Pick 47 Trent Murphy

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by tshile

Cap is expected to go up significantly over the next few years.

Plus... you draft guys. You can't count on resigning everyone, or everyone demanding money that correlates to their production. We're going to lose some guys, it's life. We need to make sure we lose the right guys and have people behind them.

Trent, Griffin, and Kerrigan are musts for me. I'm not an Orakpo fan - unless he comes down in price to where I believe is reasonable.

If there's one thing we've always been good at it's negotiating the cap year in-year out. It'd be nice to see that put to use with quality players that contribute to making a quality team, instead of what we saw over the last 14 years.

I don't see why anyone would pay either Kerrigan or orakpo a lot of money. Neither has shown consistency. OverPaying Kerrigan would be just as bad a overpaying orakpo. Both are flash players against weak tackles.

[MTK]

I won't be surprised if Morris doesn't see a 2nd contract here. Just makes no sense to pay backs big money anymore.

Also no need to start sweating the cap now without knowing where it might be 2-3 years from now.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I won't be surprised if Morris doesn't see a 2nd contract here. Just makes no sense to pay backs big money anymore.

Also no need to start sweating the cap now without knowing where it might be 2-3 years from now.

Agree on all points. I envision Gruden being more of a pass-first guy anyway, so Morris's role will probably drop off.

Also, people are doing the math on the cap based on back of the envelope figures based on average annual salary. As we should all know by now, average annual salary does not equate to cap hit. You can have a deal worth $10M per year but a cap hit of only $6M - $8M in the first few years.

They can afford to keep this nucleus together if they want to. But yeah, so much changes in the NFL from year to year, no sense even worrying about it now.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I won't be surprised if Morris doesn't see a 2nd contract here. Just makes no sense to pay backs big money anymore.

Also no need to start sweating the cap now without knowing where it might be 2-3 years from now.

I agree. Unfortunately for the RB's of the league, unless something is done to create a way to pay them, they just won't see big 2nd deals anymore.

Also agree about the Cap. At the start of the league year Dallas looked to be in a god awful cap situation, they currently have 8Million that will have a good chunk roll over to next year. I certainly expect and hope that the FO is paying attention to it, but I doubt there are very many fans that should be worrying about what will happen with contracts 3 years out.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I won't be surprised if Morris doesn't see a 2nd contract here. Just makes no sense to pay backs big money anymore.

Also no need to start sweating the cap now without knowing where it might be 2-3 years from now.

While I hope that Morris can stay here as long as he is healthy and productive, it wouldnt suprise me either. Hope it doesnt become a get rid of Stephen Davis for Trung Canidate type thing.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

While I hope that Morris can stay here as long as he is healthy and productive, it wouldnt suprise me either. Hope it doesnt become a get rid of Stephen Davis for Trung Canidate type thing.

I'm very interested in seeing if Morris can be that rare post-Shanahan RB with success. To be honest, he probably will be fine but there are plenty of guys I'm looking to lock up before AlfMo

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I won't be surprised if Morris doesn't see a 2nd contract here. Just makes no sense to pay backs big money anymore.

Also no need to start sweating the cap now without knowing where it might be 2-3 years from now.

I'd really hate to see Morris go. Of course it all depends on how he does this season. If he winds up with another 1300-1600 yard season, it would be hard to justify not keeping Alf. Of course I understand that in today's NFL, the backs play second fiddle to quarterbacks and receivers, but I think you still need a solid running game to make it all work.

[tshile]

Originally Posted by donofriose

I don't see why anyone would pay either Kerrigan or orakpo a lot of money. Neither has shown consistency. OverPaying Kerrigan would be just as bad a overpaying orakpo. Both are flash players against weak tackles.

I disagree, I think kerrigan has shown more than that. But, my larger thought is that he won't demand top dollar like orakpo currently is. That may not wind up working out, we'll see.

[morrisfan]

Orakpo needs to bump up his game this year to earn his money.

[Chico23231]

Im not hearing anything about Trent Murphy out of camp. Any updates?

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Im not hearing anything about Trent Murphy out of camp. Any updates?

From what I've gathered, he's been solid overall and has made some big plays. Also, I've heard it mentioned a few times that he's always one of the last guys off the field. I still think this guy will be a beast.

In case you haven't read it, here's Keim's rookie report on Murphy from 6 days ago: