I'm sorry to see him go. The number was correct, but the guarantees were too high for Talib to get past. Don't blame John Elway. He was taught how to play the cap for short bursts during the end of his career. That's his philosophy, take a risk for the short term and then take the hit when it all comes crashing down you you. Those contracts Denver are signing must all be heavily back loaded.
The problem with that is that in the NFL the team with the so called best talent doesn't always win, because the overall talent is basically the same from team to team, even though the media doesn't see it. Its been proven over and over again. A few key injuries, a few bad bounces at a key time, or just running into a hot team that can't do anything wrong in the playoffs and all that money goes down the toilet for another year.
My biggest regret about losing Talib is that we are going to have to hear from the Borges' and Felger's of the world for the next few months complaining about why BB and Kraft are idiots for not spending wildly. They will blithely ignore the unparallelled success that we've had doing it the Patriots Way, and rant historically and hypocritically from their bully pulpits.
Giving out these huge contracts is going to make it difficult for the Broncos to begin to assemble any sort of offensive line. An OL they are going to have rebuild from scratch. Manning will have even less time to throw next season and teams will consistently flood the mid range zones because not only can't he throw it deep anymore, even if he could, he's not going to have the time. Their D better be good.
