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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Browns aren't 'ahead of the curve' nor is this a novel thought.
It's something the Saints have been doing for a decade+ and yeah, you can keep on pushing, but the Saints have had nasty cap sheets for a long time and sooner or later you do run out of rope.
Moreover, you lose leverage with the player. Suddenly they're sitting on a $50 million cap charge one year and you say "Hey, can we get you to reduce that to $15 million" and they say "Oh sure - if you add 2 years at $20 million/season on the back of it..."
It's okay to do here and there. It's NOT a good operating philosophy, IMO. It narrows your path to contention and puts a TON of pressure on the front office to continue to add quality players through the draft.
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The Saints problem is they refuse to blow it up even when it's obvious their window closed. Had they just ate it for a year when Brees retired they could have fixed the problem but they refuse.