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Malcom:

If my calculations are correct, trading away Coles will eat up more than all of the cap room that the Skins have cleared so far - - meaning that if Samuels does not give them some relief, they can't afford to trade Coles nor will they have the money to give Smoot and sign much of anything else.


Daseal:

He wanted a renegotiation after his superb year in 2003. But he was under contract and the Pats said the equivalent of "Sorry, but we don't do that. Play out your contract and we'll talk after that." Then he was hurt and missed the last 8 or 9 games and all of the playoffs. From what I read, he still wanted a huge contract with a huge signing bonus meaning that in a couple of years he would be a cap nightmare for the Pats. So they released him.