One thing I don't understand
 

How do the Colts keep fitting these players under the cap????

They have been signing players like mad!

Everyone says the Pats won't over spend because they don't want to mortgage their future and have to purge the roster.

Here we are 20 million under the cap and our roster is getting purged as if we were over 20 million over! So what the hell is the difference?

And the teams that were supposedly mortgaging there future (ie Colts) would have to purge there rosters are still on a signing frenzy!

This not overspending to avoid mortgaging the future is all well and good in theory, but our roster is getting purged regardless! And the teams that have been overspending, are still spending!!!!! This is why Kraft is really just starting to look cheap!

I don't get it. What am I missing?

Note, if Seymour and Branch get locked up long term, that would go a long way in relieving some of this anguish.

But really, aren't there maybe some players they want to keep?????

I mean you can't let every freaking player walk! Can they???

I'm scared to ask! So far that seems like the master plan!

The Colts release a lot of players also. They rob Peter to pay Paul. So far it looks as though the Pats will be a younger team;

If a team wants to stay on top they have to decide when to let the vets go. This sort of roster turnover is never easy for us fans. I think in Sept we will se a roster ready to compete for the SB. Hopefully we catch a break and have an average number of injuries rather than the carnage last year.

I think that will take a tremendous draft!

Please, ohh please, just lock up Branch and Seymour for the next 6 years and this will have been painful, but worth it!

Colts lost David Thornton, Edge, and Vanderjerk.

Losing Edge and Thornton will really hurt them.

As of last week they were $10 million under the cap.
Not true. Adam was the 1st UFA from another team that they have signed this offseason.

I agree .......13.

I think it was DeBruinz, in another thread, that said something about quietly rebuilding, or restructuring the team.?

To be totally honest, so far, except for Givens, I see no need to think anything but buisness as usual. BB and company are looking to the future and are going to build a team for Brady to win with in his prime. Not try and scrape together a team to maybe compete this year, and then do the same next yr., and the next. See where I'm going?

Grabbing proven older stars for today does nothing for tomorrow.?

Nothing?.....hmmmmm,....maybe a film at 11, fill the stands to line your pockets, to me the Pats are winners, not money hoars. We shall see?

Miguel sir, money wise, do think my assessment is off base?

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Actually the last two years! Regarding Givens; it looks like BB made a last minute hard close on him to try and get him to stay--but wouldn't budge on the price so he left. At least they tried to get him to stay!

Weren't they over by like 6-9 million (granted before the new CBA) a few weeks ago while the Pats at that same time sere still 2-4 million under?

I didn't say they were signing players from other teams.

But if I remember correctly, they were signing there own players even when the results of the CBA were still unclear!

Yes.


So were the other 31 teams in the NFL.