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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.I think BIll is more conservative, which bodes well long term. He hasn't been afraid to spend when he thinks the player is worth it, but doesn't throw money around frivilously. He also has always refused to pay for past performance, which is what kills teams, but annoys some posters here a lot.
Do you all think Belichick shies away from cash spending too much?
Yes but is Deandre the rising tide? He used to be a darn good wr. Is he still that, or has he passed his prime.Does being conservative bode well long-term though? Patriots fans eat up cheaping out and not going after guys like DeAndre Hopkins because it worked when Brady was here.
Yet since Brady left the philosophy shows we are just an average to mediocre team.
A rising tide lifts all boats type of scenario where Brady covered up a lot of roster warts.
I think BIll is more conservative, which bodes well long term. He hasn't been afraid to spend when he thinks the player is worth it, but doesn't throw money around frivilously. He also has always refused to pay for past performance, which is what kills teams, but annoys some posters here a lot.
Sure, he’s not smart enough. Neither is Kraft, the billionaire who negotiated the lockout.Believing a NESCAC undergrad economics degree gives Bill special capology credentials is a special kind of dumb.
Most liberal arts NESCAC economics departments, including Wesleyan back in the day and currently, refuse to offer even basic accounting courses because they are not theory based and would provide actual practical knowledge which is a major no-no at these $85k/year woke incubators.
Sincerely,
An economics major from a NESCAC woke incubator
Believing a NESCAC undergrad economics degree gives Bill special capology credentials is a special kind of dumb.
Most liberal arts NESCAC economics departments, including Wesleyan back in the day and currently, refuse to offer even basic accounting courses because they are not theory based and would provide actual practical knowledge which is a major no-no at these $85k/year woke incubators.
Sincerely,
An economics major from a NESCAC woke incubator
I listened to part of the interview when they replayed it and from what I heard sounds like BB doesn't want to go all in one year and then try and climb out of the hole for 2-3 years with a losing record. Of course that tool Adam Jones didn't understand a word of it and called bullsh!t on BB but he's a dumb clown.I think Bill shies away from spending on the high end of any position. I think he wants to have median paid talent throughout his first string of the roster. Then I think he wants have a high end paid other 31 players on the roster. Not many players come out of a season unscathed.
Can anyone give out some examples of financially responsible teams in the salary cap era that managed to remain competitive long term (say, 6+ years) without a top tier QB in place? Because it seems to me having Favre, Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Mahomes, Roethlisberger gives you a whole lot of leeway in roster building.I think BIll is more conservative, which bodes well long term. He hasn't been afraid to spend when he thinks the player is worth it, but doesn't throw money around frivilously. He also has always refused to pay for past performance, which is what kills teams, but annoys some posters here a lot.
You don't go to 8 straight conference title games and 4 Super Bowls with a lot of "warts" on the roster. Just silly. Those teams had multiple pro bowlers and solid players up and down the roster.Does being conservative bode well long-term though? Patriots fans eat up cheaping out and not going after guys like DeAndre Hopkins because it worked when Brady was here.
Yet since Brady left the philosophy shows we are just an average to mediocre team.
A rising tide lifts all boats type of scenario where Brady covered up a lot of roster warts.
Ravens. 49ers. Titans.Can anyone give out some examples of financially responsible teams in the salary cap era that managed to remain competitive long term (say, 6+ years) without a top tier QB in place? Because it seems to me having Favre, Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Mahomes, Roethlisberger gives you a whole lot of leeway in roster building.
And for anyone confused about cash spending vs. cap spending, there's an easy example here: the Jets are spending 310 million dollars on their 2023 team, the Patriots are spending 218 million on theirs. Both teams are perfectly cap compliant. Not saying the Patriots should be doing what the Jets are doing, just showing how much of a gap in spending is possible even within the constraints of the cap.
You don't go to 8 straight conference title games and 4 Super Bowls with "warts" on the roster. Just silly. Those teams had multiple pro bowlers and solid players up and down the roster.
The longer Tom is gone the more folklore becomes reality.
Wow that is the best retort you had?Bill also told us that MattP and Joe Judge could coach offense.
The Titans haven't been competitive for 6+ years, the Ravens have a top tier QB in Lamar Jackson and also haven't been competitive for 6+ years considering they sink whenever he's injured and the 49ers have also been up and down during that timeframe (6-10 in 2017, 4-12 in 2018, 13-3 in 2019, 6-10 in 2020, 10-7 in 2021 and 13-4 in 2022). To remain consistently competitive year in and year out for a long period of time, high level QB play is a requirement.Ravens. 49ers. Titans.
Yes. Essentially they are saying you can make any deal work if you really want to. Which for the most part is true. The Redskins did it for years and then used a loop hole in the CBA (2013/2014ish) one year to essentially wipe the slate clean.Thank you, this is helping a lot. So when it comes to the "cap is crap" theory, are people referring to the obfuscation that can be done via cash spending?
Ravens. 49ers. Titans.