Well, someone has to say it...

[texastwister]

Longwell?

You cant sign players that dont talk to you. Longwell was probably like Berry a couple years ago.Even know we offered him more money. Maybe Longwell felt comfortable in the divison and signed with Minnesota. I dont know just as well as you dont IF Dallas even got to talk to him. Just because he is a FA doesnt mean you can sign him. He has to want to play for you.

 

[Cbz40]

All I know is that we're a better team now than we were at the end of last season. Can you honestly say the same?

You spent a lot of cash and signed a few big name FA's........Have you checked your depth lately?

The last time I looked you were still very thin on the OL.....loose any one of your starters.....you go 8/8. Lose Brunnell you go 6/10.

 

[CATCH17]

Are we a better football team today 3/14/06 than we were 1/1/06?

As of now.... No


I think the Commanders upgraded positions they needed to.

I wouldn't really want any of those guys they signed but I think those signings will help them out. Did they overpay? Of course but they have proven there is no such thing as Salary cap hell.

I think we will get better but we are just waiting but I dont think either of the guys we have signed is anything to get to excited about.

Kosier is a good move for depth but lets be serious the Lions didn't even want him as a starter and unless he steps up big here I dont want him as one either.

 

[davey999]

You cant sign players that dont talk to you. Longwell was probably like Berry a couple years ago.Even know we offered him more money. Maybe Longwell felt comfortable in the divison and signed with Minnesota. I dont know just as well as you dont IF Dallas even got to talk to him. Just because he is a FA doesnt mean you can sign him. He has to want to play for you.

Thanks for the excuse. You on Jerry's payroll?

 

[superpunk]

All I know is that we're a better team now than we were at the end of last season. Can you honestly say the same?

Do you HONESTLY know that? No, you don't.

Being a March warrior RARELY translates to January success. Them's the facts, like em or not.

Being an April warrior FREQUENTLY translates to January success.

 

[texastwister]

Well, if the Boys really plan on releasing Larry Allen, ESPECIALLY for this ex-Mooch player, I'd say we missed a HUGE boat on LeCharles Bentley or Steve Hutchinson. Especially since we have so much cap room and could have designed a clever contract like Hutchinson received with Minnesota that awarded a bunch of green up front to scare away competitors and make the contract acceptable to market standards after year one.

Bentley publically said he would be interested in playing in Cleveland his hometown before FA started. If he wanted to go home and they offered him a fair or above market price hey you cant change that. You know the song "Who says you cant go home".

Hutch got a hell of an offer sheet from Minnesota but
we need money to wrap up players before they hit the market next year.
A $13 million dollar cap hit is not good.
I would have liked Bentley here but we never had a chance at him. He was going to Cleveland before FA started. He was looking at going home more than dollars because the last time I checked Cleveland were not plyoff contenders.

HUTCHINSON '06 CAP NUMBER EXCEEDS $13 MILLION



Pardon us if the above headline looks like something that appeared on the site on Sunday, but we need to clear things up regarding the terms of the offer sheet signed by guard Steve Hutchinson with the Minnesota Vikings.



We reported on Sunday that the seven-year, $49 million deal carries a $13 million cap number for 2006. Such a maneuver isn't out of character for the Vikings, who have chewed up significant cap surpluses in the recent past by signing free agents to deals that carry big cap numbers in the first year.



In Hutchinson's case, the large cap number also is intended to deter the Seahawks from matching the deal.



There's at least one report, however, that the cap number is only $8.5 million. Factoring in Hutchinson's transition tender of $6.391 million, the additional cap charge in 2006 if the Seahawks match the deal would be barely $2.1 million.



So we spent some time today confirming that, indeed, the cap number is more than $13 million. And we're 100 percent sure of it.



Besides, it fits with the team's past practices, and it makes sense in light of the Vikings' desire to dissuade the Seahawks from exercising their right of first refusal on Hutchinson.

 

[redskinsforever]

You spent a lot of cash and signed a few big name FA's........Have you checked your depth lately?

The last time I looked you were still very thin on the OL.....loose any one of your starters.....you go 8/8. Lose Brunnell you go 6/10.

You can say that about any team. But I'm sure Gibbs/Snyder will get OL help.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

The best move the Readskins made was bringing Al Saunders in, they will be good on offense.

 

[superpunk]

You spent a lot of cash and signed a few big name FA's........Have you checked your depth lately?

The last time I looked you were still very thin on the OL.....loose any one of your starters.....you go 8/8. Lose Brunnell you go 6/10.

Granted. I think you gotta throw Brunell out of the question. If we lose Bledsoe, how are we gonna do?

 

[Cbz40]

Granted. I think you gotta throw Brunell out of the question. If we lose Bledsoe, how are we gonna do?

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!I'm fighting with a Commander.

Anything I say does not apply to us.

 

[superpunk]

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!I'm fighting with a Commander.

Anything I say does not apply to us.

Well, then I'd offer this - Brunell has a recent injury history, and his legs seemed to go on him around game 11 last year, so there's a precedent there. Bledsoe has almost no history of injury, so the likelihood of him getting significantly injured is far less.

 

[redskinsforever]

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!I'm fighting with a Commander.

Anything I say does not apply to us.

Yeah, your own fellow Cowboy fan pretty much said the samething I said. I challenge you to name one team that can afford to loose their starting QB.

 

[Cbz40]

Well, then I'd offer this - Brunell has a recent injury history, and his legs seemed to go on him around game 11 last year, so there's a precedent there. Bledsoe has almost no history of injury, so the likelihood of him getting significantly injured is far less.

Good stuff......I would say you hit that old nail dead center.

 

[texastwister]

The Bears-Lost Grossman still made the playoffs.

 

[Concord]

My fellow Cowboy fans let me ask you one simple question.

Are we a better football team today 3/14/06 than we were 1/1/06?

We're the same...No worse...No better.

 

[redskinsforever]

The Bears-Lost Grossman still made the playoffs.

Oh, come on. They made the playoffs because of their defense, not because of Orton.

 

[el_chevo]

People, chill out...I agree with the position some have taken regarding the Commanders and their overpayment for b-grade players. I am more concerned now about the quietness that has surrounded players like owens, mcginest, vinat, arrington. While there has been mention about these players on several news sources, they still remain free agents and are up for grabs by the right team.

 

[texastwister]

Oh, come on. They made the playoffs because of their defense, not because of Orton.

You asked I told. I know it was the defense but defense wins Championships

Yeah, your own fellow Cowboy fan pretty much said the samething I said. I challenge you to name one team that can afford to loose their starting QB.

 

[superpunk]

Yeah, your own fellow Cowboy fan pretty much said the samething I said. I challenge you to name one team that can afford to loose their starting QB.

As I mentioned, there are teams, such as the Commanders, where the probability of losing their QB, or having a drop in effectiveness as the season progresses, is much higher.

 

[wileedog]

All I know is that we're a better team now than we were at the end of last season. Can you honestly say the same?

All I know is we still have a draft to look forward to.

Can you honestly say the same?