount when players re-sign with the team, they almost always allow the player to play out the life of the contract even when they need to be replaced in favor of an upgrade ala Maualuga and Johnson. Johnson's a one year wonder and Maualuga is 2 down zero year wonder.
It's not just the math, but the BS explanation combined with the how they spend it x the amount of years they have done it.
