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What does it say about our players when former players like David Patten is a big disappointment with the Redskins and that the Redskins' resurgence came after Patten was deactivated.
Just look around the league. Former Pats players like Woody, Andruzzi, and Smith are disppointments playing for losing teams. Nobody picked up Rohan Davey until Cards recently. And Troy Brown hardly received any FA offer.
Which leads me to question if we are "overpaying" many of the players. We keep bringing up "home town discount", but the reality is that many of these players may be getting paid more than what they could get from other teams.
The fact is that the Patriots now have one of the highest payrolls in the league, much higher than the Colts. But the team is still very dependent on very few key players like Brady. Which means that many in the supporting casts are getting more than their market value.
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They are getting paid a lot because they work perfectly in OUR system. Surely, they may stink in others, as Patten has showed...but I for one believe they deserve the money their getting as long as they are helping the patriots be as succesful as they currently are. They are getting paid that much because we NEED them.
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Imagine this season if the pats decided to dump an additional $10M, without much restructuring at the beginning of the season.
I prefer our system. If you believe that Philly is stronger by not signing three additional $2M-$3M net cap players and by not playing TO, you are certainly free to have that position.
I DO believe that Philly could be in the playoffs with three to four top players. They could have had an additional wide receiver or two, a running back and defensive lineman.
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You can't replace a McNabb, Owens, Westbrook, Hank Fraley, Tra Thomas. and Lito Shepard during the season. That's 4 Pro Bowlers and over $25 million in cap room NOT playing for the Eagles.
No team in the NFL can afford to have 4 Pro Bowlers and over $25 million in cap room not playing for them. Imagine the Patriots without Harrison, Light, Seymour and Brady.
I prefer our system. If you believe that Philly is stronger by not signing three additional $2M-$3M net cap players and by not playing TO, you are certainly free to have that position.
While you are certainly free to distort my position, please allow me to repeat what I ACTUALLY said. I said that the Eagles "have been one of the best cap-managed teams over the past several years."
That statement is consistent with what has been widely written over the past few years about Joe Banner and Andy Reid.
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Miguel - The Pats had five guys out who are top starters in Bruschi, Seymour, Light, Dillon and Harrison. By my counts, those 5 account about 14 million in cap space.
Are you equating $25 million with 14 million?The last time I checked Seymour, Dillon, and Bruschi are not on IR. Are you contending that if the Patriots had $25 million of cap space on IR (4 Pro Bowlers) that they would still be a SB contender?? My main point is that every team has a few key players on it and if those few key players go on IR during the season that team will not do well. In the Eagles' case they lost 7 starters from Game 1.
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When a team like the Eagles isn't spending 12 million, they have a better chance of replacing the injuries than do a team with less than 2 million in cap space.
My main point is that every team has a few key players on it and if those few key players go on IR during the season that team will not do well. In the Eagles' case they lost 7 starters (4 of them Pro-Bowlers) from Game 1. The Eagles have 17 players on IR/NFI/PUP.
When a team enters the season well under the cap, they have the ability to extend key players like a Westbrook or Akers. The Eagles already have 57 players signed for the 2006 season.
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Well, if the Eagles did not have 7 starters from Game 1 on the sidelines, then the Eagles would not need any replacements.
IMO, the Eagles would not be 6-9 if McNabb, Shepard, Westbrook, Fraley, and Tra Thomas were all playing.
You are using 20-20 hindsight. Joe Banner and Andy Reid did not have that luxury in the spring of 2005.
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When a team like the Eagles isn't spending 12 million, they have a better chance of replacing the injuries than do a team with less than 2 million in cap space.
Please name a player picked up during the middle of the season who has gotten a big contract. I can't recall any. I'm willing to bet $$$ that close to 100% of the players signed during the season to replace an injured player signs a contract that pays him the minimum for his years of experience. As long as a team has enough money to sign replacement players, having more than enough is not going to help them.
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It seems to me the point is if they had spend the additional cap $$ across the roster, they would have been in better shape to handle the injuries.
I agree once the season started extra cap room wouldnt help, but they could have had better depth, or better starters at the healthy positions if they spent up to the cap.
It seems to me the point is if they had spend the additional cap $$ across the roster, they would have been in better shape to handle the injuries.
I agree once the season started extra cap room wouldnt help, but they could have had better depth, or better starters at the healthy positions if they spent up to the cap.
The Eagles made it to the NFC championship game 4 straight years and to the Super Bowl last year. But they should have changed their modus operandi in the spring of 2005. That is truly the power of 20-20 hindsight.
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So, you believe that it was right for the owner to pocket $10M instead of using the cap money to buy the very best team they could at the time.
The Eagles' owner did not pocket the $10M. The Eagles have a history of extending players during the season. This year they extended Westbrook and Akers.
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