Next years CASH!!!!

I think the signings were good, but it boils down to as much as i dont wanna say this..Gibbs just isnt that good of a coach anymore! The game is way to different now from what it was back in the day..That being said I still think Gibbs is a GREAT coach..1 of the best who's ever roamed our sidelines. I think its time me hangs it up. Smashmouth football of the 80's dont cut it anymore! It just kind hurts me and Im sure all of you to see Gibbs not suceed!
Joey, I disagree with you when you say that the smashmouth football of the 80s doesn't cut it anymore. Did u watch the Superbowl last year? I may be wrong, but it seemed to me that Steelers won the Superbowl using smashmouth running with Jerome Bettis, and smashmouth defense. In addition, they had the ability to go deep because of Ward and ARE. Plus, much of the reason why Ward is so valuable is because he is a great blocker; we have great skill player blockers too in Portis, Cooley, and even TO junior (Lloyd). I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be successful playing football like that; it worked last year. I think if all the players and the coaches better prepare themselves physically and mentally for next year's battles, we will be a better team who can win with that style of football.

If being able to shell out big bonuses for free agents while staying under the cap is managing "very well" then yes, they can do that.
But managing the cap this way created the turmoil we had at the end of the old cba. Remember the scenarios we faced if there was no cba last march? We would've had to purge the roster or get guys like lavar to not only restructure, but take a cut.
You could also argue that the real reason we didn't re-sign Smoot (though he is overpaid in Minn.) & Pierce was because cap hell loomed a year away. Add to that the Coles debacle, though it turned out well that we got santana, we ate a lot of dead cap space. The team didn't learn & signed AA & Loyd to deals which we're stuck with, whether they are here or not.
I guess you can say that Eric Schaffner (sp?) & the Dannay et al find creative ways to spend money w/in the cap, but their spending eventually catches up & we'll see that in a few years at the end of this cba if they continue like this.

Alot of teams were going to be in hot water if the new CBA didn't go through.

We've been hearing about the impending cap hell since 2000. They're obviously doing something right when it comes to working the numbers, that's all I'm saying.

I'm not trying to say all the moves have been wise ones, but they do have a great understanding of how the cap works and how to massage it to their advantage.

On the surface, the numbers seem to work, but the players that make up those numbers don't.

Since Gibbs has been calling the personnel shots, there has been a hideous misallocation of resources.