RichNhansom":10a3s6y9 said:We are in phase two now. You have to adapt and make tough decisions. It will suck to watch some of these guys leave, it always does but if you are going to continue to have success the cuts are unavoidable.
The purpose of building a core group of players is to help the role players. The better core group you have the easier the job of your role players will be. I used an analogy of circles describing why the 9ers new players could struggle. Those guys that have looked good in limited time and that secondary that looked good last year will now have to do more to look the same in the absence of the talent that just departed. No more relying on the veteran to put you in the right position or cover your ass when you get out of position. Those little mistakes will become huge mistakes.
Seattle now has a core group that the role players can and will rely on and those role players in this system will get plenty of reps so in the event of an injury they are as ready as possible. Tony was a role player not a core guy. He and other role players will come and go from this point forward and the guys that come in will very likely perform better than they might have elsewhere because of the core guys we have locked up.
It's never going to be easy. The cap is designed for exactly that reason. The NFL wants parody. Unless you know a way to circumvent the salary cap then the way Pete and John are doing it is the best way possible.
I'm sorry cuttng Ahtyba Rubin's backup for a cheaper replqcement is not a tough decision.
Choosing to keep Baldwin over Tate is a tough decision.
Choosing to keep KJ over Bruce is a tough decision.
Choosing to not over pay Maxwell and go with Cary is a tough decision.
PC's press conference today was saying qll the the right things, while "always competing" in the slim chance they can sign him back on the cheap.
Stop with the hyperbole over Tony freaking McDaniel. This is getting embarrasing.