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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
A general rule to follow is NEVER--under any circumstances--restructure the deal of a guy who your team is not confident in at least for the next two seasons. Once you push his SB money into the next few years, it becomes almost possible to sever the deal for the next two seasons without a serious cap hit.
I was against the Jansen restructuring because I didn't know that he had two years left in him. The good news is that, by the time we find out if thats true, those two years will have passed and it will be possible to go another direction with JJ if he has a subpar or injury riddled 2008.
Once you convert base salary into a signing bonus, that is the ultimate vote of confidence in your guy. Do that to too many people, and you pretty much have no roster flexibility whatsoever.
Because of this, the 2008 Redskins are going to look a lot like the 2007 Redskins.
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Good way to put it. I remember last year when Jansen got his extension, and then Randy Thomas got one, and of course Samuels had his the year before Jansen. So you could really see the financial committment to those guys. When a team gives big dollar extensions to players later in their careers, that means they love them. The Skins haven't made that committment to any other guys their age in a while. And no surprises there, those three are thought of as huge leaders on the team, and the coaching staff loves all three of them. Too bad two of them got hurt so badly.
Especially Randy Thomas. Have I ever mentioned that I heart Randy Thomas?