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Old 09-01-2006, 07:22 PM   #1
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We are the 2nd most valuable organization, more valuable than the Dallas Cowboys.

We are one of the highest revenue teams, charging one of the highest ticket prices in the NFL.

We have asked players like Tom Brady to sign for below market value so that we can surround him with better players.

And yet ...

We are getting rid of all our home-grown talents.

We had gotten rid of Law, Vinatieri, McGinnest, Givens, and (soon) Branch.

In their place, we picked up free agents like Duane Starks, Monty Biesel, Chad Brown, and Reche Caldwell.

We have one of the best QBs in NFL history who took a pay discount and we are surrounding him with Reche Caldwell, Eddie Berlin, Zuriel Smith, and John Stone.

I don't understand it.

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Old 09-01-2006, 07:29 PM   #2
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I don't understand why you have to re-type this same stupid message every week.
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Old 09-01-2006, 07:30 PM   #3
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Oh man...

I really wish you didn't put it that way.
Now I have to pop in the 3 games to glory series to feel good again.
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Old 09-01-2006, 07:32 PM   #4
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I don't understand it.

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Old 09-01-2006, 08:20 PM   #6
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Not that you are to bright but it is because of this little thing called the salary cap. Now if you want to be a Redskin's fan and know that a good portion of your cap is going to dead money than so be it. It is called smart cap management that allows us to gain depth, but for some reason you cannot comprehend the most simplest of things in life.
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We are the 2nd most valuable organization, more valuable than the Dallas Cowboys.

We are one of the highest revenue teams, charging one of the highest ticket prices in the NFL.

We have asked players like Tom Brady to sign for below market value so that we can surround him with better players.

And yet ...

We are getting rid of all our home-grown talents.

We had gotten rid of Law, Vinatieri, McGinnest, Givens, and (soon) Branch.

In their place, we picked up free agents like Duane Starks, Monty Biesel, Chad Brown, and Reche Caldwell.

We have one of the best QBs in NFL history who took a pay discount and we are surrounding him with Reche Caldwell, Eddie Berlin, Zuriel Smith, and John Stone.

I don't understand it.

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Berlin and Stone are already cut, Smith will not make the team.

And now Caldwells name is being added to the mix of crappy players that have failed with us. He hasnt even played a regular season game for god sakes, rag on the guy when he either gets injured or produces another 20 catch season.

Brown, Jackson, Caldwell and Childress all make the team. Someone else will make it.

Law is already getting burned by recievers. Vinatieri has himself a broken foot, McGinnest is old and Givens will be nada without Brady, we'll see about Branch. Prediction is he goes on IR after one full season.
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Old 09-01-2006, 08:23 PM   #8
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I have to look at Miguel's pages sometime, I'm curious where it is that the money goes. Seymour and Brady are the only ones I can think of with hefty contracts.
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How many of these IDENTICAL threads do we need?

This is getting out of hand, Mikey.
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Old 09-01-2006, 08:27 PM   #10
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I have to look at Miguel's pages sometime, I'm curious where it is that the money goes. Seymour and Brady are the only ones I can think of with hefty contracts.
The thing is that we have more mid-level contracts than other teams. Most teams would have needed to cut players such as Kevin Faulk and Jarvis Green. They both play important roles with the team and neither would probably be here if not for our cap management.
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