I'm not a cap expert.
I know there's a cap. I know the basics. I know you either have to fit in it, or mortgage future spending for the current year.
What I said/what I meant was: I do not understand letting players go that you then go and say IN THE PRESS that you want back. And during the same time, don't do something like, oh, I don't know, FADE suggested - "Don't let Neil go - give DK a void year instead".
My question, also, which has been sort of resoundingly answered is that: 85% of fans here, and both PC and JS do not think that this is a WIN NOW year. They do not see the value in keeping key personnel, and mortgaging the future.
I am in the minority camp that says: Geno's our future. Stop hunting for a draft QB. Don't let a couple of these guys go/go get them/go get them back.
You can mortgage the **** out of the future. Rams did it. Got some hardware for it. So, my question(s) aren't that outlandish.
Management doesn't think we can win now, i get it. I do, with a few key moves, and some elbow grease. Further, if anyone did think that it was a WIN NOW year - then again, mortgage the **** out of the future - restructure 'till the cows come home. Everyone.
And, my sorta final point is: In my opinion, the old decade long-ish model of: find a jewel of a QB in the draft, add water, simmer to boil, and wait 5 years to see if he's a dud. To keep one once he gets useful, you're gonna have to pay him anyways. Why not build the other pieces around it, then blow your wad for a rental FA QB. Tampa did. Got some hardware for it with Brady.
I don't mind the rollercoaster - again, blow your wad, win what you can, and understand that there's gonna be a drought for a couple/three years, while you pay off the credit card.
But instead, we're running around on the frat boy/John and Pete's Excellent Adventure/keg stand tour - selling up our draft pick so that we can trade down for 1 additional dude in the 3rd round.
Richardson's a .500 quarterback. <60% completion rate. THIS is what has consumed the last month instead of believing in a few people that we had, and KEEPING them. This is not to say that ALL who have been released is gold.
Anyone who think that the upcoming 3 safety 'umbrella' coverage sets with Adams, or when that fails, turning him into an instantly season-ending-injury recipient at 'hybrid linebacker' - whatever the **** that is - is mistaken.
Apologies for the late reply - I actually had to do real world stuff for a day.