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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
i didnt mean to speak out of turn and i certainly didnt mean to disrespect you or the hard work youve done to give us cap data. i dont claim to be a master of the cap, but i just go by what i read. it just seems were threading the needle, so to speak. last year we had enough space to waste on jason taylor. this year, im nervous. we seem to have a lot of needs and not enough cap space or draft picks to address those needs. a week ago, we supposedly had 12M in cap space and there were still plenty of quality FAs out there. this week... it just seems like things are less optomistic. atleast to me.
again, sorry if i spoke out of turn, but im worried about our team now.
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I'm concerned about a couple holes too. As each day goes by the cap becomes less of a concern and the fact that there are no quality free agents to be had becomes a greater concern.
Our DE situation will be filled by stopgaps at best. I'm assuming our RT spot will be filled by a rookie, who may be very talented, but would still be a rookie. And our LB situation isn't strong, Fletcher is still great but Blades and McIntosh leave a lot to be desired.
Now we still finished 4th with that defense last year, and we'll have Haynesworth who should help in terms of getting to the QB and causing turnovers. So I feel like we'll be alright on D, but it's the offense that's always the concern. It was miserable in the second half of last year. We're counting on a return to form from Randy Thomas, that we'll come up with something worth a crap at RT, that Dockery can seamlessly move into our scheme, that the young WRs will step up, and most importantly that Jason Campbell takes another step forward.
It's funny, of all the moves we made, there's one thing above all else that will determine our fate this year: Zorn's ability to get essentially the same group of players to play much better. This year is about Zorn and Campbell more than anyone else, regardless of $100 million contracts.