UNOFFICIAL Salary Cap Thread

[MJZiggy]

If he is a true disciple of Ron Wolf, he won't pay it. Wolf had a different combination of starting guards almost every year. When he first came he had a rotating door at guard with older veterans coming and going, several starting for other teams after leaving GB. When he got good young starters like Taylor and Timmerman, he let them walk away too as soon as they first became FAs.

I wonder if TT didn't learn his lesson in the Klemm years...

[Joemailman]

I wonder if TT didn't learn his lesson in the Klemm years...

That was his 1st year though. He hadn't yet had an opportunity to develop young replacements. He may well decide that someone like Lang, Newhouse or Schlauderaff will be able to replace Sitton.

[Patler]

That was his 1st year though. He hadn't yet had an opportunity to develop young replacements. He may well decide that someone like Lang, Newhouse or Schlauderaff will be able to replace Sitton.

He seems to be building that way. Sherman had the roster set up with two guards they couldn't afford, and not a single replacement in sight when TT came. TT had to go with what was available and cheap. The roster looks a lot different now.

[Guiness]

He seems to be building that way. Sherman had the roster set up with two guards they couldn't afford, and not a single replacement in sight when TT came. TT had to go with what was available and cheap. The roster looks a lot different now.

The cupboard was certainly bare. I checked to see what we had for guards on the roster in '04 (Rivera and Wahle's last season) and our other guards were Ruegamer and Wells (Tauscher was listed as well). Wells was never going to be a full time guard in this league, and Ruegamer was a stopgap journeyman who had not started a game after 4 years in the league. We weren't exactly grooming guys for the position.

Looking at Grey's Wikipedia page...he's got two SB rings, one with NE, one with the Giants in '06!

[Patler]

Wells was never going to be a full time guard in this league, and Ruegamer was a stopgap journeyman who had not started a game after 4 years in the league.

Ruegamer was really a center, too, just like Wells.

[Guiness]

Ruegamer was really a center, too, just like Wells.

Ya, I remember Favre complaining about how he got the ball all sweaty and slick, made the exchanges difficult.

Was he mainly a center? I thought that was just stopgap work, I remember we had a lot of 'centers' on the roster that year. I know he played some guard for us as well. I wonder why Wells didn't go in when Flanagan got hurt?

[Patler]

Ya, I remember Favre complaining about how he got the ball all sweaty and slick, made the exchanges difficult.

Was he mainly a center? I thought that was just stopgap work, I remember we had a lot of 'centers' on the roster that year. I know he played some guard for us as well. I wonder why Wells didn't go in when Flanagan got hurt?

Wells was a rookie and signed to the PS in 2004 at the start of the season. Ruegamer was the backup center. When Flanagan was lost for the season, Ruegamer took over and Wells was signed from the PS as the backup. Wells ended up playing a bit because Ruegamer got hurt, too.

Ruegamer played some guard, but was really a center, as I recall.

[Guiness]

Wells was a rookie and signed to the PS in 2004 at the start of the season. Ruegamer was the backup center. When Flanagan was lost for the season, Ruegamer took over and Wells was signed from the PS as the backup. Wells ended up playing a bit because Ruegamer got hurt, too.

Ruegamer played some guard, but was really a center, as I recall.

Impeccable memory Patler. I forgot Wells spent the better part of that year on the PS.

The guy I remember, and I think he was on the 53 man for most of the year was Chris White. Considering Spitz was also billed as a center, that makes 5 on the roster! (or 4, if Wells wasn't promoted until Flanagan was hurt.) And we were upset by 4 TE's, at least you can have two of them on the field at a time.