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I think your talking about Tom Gamble. I said a few pages back that they should hire Bill Polian's consulting agency for help with personnel decisions in the draft and in free agency. Chip can still retain the title, but have someone who many consider to be one of the best GMs ever helping him call the shots.
Exactly, have Polian as a consultant not the GM then it's not like Lurie snipping his nuts and it takes a lot of his plate. Needs to be a guy he trusts and it's helpful, as opposed to the power struggle that was going on before.
So what is Ed Marynowitz doing? I thought he had a similar role, unless he's just bad at his job or is only Kelly's yes-man.
If I remember Gamble was the guy Kelly liked that Howie let go, ship hut the fan, then Ed was the yes-man brought in?
i'll judge Chip more by seeing if Davis is DC next year. Especially at this stage of the season, i don't see how much they gain by firing Davis. Maybe if players are playing lethagric and not putting effort in sure, but i just don't know if he needs to be so reactive. Obviously fan base wants blood, but i don't see Chip giving into it, and even maybe being defiant toward it. but in the long run, i just don't know if there is a huge need for it
I really want another team to sign him. At this point I really feel for the guy.
Two guys who will be bagging groceries in two years.
Maybe Marcus Smith can help them too
From what I can recall: Murray--8 million, Mathews 4 million, Jenkins 7 million, Maxwell--almost 10 million, cooper 5 million.
I'll still take Cooper at 5 million over Maxwell at 10 million. That hurts to look at.
Some of these cap hits would be unreal. I think Marcus Smith is 3 million to cut. There are others too but can't recall the numbers. I know Gargano after reading the list, sounded like a man being pulled over for a DUI. And he's usually the most upbeat of the hosts. It paints a bleak picture for a turnaround on just how bad Kelly has wrecked the roster. Just the money alone tied up in the RBs when the rest of the league views that position as the most fungible and letting Maclin go while assembling the worst WR core in the league shows how over his head he is as a GM. It's simple indefensible.
He would quit if that happened. It's pretty certain that he would have quit last offseason had he not gotten full control over football operations.
This suggests that perhaps this is the optimal strategy:
On the bright side, look at the division. Not one of the four are in a great situation at quarterback. I suppose the Giants may be in the best shape, because Eli should have three years of good football left. But Romo looks to be at the end of the line. He's up there in age and has become very brittle. They have no running backs and their best defensive player is a concussion away from retirement. Plus, they're tearing their locker room apart with the personnel decisions of bringing criminals on the team. Last year was their golden chance and it slipped away. They're on the downslope now. Washington has Cousins. He can occasionally play decent but certainly doesn't look like a long term answer. I'd rather have Bradford than him, no doubt about that. I can't imagine being worse than we are this year and no one is good enough to separate. The best we can hope for is that Bradford continues the improvement he was starting to show before the injury, and that Matthews and Agholar develop into good receivers. I think Jordan Hicks being so good and so young is going to be a huge positive on the other side of the ball. I think we're miles from being the best team in the league, but very close to being able to overtake the others inside the division.
I'd be willing to bet that every team has a few of these contracts they'd love to get rid of.
I disagree with the Bradford assessment. Even if we think he can be an ok QB, he's going to be a Huge cap hit for 2016-17. Would rather not do that.
I don't think that is right for Cooper from what had previously been reported.
I'd love to see them find a rookie or Tyrod Taylor-type free agent. But I'd rather have Bradford than for them to go with Sanchez. These last two weeks (plus the end zone pick against Miami) should forever end any discussion about whether Sanchez is a starting NFL quarterback. I also don't want Kelly falling for the lure of a running quarterback and signing a disaster like Kaepernick or RG3 (or Maziel for that matter). Although my inclination is that none of them are the good culture guys that he likes, I hope he doesn't succumb to the pressure.
How do you figure that number for Cooper? Not disagreeing, just not following the math from the link.
In 2016, Cooper makes $5.3mil. If we cut him before his salary is owed (6/1), then it only costs us $2.4mil. So $2.9mil savings on the cap.
It's not about is he better than what's available. He's not signed and he WILL be the best QB available. That's more an indictment on the league than Bradford but he will have a season with decent stats and relative health under his belt to go to the open market. His going rate is going to be at least Cutler or Alex Smith territory and probably more due to scarcity. He's going to be a $18-20 mil cap hit per year for at least 2016 and 2017 but more than likely through 2019. That's a locked in Sam is the guy commitment till death do us part. Is he worth that? Cause if he's not, THAT will destroy the cap and derail any quick rebuild. This team doesn't need a high paid QB right now. They're not good enough for one.
Unless he plays lights out for the remaining games, I would not sign him at 18 million per year. That's based on what I've seen up till now. I think I'd rather have Ryan Fitzpatrick. Now, at 12-15 million, I'd consider it. Simply because you need a QB and he's the best available.
That would be the smarter move. Get a fill in for the average QB number. Draft a rookie and develop the guy for a change. I'll give him a Mulligan on the moves up until now but his development has been terrible. Chip needs to do some serious self evaluation on his coaching methods because he hasn't improved a single offensive player that he's brought in since he's been here.
