I thought this might be a good time for some perspective about what Miguel's contribution has meant over the years to lots of Pats fans. I first became aware of Miguel about the same time I began to discover the joys of internet football messages boards back around 2000. We both posted at KFFL. At the time KFFL was a great site to post, not only because it had a fairly large, knowledgeable group of fans, but it also hosted boards for every other NFL teams. So it was easy to board hop and get into conversations with fans of other teams, so it was never too parochial. I don't even know it exists anymore but DaBruinz, and Urgent were regulars back then
I remember those were the early days of Miguel's fascination with the salary cap and those at KFFL were lucky enough to share his wisdom even then. I remember he posted an early version of his cap page on the site and when he wanted to expand it, he asked for suggestions. I have always been proud that he still acknowledges me along with many others who helped him, though for the life of me I can't remember what I could have possibly added.
I also remember the time when he graciously let us know that he got an opportunity to come over to Patsfans.com to exclusively publish his cap page. None of us were happy to see him go.
Checking out his page was actually my first exposure to Patsfans.com. and as KFFL's usership shrank, I eventually gravitated here. And 8000 posts over the last decade or so, as the say, the rest is history. But the point of this is that Pats fans are probably the most knowledgeable fan base in the league when it comes to understanding the salary cap and its nuances and we have been for a long time. And it's mostly because of Miguel and his efforts.
Not only do Pats fans owe him a debt of gratitude, so do fans of other teams who now have people who have set up cap pages that mirror what Miguel started so many years before. The Jets suck in so many ways, but on the plus side, as Miguel himself would tell you, they do have a very good cap page because one of their fans saw what Miguel was doing and took on the challenge for his team. (Jeff is his name, IIRC).
BOTTOM LINE - I look forward to Miguel's new pages, but I also want to acknowledge how long and how diligently he has been doing this for us. It is hard to believe that Miguel has been here so long and Felger and some of the local media STILL doesn't have a clue about how cap works.
So whatever he and Ian have in store for us in the near future, I just wanted to make sure that fans that have come here only in the last few years gain some perspective of just how long Miguel has been doing this for all of us
