Re: WR Berlin signed....
On a serioius note, a little off topic for this thread but I didn't want to start another thread --
It just occurred to me lately that there might be an interesting flip side to the fact that so many teams have cap room to keep their high priced veterans. To wit: If they keep roster spots for their aging higher priced vets, does that mean that when final cuts come that, in contrast to previous years, what might be available will be some potentially solid young players that in past years would have been kept ?? How is that for an interesting thought. Certainly wouldn't put it past BB/SP to be sharper than other teams and have figured that out. We won't know until final cuts as to whether there might be one or more moves by the Pats even IF there are players available that they might rate highly.
The serious downside to that, of course, is that, while you may pick up some good talent that way, those players would have not had ANY preseason coaching and familiarization at all. Hard to figure that they could contribute before mid-season, if then. And for sure, those type players would be unlikely to be cut before the last 53 cut.
Still, I just thought it was an interesting twist.
