League wide veteran purge

[Mr. Scot]

Honestly, I could see Getts cutting Thomas Davis earlier than he should. IMO. Hope I'm wrong, but I kinda have that feeling.

That ain't gonna happen this year, for sure.

There's a lot of speculation that Davis could get extended.

[mbarbour21]

Hope so Scot, we would take a huge hit with him.

[Mr. Scot]

I would really like to see how many of these teams are showing their hand draft hand. A lot of these guys seem to be making room for what they're planning to address in the draft. I know that's not rocket science... but I just haven't seen it like this before.

Still an awful lot of free agency to come before the draft ever gets here.

I do vaguely remember looking at the cap figures and thinking there sure were an awful lot of teams low on cap room.

That could have a lot to do with it.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

I wonder if we are seeing a wave of releases in order for players to properly prepare for that veteran combine?? 

[stirs]

The Saints purge should be epic

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

The Saints purge should be epic

 

Right!  They are sitting at 20+ mil over right now.  That is gonna be one hell of a purge.  Unless they get stupid and restructure everyone.   Those restructures only kick the can a little further down the road.  

[Mr. Scot]

I wonder if we are seeing a wave of releases in order for players to properly prepare for that veteran combine??

Possible, though I think that's mostly for guys who are largely unknown or haven't been in the spotlight for a while.

I could be wrong on that, though.

[Jeremy Igo]

The last two superbowl winners broke the record for youngest team to win a superbowl.

[ecu88]

Right! They are sitting at 20+ mil over right now. That is gonna be one hell of a purge. Unless they get stupid and restructure everyone. Those restructures only kick the can a little further down the road.

Only Congress could be that stupid. Kick the can, borrow more money and increase the debt ceiling. Enough politics, I would love for the Saints to destroy their franchise and lately I would not be surprised if they screw up even more for the sake of today to sacrifice tomorrow.

[Mr. Scot]

Speaking of the Saints, word is that Sean Payton wants to cut Junior Galette.

(so much for 'fearing the beard')

[PandaPancake]

so the Panthers were ahead of the curve....for a change...

I like to think we're trend setters

[d-dave]

It does seem like a lot of big names are either on the block, bubble or already been cut.

 

Seeing two very young teams win Super Bowls, and the NFL is a copycat league, I expect to see more age/money cut while youth is scooped up.  For teams with a strong core, this is good for them moving forward.  For teams that blew it in FA the past couple of years and fought too hard to keep guys over 27, it's going to be a rough time moving forward.

 

Got to draft smart!  Work out those UDFAs, and get your FAs cheap.  It's an interesting trend for now.

[Mr. Scot]

Got to draft smart! Work out those UDFAs, and get your FAs cheap. It's an interesting trend for now.

So it's an opportune time to have a GM who's good at that sort of thing.

[Frizzy350]

Right!  They are sitting at 20+ mil over right now.  That is gonna be one hell of a purge.  Unless they get stupid and restructure everyone.   Those restructures only kick the can a little further down the road.  

 

In the Saints situation, I actually think its a decent move.  Once Brees is done the Saints are going to need to rebuild from scratch anyway.  No point in signing big name FAs when you have the talent deficiency brees will leave behind.