Good/Bad News for a Change - 2013 18MM cap penalty probably (not) going away

[GoSkins!]

Originally Posted by Coff

I'm just going to make an observation here:

For the past thirteen years, the Redskins have consistently been the biggest spender in the off-season. Nearly without exception, they have every year made a giant splash in free-agent signings. And this has been the greatest criticism of a team that has been one of the least successful teams in the NFL over that time period. The Redskins have been mocked for foolishly wasting money and continuing to believe that whatever holes the team has can be quickly and easily filled via free agency.

Then, in 2012, within hours of the beginning of free agency, the Redskins were stripped of the opportunity to engage in the free-agent market as they usually do. Nine months later, the team won its first division title in thirteen seasons, mostly on the backs of unproven, hungry, young talent.

I'm not convinced that allowing the Redskins to go back to their old ways is going to produce results different from those of the past.

I have been thinking this same thing ever since the Giants were watching the Redskins and Cowboys battle for the NFC EAST crown. Mara forced the Redskins to be fiscally conservative and utilize more young, hungry players along with re-signing key team members from the year before.

Kind of ironic huh?

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by GoSkins!

I have been thinking this same thing ever since the Giants were watching the Redskins and Cowboys battle for the NFC EAST crown. Mara forced the Redskins to be fiscally conservative and utilize more young, hungry players along with re-signing key team members from the year before.

Kind of ironic huh?

The skins have been fiscally conservative since Shanahan and Allen took over. It was nothing like it was under the "Snyderatto years." If Mara didn't try to F us over, we wouldnt have spent like crazy. we would have probably signed 2 or 3 talented, but not elite secondary players to reasonable contracts, and perhaps signed someone like Eddie Royal who would have made the roster instead of Brandon Banks. There's not telling what we would have done, but we certainly wouldn't have done anything crazy.

... Except perhaps sign Peyton Manning, if we were truly seriously interested. If we had, i really dont think we would have drafted RGIII. Just seems like overkill. Yeah, we had already traded for the #2 pick, but we easily could have flipped the pick to the browns, used our 1st rounder on Matt Kalil or Morris Claybourne, our 2nd on Janoris Jenkins, and still gotten Kirk Cousins to eventually take over from Manning.

Come to think of it, if that was our plan, then Mara really did screw us over. Not that we could have forseen RGIII getting hurt or Cousins being as good as he appears to be, but that scenario would seem to set our team up for more short and long-term success than what we have now. Oh well, so much for that crazy fantasy.

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Originally Posted by GoSkins!

I have been thinking this same thing ever since the Giants were watching the Redskins and Cowboys battle for the NFC EAST crown. Mara forced the Redskins to be fiscally conservative and utilize more young, hungry players along with re-signing key team members from the year before.

Kind of ironic huh?

I think that was part of the plan 3 yrs back when Shanahan and company took over the team. The 18 mil hit hurt sign better quality younger players if anything.