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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Not sure..someone more familiar with cap numbers might speculate...patsfan55 said:this is kinda interesting
why not more?
obviously its a lot less of a risk when you sign a guy for less, cuz it will involve a smaller bonus, which would induce a smaller cap hit if you cut him, but its kinda interesting that all these guys were signed to 2 yrs
is there another underlying reason?
But also, that we don't have THAT much confidence for a 3rd year. It makes sense...not bad at all.flutie2phelan said:Interesting observation.
I tend to think that the default case on reclamation players is one year.
Therefore, TWO years is something of a vote of confidence.
"We think you've got something. Show it to us ... and we'll be glad
to hold an option on you for another year, cheap."
Pats726 said:But also, that we don't have THAT much confidence for a 3rd year. It makes sense...not bad at all.
patsfan55 said:right
i guess im a lil surprised they didnt give a third yr to caldwell
the thing is if one (or two or three) of them do really well during that contract, then you're left with a decision whether or not to give him big money now
its almost like no matter what all these guys will be here for the max of two yrs
cuz if they outperform that contract, they'll prob look for bigger money elsewhere
if they dont do well, theyre gone
if they do so-so, then maybe they stay, but prob not, cuz you'll just bring in some rooks, or other guys like them to see if they'll outperform a small contract
ya i know thatCrazy Patriot Guy said:I think it's just as much a player decision as it is a team decision. None of the three players signed for big money so why agree to a 4,5 or 6 year contract when it's not paying you that much? This gives the player a little security, the team a little security, and it also gives the player another shot at a good contract if he does well.
NEM said:Exactly.
And, for the record, while it seemed for a while that we wernt going to do anything... now we have made some very significant signings, not big names, not big marquee type names, but just what this team needed to fill in a few holes....now a couple more here and there, a good draft and Miami in February has nice ring to it.
could very well be that BB is planning to do something else after 2 years.patsfan55 said:ya i know that
but if they up the ante a lil more they can get them in for three yrs, so i was just trying to figure out why they didnt do that for any of them
but i kinda answered my own question with my "lease" answer
Actually, we cut him at the beginning of the season. No one signed him, and we later resigned him. THEN after the season and we didn't sign him for another year, then the Bills (or whoever) signed him.GoWhalers said:An example would be Andre Davis -- he didn't exactly play lights out for us -- but he was on a 1 year contract last year. BB and company brought him in for a draft pick, so they obviously thought he might fit in our system, but he was immediately exposed to free agency upon the end of the season, and signed with the Bills.
JoeSixPat said:At that point all the teams that spent wildly right now will be in the throes of a fiscal hangover, and BB will waltz in and clean up, restocking his team for another 5 year dynastic run