With these one year deals won't we be in the same situation we were this year next year if these guys out perform their contracts.

[TN05]

Don't go bringing logic into this. Hail Gettleman!

[King Schit]

What......Other.....Choice..... Do.....We.....Have???

I'm bad at sarcasm. But Gettleman made it work last year so I'm not particularly worried. I'm pretty sure it's not what he would be doing in a different cap situation but we have no choice.

[rayzor]

yes. but if we still wind up getting into the playoffs and having a 10+ win season again, we might have stumbled onto something. if we can pay our core players and rent cheap players looking to prove themselves with one year deals, we might end up drawing better and better players who know that if they perform well and help us win, they'll get a good sized contract somewhere.

 

it's not ideal or conventional, but if it works.....

[pantherclaw]

They are just role players.

Ya have them every year.

[ChinaPanther]

Can't we have a mulligan on the Hurney contracts?

[csx]

I think that is the point. 

 

Fill holes and draft well. Aim to fill those holes up with your draft pics over time. Get your cap in order and you can then fill some holes with a higher level FA when the right situation comes up.

[2jakefansinva]

Question in title.

 

Have you not noticed that most NFL teams are doing this ?

 

It's the "New NFL".

 

 

High priced "stars".........the "middle class" and .........."one year deals"

[ed bell]

If any prove to be hidden gems we can always be more willing to make a competitive offer. I think Gettleman and Rivera didn't feel that any of last year's crew qualified.

[TheRed]

Building through the draft for the long term, and adding role players short term through FA. It's not a foreign concept. We were never able to successfully build through the draft the way we should have when Hurney was GM. It's why we didn't sniff the playoffs for five years.

[frash.exe]

We'll have more money in the coming years with all the dead money we're unloading this year

[Fan01]

Welcome to the new CBA.  There's a lot more quality mid teir free agents available than there used to be. 

[PanthersBigD]

You say this like it's a bad thing...

[rdog157h]

New England for example has had success plugging in pieces. I think this will be the new normal for us. If Gettleman drafts well year in and year out who cares. Keep the core and fill in as needed. Marty didnt get that. He wanted to keep everyone and couldnt draft outside the first round.

[t96]

Not exactly we'll have room losing Smitty's contract and we can then move on from DeAngelo and probably CJ. We'll have a lot more room next season and even more the season after.