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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The cap isn't the myth that people suggest; it's real and it requires a fair amount of effort and forethought to manage well.
But no matter what happens, if you have a good team and several good players, you're going to go through these balancing acts. And you can either be constantly letting solid players go (or not bringing guys in) or you can do the binge/purge method that Dorsey seems to have settled into. Either are defensible.
But if Dorsey's going to go this route, you'll see 3 year waves where he clears the decks one year (and fans go apeshit because 'WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!'), then he'll spend the next year or two making key additions and extending his own, then he'll do another purge.
You can't just keep the throttle down. What he's dealing with now is the result of a couple of costly 'need' signings in Hali and DJ where he had no viable alternatives, just as was the case with Bowe.
Then again, it's also a result of not moving on from Daniel a year early (though that netted us a solid comp pick) or Colquitt 2 years ago. There have been a lot of opportunities for rollover that we haven't taken because I think Andy's still awfully gunshy about his QB position and loyal to his STs coordinator.
I can't say that I blame him on the former; his time in Philly unraveled when his QB position fell apart around his ears. I suspect he's unwilling to go through that kind of mess again.
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IMO this is a result of Andy. Dorsey had no choice but to dip into FA early on bc the draft capitol simply wasn't there. Andy wanted Alex and it cost two second rd picks, then Andy made t even harder for Dorsey by contacting Maclin and losing us two more picks.
Then you add to the fact that Dorsey's first draft was the worst draft in a long time and that didn't help at all.
And then Andy really limited Dorsey by sticking with Alex again. Dorsey had Carr at the top of that draft board and Andy himself said he would have drafted Carr if it wasn't for Alex. Bottom line here is if we follow Dorsey's strategy and draft Derek Carr, we have a young elite caliber QB with no cap issues for another 2 years.