How many times must we hear about how Ralph Wilson spent $70 million on the offensive line..
Ya.. big spender. The one problem is that we DIDNT spend on Nate Clements and London Fletcher.. People forget that in order to spend on Dockery and Walker, we let Fletcher and Clements walk.
Were Fletch and Clements worth it? I'm not going to debate the point because it's not what I'm gettting at (but just for the record, I say Fletch was and Clements wasnt).
What I'm getting at is Wilson didn't spend **** last year.. He SAVED by money by not having to resign his best players.. and even if they weren't great players; he also saved a ton by unloading Spikes and McGahee for draft picks. (AGain, NOT debating if they were good football moves, I'm talking strictly financial bottom line)
The morale of the story is Ralph didn't lose ****, he saved a bundle.
This year there are no "past their primes" vet to get rid of, at least not any excusable ones (excluding minor ones like Price). This year, go spend another $70 million WITHOUT dumping some of your best players in order to do it, and maybe extend Crowell or Evans in the process, and then you can color me impressed.
Until then, everytime we spend money on a player, I'll be thinking immediately who's getting traded or cut to make up for the money.
Ya.. big spender. The one problem is that we DIDNT spend on Nate Clements and London Fletcher.. People forget that in order to spend on Dockery and Walker, we let Fletcher and Clements walk.
Were Fletch and Clements worth it? I'm not going to debate the point because it's not what I'm gettting at (but just for the record, I say Fletch was and Clements wasnt).
What I'm getting at is Wilson didn't spend **** last year.. He SAVED by money by not having to resign his best players.. and even if they weren't great players; he also saved a ton by unloading Spikes and McGahee for draft picks. (AGain, NOT debating if they were good football moves, I'm talking strictly financial bottom line)
The morale of the story is Ralph didn't lose ****, he saved a bundle.
This year there are no "past their primes" vet to get rid of, at least not any excusable ones (excluding minor ones like Price). This year, go spend another $70 million WITHOUT dumping some of your best players in order to do it, and maybe extend Crowell or Evans in the process, and then you can color me impressed.
Until then, everytime we spend money on a player, I'll be thinking immediately who's getting traded or cut to make up for the money.
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