I'm more concerned about our trade for Santana Moss. With his current contract expiring after the 2005 season, what type of money will we have to shell out to keep him? He will be a unrestricted free agent. And we'll be back at square one. That's why it's so important to build through the draft and develop those players. Imagine the leverage we would have if Pierce had started a season earlier under Greg Williams. He would've been a highly sought restricted free agent as supposed to being unrestricted. Jacobs is approaching the same situation. If we keep sitting him until the end of his contract, no team is going to value him as a restricted free agent. And we'll have to settle for offering him a one-year tender followed by unrestricted free agency. With no leverage.
