Pick6;1495023 wrote:Im glad they invested in talent that produced all of 1 TD last season (Bess). Should of kept Dawson, even for the price. Kickers win and lose a lot of games.
Amen.
Even if it cost them $5-6 Million a year for 2-3 years so he could retire a Brown, they could have front loaded it with the signing bonus for the hit to be mostly this year.
We have $26 million in cap room still as of Aug 23rd according to ESPN's John Clayton. You can carry some over, but there was more than enough there to pay Dawson this year without it being a long term albatross or alter the team's planning.
Dawson being so good has made us take for granted how fickle the kicking position can be when you don't have a good one.
On a cap related note, does anyone think Mack is gone after this season?
We have a ton of cap room still, and you would think an extension for him would be done by now. He is one of the better centers in the league, and it seems foolish to let him hit the FA market as someone is bound to overpay him which drives the price up of keeping him if that is what we wanted.
I am all for responsible cap management, but it seems there is no strategy right now other than to just hoard cash for the sake of hoarding cash.