Dre' Bly wants to be a Skin? That's What I Hear

[CallMeGreen]

Bly is out for the Snyder payday, not much else. His record doesn't warrant all it would take to get him (including combo of picks, players [Springs a/o Betts], plus the caysh).

Springs, despite his father's Cowgirl heritage, does have local ties and probably is doing his own counter-leveraging against a paycut. Based on figures other guys are getting, he doesn't deserve a cut. 2005 he was decent; let's face it, lots of injuries besides his also hurt the team last year.
IMO, even at two years older than Bly, he's still a better player. Let's not forget what happened when we let Bailey and Walt Harris leave. From memory, they've done OK for themselves.

Final analysis: keep Springs, forget Bly, trade down the #6 for an extra pick or two and see what happens. Besides, if the Skins were anxious to dump Springs, they could have used their "post-June1" exemption and dumped him March 2nd, while being able to treat him as a June 1st cut. That new rule allows him to hit the market before the money is dried up and the team can move on with their replacement plans.

Of course, the very threat of dumping Springs on June 1st could be a ploy by the Skins to get him to restructure/take a pay cut. So complicated this salary cap game. It all looks like Monopoly money to me.