Curran: "In my estimation... [Gonzo would like to] be treated as if he's at the table in 2027." [previous title: "say goodbye to gonzo"]

[raduray]

They have been bottom 5 in real cash spending over the last 5 years, the last 10 years, the last 20 years. The 2nd-most valuable franchise in the league.

This argument has always been a mystery to me. I understand the difference between cap and cash spending, That all has to do with front or back loading of cash spends. But, given the salary cap rules, don't the two more or less equal out on a rolling multi-year average?

 

[patfanken]

This all sounds good, but then when you give really good contracts to a bunch of mediocre players, the middle class theory fails you badly.

I mean, look at this:

Carlton Davis $18m AAV
Harold Landry $14.5m AAV

Combined $32.5m AAV (what Witherspoon got).

If if were me, I'd trade Gonzalez for Davis and Landry.

This is why superstars get paid, because you can get pretty good production from other players for a lot cheaper than the $32.5m we're paying Davis and Landry, which leaves good money for the superstars.

It would really be absurd for us to lose Gonzalez and yet we get to keep oldheads like Davis, AJ Brown, and Landry.
I would call that a colossal error in teambuilding and mismanagement of the salary cap.

First, I don't know how either the Davis or Landry contracts are exactly structured. I distrust all "reported" contract AAV's after Digg' 3 yr $69MM deal turned into a one year $17MM deal, but let's say your numbers are accurate. (BTW- I also wonder what Landry's and Davis's 2025 cap numbers actually were?)

At any rate you seem to be denigrating BOTH Landry and Davis' contributions. Landry was our sack LEADER and provided consistent pressure throughout the season when he came back from injury in a diminished state. We don't have anything close to the results we got without him. Davis was a SOLID #2 CB who missed only one game last season. We don't have anything close to the results we got without him.

Neither were stars, or all pros, but they were good solid contributors all season long, AND may I mention that during our supposed AWFUL playoff run I keep hearing about, we DID manage to win 3 games against the best competition in the conference. but I digress.
The bottom line here is that your analogy is flawed, and I just wanted to point that out. BTW- Davis is just 29 and Landry is 30. Old...ish
but not OLD.

....and as I mentioned in another post, the only reason Landry is on the PUP list is because he kept playing while injured, and yet you seem to give him NO credit for that.