Skins Offense a league leader in re-signings?

[Schneed10]

I'm not really sure what you're trying to get at, Freddy. Resigning and restructuring doesn't mean a whole lot when you purposely structure all of your contracts to require some tinkering after the first three years (as the Skins do).

Probably the best way to look at team continuity is the number of returning starters. In that case, we've only got one spot out of the 11 on offense that is turning over - Dockery. We're even extremely stable amongst the backups. That certainly speaks to your point.

I think it bodes well for us on offense in 2007. Defense remains a question of course...

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm not really sure what you're trying to get at, Freddy. Resigning and restructuring doesn't mean a whole lot when you purposely structure all of your contracts to require some tinkering after the first three years (as the Skins do).

Probably the best way to look at team continuity is the number of returning starters. In that case, we've only got one spot out of the 11 on offense that is turning over - Dockery. We're even extremely stable amongst the backups. That certainly speaks to your point.

I think it bodes well for us on offense in 2007. Defense remains a question of course...

Trying to show that this is the most continuity we've shown in Snyder's tenure. I appreciate your point about the restructures, as it pushes cap space forward, but the extensions are essentially re-signings.

e.g. there was more to Jansen's contract than just a simple restructure. Even if the team only expects him to be here 2-3 more years, they made a greater commitment to him by doing that deal & it gives the team the opportunity to restructure in the future if need be. Additionally, we re-signed guys that were free agents, Wade, Pucillo, Yoder. Re-upping James Thrash, the #4 wr, really shows a commitment to keeping the team in tact.

Now, if we can sort out the mess on defense...