upstater1

I once worked for Brandt in the 80s at Donald Dell's ProServ sports agency. David Falk was the big enchilada at that place, but Brandt was the nicest guy.

upstater1

But that's what Moneyball was also about.

The idea was that you could make up the deficiencies of a lower payroll by finding complementary players. The A's were excellent at doing their jobs and not too much more than that, but the formula differed from other teams because they looked inside the numbers for edges in areas that would make up for the talent/skill deficiency they had. The whole, in other words, was much larger than the parts.

Deus Irae

Gary Brackett just got cut, so you can add him to the list of players looking for employment.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...gary-brackett/

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patfanken

I'd like to think that a lower cap plus a 600 member FA class would help the Pats get a better price for players at the top of the FA market. However if the past recession, and past NFL FA classes, has shown us anything is that the players at the top of the market are going to get PAID market prices. The top FA's in their respective positions are going to get big money. Its not like Wembly (sp ?) is going to sign for less than $10MM up front, or that Mario Williams is going to be satisfied with $7MM/yr.

Its the players at the lower to mid levels of FA who will bear the brunt of the "soft market". Many are simply going to lose their jobs.

Deus Irae

Raiders cut their other starting CB, Chris Johnson. The market grows.

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