Thread: Mark Schlereth Insists His Panties Are In A Bit of A Wad!

Originally Posted by Ziggy

Someone remind me when the last time was that the team that won free agency won the super bowl.

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Originally Posted by Ziggy

Someone remind me when the last time was that the team that won free agency won the super bowl.

How about the stretch of 3 years where we signed Manning, Sanders, Ware, Welker, Talib, and Ward? We basically won free agency 3 years in a row, and it got us to 2 Super Bowls and won us a ring.

The Patriots don't win a SB without Revis. Signing Revis WAS winning free agency.

The trend is shifting towards free agency being more important than ever before.

I didn't realize we won the super bowl that year.

Originally Posted by Jaded

I like Stink though, he DGAF.

I like him too, but he is a bit of a shock jock.

I'm waiting to bitch until after free agency and the draft is over.

The contracts that Whitworth and Okung got were obscene. Desperate teams.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

How about the stretch of 3 years where we signed Manning, Sanders, Ware, Welker, Talib, and Ward? We basically won free agency 3 years in a row, and it got us to 2 Super Bowls and won us a ring.

Throw in Darien Stewart, Evan Mathis, etc. That 2015 team won with almost all the key players (outside Von Miller) being FAs.

Originally Posted by Slick

I'm waiting to bitch until after free agency and the draft is over.

The contracts that Whitworth and Okung got were obscene. Desperate teams.

But, those contracts were not outliers, like the ridiculous contract Ndomukong Suh got. EVERY FA LT was getting ridiculous money!"

That's the market! It's like that every year. Every year the salary cap goes up, and every year the players get more money. Stop bitching about it. Baseball players get so much more that the Yankees AVERAGE annual salary in 2012 was over $6M a year.

That was 4 years ago, and we're talking AVERAGE. Utility infielders who bat .270 get $6m a year. Elite players like Clayton Kershaw got $33M last year. Miguel Cabrera got $28M. And those contracts are fully guaranteed for all five years. If the guy starts tanking, you're stuck paying every dime.

If you don't develop OL through the draft, then you have to overpay in FA. Those are the rules.

And how were Denvers grades in free agency the year they won the super bowl? How were the Pats grades in FA last year? Neither finished first . My point is that building a championship team is a process. It's not done in one year of free agency. We're 2days in and folks are freaking out. Same story different year.

Originally Posted by Slick

I'm waiting to bitch until after free agency and the draft is over.

The contracts that Whitworth and Okung got were obscene. Desperate teams.

Or until we see how the team performs during the season.

I know I'm not supposed to say this about a legend, but this guy can **** right off, too.

That's why your fake fatass is sitting on the ******* stage making dumb commentary on the game and not in a front office.

Originally Posted by Cugel

But, those contracts were not outliers, like the ridiculous contract Ndomukong Suh got. EVERY FA LT was getting ridiculous money!"

That's the market! It's like that every year. Every year the salary cap goes up, and every year the players get more money. Stop bitching about it. Baseball players get so much more that the Yankees AVERAGE annual salary in 2012 was over $6M a year.

That was 4 years ago, and we're talking AVERAGE. Utility infielders who bat .270 get $6m a year. Elite players like Clayton Kershaw got $33M last year. Miguel Cabrera got $28M. And those contracts are fully guaranteed for all five years. If the guy starts tanking, you're stuck paying every dime.

If you don't develop OL through the draft, then you have to overpay in FA. Those are the rules.

I'm not bitching about it, Cugel. I'm glad Elway didn't pay them that much. Their contracts are obscene. You don't need a guy making 13 million a year playing left tackle to win in the NFL.

Originally Posted by Slick

I'm not bitching about it, Cugel. I'm glad Elway didn't pay them that much. Their contracts are obscene. You don't need a guy making 13 million a year playing left tackle to win in the NFL.

Especially when one of them is flat out bad. Those contracts are going to hurt teams down the road when the cap doesn't soar up. It basically guarantees that a year or two from now Denver has a huge leg up in cap space.

Draft a LT who sucks. Pay a LT who sucks a lot of money. Both scenarios suck. One is a lot worse than the other. Who knows, maybe a trade happens and we get a LT.

Originally Posted by Ziggy

I didn't realize we won the super bowl that year.

The culmination of 3 years of killing it in free agency won us a ring. That is just a fact.

If you're going to have a LT that gets beat maybe it's better that he doesn't make $15 MM/per.