Offseason personnel strategy

[Drift Reality]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

Funny you mention that - when my Dad commented how old the Redskins are as a team, I pointed out all of those young guys that had a major impact in the win Sunday. Even Rocky with the blocked punt and several special teams tackles came up huge (can we get him on the field on D? Please?). Gibbs must adopt a cap strategy that emphasizes keeping the young core intact. I don't want to ever see us lose another Antonio Pierce for reasonable money and see him become a team leader elsewhere. He should offer Cooley and Sellers extensions before they can even reach free agency at the end of next season.

The Pierce loss was pretty big I think. I really wonder how that slipped through the cracks, because it is not like he got franchise-type money.

Consider this:

Pierce signed a 4-year, $7.4 million contract
Clark signed a 4-year, $7.1 million contract

vs.

Archuleta signed a 6-year deal worth about $30 million

Doesn't it make you sick that we could have both Pierce and Clark for a fraction of the price we paid for Archuleta?

One thing to note: Smoot was demoted recently and people are talking about him possibly being cut this year. If he were to be cut, I think the Skins would have to think long and hard about bringing him back to play in the nickel.