New contracts for Andre Carter and Randle El

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

So for the people that complain my question is...if we don't restructure, what else can the team do? Wouldn't cutting some of these guys would affect our cap more? I know that restructuring is not a good thing, but isn't it a lesser of two evils?

you eventually have to pay the piper. You can't keep giving these older players these types of deals. randel el is 29 and if that extension kicks in through 2015, he'll be like 35 or so making pretty damn good money for a guy that hasn't produced in his peek years. Same goes for Carter. This is why we dont have quality depth, why we have aging players making too much money to cut. You have to get rid of these guys when there best days are behind them, like the Eagles, Patriots seem to do and fill the spots with young guys. Its just the same old crap from the Front Office.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

you eventually have to pay the piper. You can't keep giving these older players these types of deals. randel el is 29 and if that extension kicks in through 2015, he'll be like 35 or so making pretty damn good money for a guy that hasn't produced in his peek years. Same goes for Carter. This is why we dont have quality depth, why we have aging players making too much money to cut. You have to get rid of these guys when there best days are behind them, like the Eagles, Patriots seem to do and fill the spots with young guys. Its just the same old crap from the Front Office.

The Patriots let's their star players walk away when they are free agents (Adam V. and Rodney Harrison) and trade them when they are in their prime (Deion Branch). Also bad idea using the Patriots as an example, as they bring old players and make them work (i.e. Junior Seau).