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Schneed10 · 08-04-2005, 10:23 PM

I think it's so easy to take a look at the guys we signed who were total busts and declare the front office a bunch of meatheads. Like if we looked at Brunell and Barrow. It's only natural to look at those players and deem them failures, because the players are on our roster for so long reminding us of what a mistake they were.

But what goes unnoticed a lot of the time are the players we pass on. After they move on to their new team, we tend to forget about them because they're not on our roster like Mark Brunell is. But this is a key part of front office maneuvering. I think the front office has done a fine job lately.

We wanted to keep Champ, but not at the price he wanted. He woulda been worth $5 million a year, but his play last season with the Broncos was definitely not worth $8 million. Courtney Brown, we offered a lower price tag. Gibbs knew the risk of injury was there and made an appropriate offer. It's not luck that we didn't get stuck with Courtney's injury, it's smart pricing. If he signed with us for what we offered, he wouldn't have hurt our cap at all if he got hurt and sat out the year. With what the Broncos are paying him though, he is hurting their cap.

Who knows, setting rational prices on Antonio Pierce and Fred Smoot may prove wise as well. I know this much, I love seeing a level of sanity and level-headedness in our approach to free agency.

08-04-2005, 10:23 PM	#12
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: Another Front office Blunder I think it's so easy to take a look at the guys we signed who were total busts and declare the front office a bunch of meatheads. Like if we looked at Brunell and Barrow. It's only natural to look at those players and deem them failures, because the players are on our roster for so long reminding us of what a mistake they were. But what goes unnoticed a lot of the time are the players we pass on. After they move on to their new team, we tend to forget about them because they're not on our roster like Mark Brunell is. But this is a key part of front office maneuvering. I think the front office has done a fine job lately. We wanted to keep Champ, but not at the price he wanted. He woulda been worth $5 million a year, but his play last season with the Broncos was definitely not worth $8 million. Courtney Brown, we offered a lower price tag. Gibbs knew the risk of injury was there and made an appropriate offer. It's not luck that we didn't get stuck with Courtney's injury, it's smart pricing. If he signed with us for what we offered, he wouldn't have hurt our cap at all if he got hurt and sat out the year. With what the Broncos are paying him though, he is hurting their cap. Who knows, setting rational prices on Antonio Pierce and Fred Smoot may prove wise as well. I know this much, I love seeing a level of sanity and level-headedness in our approach to free agency.