Originally Posted by mrbojangles
Harvey, I agree with the majority of your comments but would think we'd have to be careful with the frontloading of the contracts depending on what motivates the player. Obviously in the case of Favre or Kampman we'd be well served in that it would come from this years cap money and not hurt us down the road but if the player (i.e. Woodson) isn't as competitive at this stage in his career or just looking to bank it might just be wasted money and the money thrown his way might adversely affect the chemistry of the team and the money asked by our upcoming FA's if they base their value on Woodson's contract.
I really think TT's year 3 is the one that will make or break him as if we buy into this theory of one year contracts to fine some gems that fit our system and then have the cap room to offer them extended contracts and if competitive then sign possibly a few upper echelon FA's in next year's offseason (hoping it's a better crop) then we may be back on track to being competitive for the next several years.
If this year is a wash like last year (with Klemm, O'Dwyer, Freeman, etc. not panning out) I'll likely be at the end of my patience level.