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Fortunately or unfortunately, just 'cuz they get cut, the dream isn't over for many of those young men. There's still the hope that someone will sign them later in the year (or even this week), and of course also for many of them, they'll work to get better & try next year. It's a tough quest when you look at it that way.

This is not really the case. If you sign an 'old-time' vet for a 1 yr. vet minimum salary, you get a substantial break on the cap cost. This change was implemented a few yrs ago, 'cuz there were many back-up vets (AVP comes to mind), that couldn't get work for the very reason you state. The extra 400k or so of cap room that they took up wasn't worth it relative to a rookie who can sit on the bench for much less. As a representation, (I don't know accurate #s, but this'll be the general idea), let's say that vet min for someone w/ 10+ yrs is $900k but their cap hit will only be $500k. Rookie min is like $250k, so isn't a good kicker worth $250k? You'd be better off w/ only 52 guys on the roster. (My personal opinion is that kickers (& punters) are among the most valuable players on the team & getting a good one, like Moorman, is worth WAY more than there relative cap hit relative to other players.)

Thanks Cindy & all. Now the question is, should I designate this my official gameday attire for the year (Obviously the jersey that I've been wearing the last few years isn't doing too well.)

I think it all comes down to #s. I was going over remaining cuts & getting down to 56 or so is pretty easy. The problem is that you've got about 6 or so candidates that you'd like to keep but need to get rid of like 3. Personally, the way I see it I'd like to keep the 5 WRs, axing Haddad & Smith, keep all 4 TEs & only 1 FB (I'd like to see Lawton be the one). That appears to me to be our strongest mix. Remember, that although you go w/ '4 wide', they don't all need to be WRs. You can split a TE out there or send a RB.

I wouldn't think so. For that matter, I thought it entirely plausible to go the 1st 3 wks w/ only Zolman as a BU. Bledsoe has proven very durable throughout his career (knock wood); they're not likely to bench him for incompetence (at least that early in the season). For that matter, some would argue that the only way, or at least the best way, for Losman to get better is to play. If they thought that highly of Mathews relative to TB, they would have signed him weeks or months ago.

Thanks for the info. I thought I had heard/read that it was $500/wk + something extra for the PS games, but that was a few yrs ago. It was probably correct at the time, but as w/ salaries has inflated.

Looks like TB will miss only 3 games tops. We're not about to bench DB due to incompetence & replace him w/ either Zolman or someone freshly signed. As the season progresses, TB & JPL will be back, so basically the potential signee will basically just be picking up a game check for 3 weeks or so (not that that is a bad deal for him). I don't think that anyone desirable (to other teams) would look at that as their best option. Therefore, w/ it unlikely that we'll be able to attract anyone 'good', I say we just stick w/ Zolman as 2nd (& only) QB for the 1st few weeks. (Unless he gets hurt this week, he sez knocking on his head.)

Was that the era of Sherm White?

There's some opinion that the shot on TB was dirty (I haven't seen it yet, game comes on in 30 minutes). I haven't seen it, but supose it was an action that warranted a fine. Does/would the league actually impose one? I assume one of the reasons for imposing a fine is as a deterent. If the guy is flipping burgers next week (I don't know who it was &/or how likely it is that he'll make a roster), it is arguably unreasonable to fine him big $ (Don't these fine usually amount to like $25 or $50k or more. (I think you get fined like $5k if your socks are too short or something.)) and he therefore won't be doing that action again. Personally, if it does warrant a fine, I say you fine the guy his weeks stipend along w/ a preseason game check, my guess is this is like $2k (assuming he's someone not likely to make a roster). Then again, perhaps they can wait to see if he does make a roster & if so then fine him the full amount.

How serious? Well, it was his forearm, so it's serious. Of course, if it was his elbow, then it would be humorous

Seems to be fine. (Yes, I did have to re-sign-in.) Don't know if it's relevant, but the root address at the top has the IP address instead of the usual URL. (This is my start-up page, FYI &/so I apparently got routed here fine.)

Am I correct that you can't plug a tire that has a puncture in the sidewall (in NYS) cuz a) it's illegal and B) presumably unsafe. Thanks.

I believe their salaries DO count against the cap. This is the reason that teams tries to leave a bit of spare cap room in case they need to sign someone else.