What we have lost so far

[Creepster]

Gross -  maybe had one good year left but that is doubful given his age

 

Smitty - 35 year old guy in the last year or two of his career - lst year undr 60 catches and 800 yards- noting special in the number 1 or even number 2 WR category - last game he hurt and may be not coming back from that injury in any significant way

 

Rest of the o lineman - bunch of back up type players most in them also old old old  - no big loss

 

Ginn - return specialist - had a few good catches last season - not anything special

 

Hixon - one catch of note all year that looked like a play run with him as a substitute  Armanti Edwards - no loss

 

so what are you fools crying about with 6 months left to go before the season starts?

 

 

[Jackofalltrades]

Yay...another one...

[Jackofalltrades]

Also, who we lost no longer matters. It's the gaping holes that are on the roster that concern me. I'm not panicking, but I'm growing increasingly anxious.

[TylerVagyler]

Outside of Gross (nothing we could do) and Smitty (no one really knows why it happened) everyone we have lost is very replaceable. And matching the offers they got from other teams would be the most Hurney thing we could do. Doing that kind of stuff is why we have no money right now. Just be patient. It's March 13.

[Rules&Regulations]

Or you could look at it this way: we've lost 7 STARTERS from a 12-4 team and brought in nobody.

[TN05]

Or you could look at it this way: we've lost 7 STARTERS from a 12-4 team and brought in nobody.

Not to mention three of them were captains.

[TylerVagyler]

26th ranked offense**

 

Serviceable S and CB that played behind the best front 7 in football**

 

All replaceable. 

[Mr. Scot]

Anyone else remember the year we trumpeted returning 21 of 22 starters?

[TN05]

26th ranked offense**

Serviceable S and CB that played behind the best front 7 in football**

All replaceable.

With what, exactly? 5 million and 7 draft picks? Optimistically that's maybe 9-10 players, and not all are starters.

Meanwhile, while we cut half our starters everyone else is upgrading.

[Riverboat Ron]

Not to mention three of them were captains.

 

4 if you count Munnerlyn. 

[TylerVagyler]

With what, exactly? 5 million and 7 draft picks? Optimistically that's maybe 9-10 players, and not all are starters.

Meanwhile, while we cut half our starters everyone else is upgrading.

 

Ginn, Mitchell, Captain were all making pennies. Same with Mikell. No one else wanted them and we paid pennies.

You don't have to drop big contracts or get big money guys to win. We are a prime example.

 

Remember the Summer where we drop huge deals left and right to keep the gang together. Like everyone wanted. It screwed us. It's why can't spend much money now. 

[TN05]

Ginn, Mitchell, Captain were all making pennies. Same with Mikell. No one else wanted them and we paid pennies.

You don't have to drop big contracts or get big money guys to win. We are a prime example.

So, if it's so easy give me all the players we can sign with our current situation to adequately fix our holes and return to the playoffs.

[TylerVagyler]

So, if it's so easy give me all the players we can sign with our current situation to adequately fix our holes and return to the playoffs.

 

I'm not an NFL GM so I can't answer that question. If you asked my that question at this time last year there is no way I'm throwing out Mitchell, Mikell, Ginn, Hixon. 

[emhoward]

Smith and Gross probably won't be replaced until the draft.

Munnerlyn, Mitchell, Ginn, Lafell, Hixon are all rather easily replaceable and I expect them to be replaced at some point in FA.

In other words: I ain't worried.

And by the way, of the second list of players only two weren't complained about over and over.

Ginn - because we were so use to him being a bust

And Mitchell because we were pleasantly surprised.

And lastly of the list of players we let walk most people here would have complained if we offered them the contract they eventually signed.

Pay Mitchell 5yrs 25 mil? No thanks

Pay Captain 3yrs 15 mil? No thanks