For a year? c'mon - did you even SEE what he did to our shitty Run-D?Woods was a cap casualty. It's a questionable move. Hopefully they have a replacement in mind.
The team is currently up against the cap. So not a ton of room for signings.
Henry is 29 with a ton of miles. Which is precisely why Tennessee has put him on the market. They're trying to get value in return before he crashes. Investing in older RB's never works out.
So that we can be fully and completely reliant on Adams.Why let Ryan Neal go?
Pretty sure we signed 3 FA already that help with the run d issues. I expect a few more in the draft.For a year? c'mon - did you even SEE what he did to our shitty Run-D?
He's worth a year.
Exactly right.I think we're closer than the negative nellys will have you believe. Hell, we led the Niners at halftime in the playoffs with a trash defense. Well, now the defense should be significantly improved thanks to FA and the draft (and that's even if we take QB with the first pick). There is so much parity in this league. We have a chance to contend for a SB this season. Stop acting like we're so far away. Pete isn't thinking "2 or 3 years from now."
Yeah I wasn’t a fan of this. He was actually one of our best defensive players, is young and is super cheap.Why let Ryan Neal go?
If we got rid of Neal to bring Wagner back it’s a mistake imoCutting Ryan Neal to save a little money, to bring in Wagner? (Still have to cut more to fit him in.)
Use a void year or something on DK. Judy counting pennies. She can't sell soon enough.
How much better is Love? Neal was PFF's all-pro safety last season.Yeah I wasn’t a fan of this. He was actually one of our best defensive players, is young and is super cheap.
Trading Fant will probably do it, we have picks to draft a TE. That said, signing Bobby was bitter sweet for me.Cutting Ryan Neal to save a little money, to bring in Wagner? (Still have to cut more to fit him in.)
Use a void year or something on DK. Judy counting pennies. She can't sell soon enough.
Maybe it's working - maybe PC and JS are just trying to hoodwink the world, myself included.
I thought we'd be in a "win now" mode aka: Rams year before last mode.
I haven't listened to the JS radio from this week, but I keep reading things like: "not kicking the can down the road on the cap. We're kinda tapped out. responsible year over year cap and cash management".
With the couple of Defensive pieces that we've added, with Geno locked up, and the fact that we've got quite the pair of kickass WR dudes when used properly - I just thought that WIN NOW would be where we were. I mean Jesus - if you didn't think Lock was the answer for a few years - why is he 4MM?
With the bargain that Geno is, and with the ability to restructure or cut guys like Adams and a few others - WHY the hell are we not getting Poona and Woods back, and then going after a running back like D Henry - or some finishing moves - EVEN IF it's on the credit card? Trade down in the draft, and get a ton of talent through - some of it's gonna stick.
I don't care if the can needs to be kicked or deferred for a couple 3 years, and then we went into a drought. Why not now when we have some of the pieces and the draft capital?!
Arg. I don't get it. But, then maybe I just don't get it. This is the first year I've even moderately payed attention to FA and the Draft.
And, oh yea, to answer my own thread topic - 'apparently not'.
I’ve noticed this as well. I wonder if there are limits placed on the trust that are hamstringing Seattle from going big onto guarantees.Ever since Paul Allen died they've been extremely careful with money. Keeping most deals as short as possible. Not really utilizing Cash over Cap (which can expand how much you can spend greatly, but costs ownership more money to do so). Lowest amount of money going into escrow as possible. Is Judy a penny pincher at heart? Or is she trying to keep the books clean when she inevitable sells? Is the question.
Tie this in with Pete being in his 70s, and you got a one foot in and a one foot out situation. They are trying to compete and rebuild at the same time, which has never worked. You have to fully commit to one or the other.
A lot of my fellow Hawk fans I know in the real are indeed confused by what has been going on.
[A] isn't on the table.Even we we assume Pete doesn't expect to HC when he hits 80 I would hope he puts the team ahead of personnal glory.
Throughout the whole JS/PC era we have been contenders and during the time with only one losing record since 2011 and 2 SB appearances.
I would much rather we continue that way for the next 10 years than bankrupt ourselves for Pete's personnal glory in 2023 (which may or may not lead to a SB win) leaving his replacement with a huge chunk of dead cap and most of our draft picks traded away.
Given the choice of:
A. We make the playoffs nearly every season and make the SB every 6 or 7 years
B. We go into win now mode so we have a 50% chance of getting to the SB this season but condemn ourselves to a losing record for the next 5 seasons
I would be choosing option A.
Yes. JS said about as much, without directly saying it if you can put 2 and 2 together.I’ve noticed this as well. I wonder if there are limits placed on the trust that are hamstringing Seattle from going big onto guarantees.
Seems like they can’t just go to Jody and ask for cash the way they did before.
This may make everything more difficult until the team finally sells.
In the last decade we have been to a superbowl and 3 times got to within a game of the NFCCG, two of which we lost by a single score.[A] isn't on the table.
They haven't sniffed an NFCCG in a decade. SuperBowl?! LOL.
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