Its not a "negative viewpoint".... its a fact- those contracts were necessary because Ralph can't attract, won't pay, or isnt even able to get along with serious football men who could have prevented us from needing to bend over for a couple of 7th rounders. How could anyone who knows the history of this franchise argue with this?
And for the record, I'm not unhappy we signed them, because they're not the problem. The dozens of picks that Ralph and the beancounters whiffed on are. The salary dump cuts and failure to resign good players we've drafted and developed are.
And that comes down to Ralph being cheap. He's made the team a joke and people here wonder why a sportswriter addresses the idea of manning signing here by writing "lol?". The guy was being kind, he could have elaborated!