beausox Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 1) Clements is gone even if we matched the offer. It was a fait accompli at least a year ago. 2) NC says this is a business. He has to look after his family. Laudable and I have no reason to judge his sincerity. 3) The business works both ways. The Bills have choices. Can they afford 20 mil signing bonus. Probably. The question is: is NC's value 20 mil up front as an individual and then how might 20 mill upfront money , if not to NC,be distributed throughout, say, five quality players. Consider: some argue Pats would have been playing still had they paid Deion. Ok would they also have been able to retain Seymour; and had they not would they have been in position to contend? I do not know which but keeping both would ravage their budget. Further consider that Pats won three SB's in 4 years and the only HOFamers will be Brady and Vinateri with Seymour an odds on favcorite. Bruschi, Vrable, Harrison and excellent draft choices coupled with disciplined salary cap management are the source of greatness. 4) Salary cap increases do not change an iota of choices. Consider you bought your house in 1970 for 50,000. It is now worth 400,000. If you believe you have made 350,000 do not bother reading on. Because the price of housing goes up more or less uniformally. As a matter of fact the cost of football talent is mandated!! to increase uniformally. 5) Thus we are left with the unassailable truth that in a market as described it is better to have four superstars and 49 good players because the marginal cost of adding one, two or certainly three other highly compensated superstars is a prescription for mediocrity. Exhibit A; Redskins. Exhibit B: Patriots So the draft is everything. It is the cheapest most effective way to manage a team.
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