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Originally Posted by Drift Reality
There is some legitimate criticism here. The Pierce number I pulled from an inaccurate Web site and the new estimate I found was 6-years at $26 million with $6.5 in guaranteed bonuses. For the signing bonus we paid Archuleta though, we still could have covered both Pierce's and Clark's bonuses.
Regarding your point about trading down, I'm not suggesting the front office should arbitrarily trade down. If there is an offer made that allows them to recoup some lost material, I think they should take advantage. I don't believe you trade down to take someone; you trade down because you don't have an impending need to take someone where you are at and someone else values the pick more than you do. We have been on the other side of this equation quite a bit and I'm suggesting that a strategy that values the draft would compel the front office to look for ways of increasing draft potential, not decreasing draft potential.
Regarding your point about Smoot, I don't look at this as strictly a dollars and cents issue. I think it is about taking care of your own and the net effect that this has on your entire team and the brand loyalty of an organization. If players see that other Redskins are playing well, and are rewarded accordingly, the net effect is going to be positive. That being said, I do tend to agree that the Smoot contract was excessive. I do feel that if he is cut and comes available, I feel as though the Skins should think very carefully about bringing him back.
Regarding your point about Carter, I really think the verdict is out. Of course I respect your doubts and they are well founded.
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I am with you 100% that we should have kept Pierce and Smoot. I think the salary cap was a little tight that year so they let Pierce and Smoot go. Although they did eat Coles' contract and sign Santana to an extension when they could have let him play for the number that the Jets had on his last year. I guess you could argue that if they signed Smoot and Pierce, they could have traded down and then they wouldn't have had to pay ninth draft pick money.
Anyway, you can't change it now. I just wish they could play as hard as they did against the Panthers on a consistent basis. With that effort they easily would have beaten Minny, Tennessee (who gets better every week), and the lowly Bucs. But then we would still have Brunell calling the plays...