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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 819478"><p>I wouldn't argue with that, but the problem is he was already hired by Cleveland. I suppose you could say Murphy was a day late and dollar short in kicking Thompson upstairs. I wouldn't write off Gutekunst, though. I like his first draft; we'll just have to see where he goes from here.</p><p> </p><p>A couple things to note about Dorsey. First, he has no problem bringing in trouble makers, whether it's Landry or Randall or now Kareem Hunt. This runs counter to the alleged Packer ethos. Second, Dorsey has had the benefit of some high picks in his short tenure to date. Third, he was sitting on a mountain of cap going into last season without spending much of it and he's got a bigger mountain now. Whether he's on a tight cash budget in one of the less lucrative markets or he's not willing spend big in free agency until he's confident he already has the core roster to make a run, I could not say.</p><p></p><p>This last point goes to the issue at the center of our discussion, to wit:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I realize that when I do a cap breakdown most eyes glaze over before the punch line, so here I'll cut to the bottom line of my recent post: the Packers effective cap space to be allocated to free agency, taking into account the cost of the upcoming draft, the PS and a reasonable PUP/IR reserve, currently stands at aobut $24 mil.</p><p></p><p>More can be gained by cutting certain vet starters, but then that's more holes to fill whether those players are overpaid or not, and that has to be done before the roster bonuses hit and before the draft where the ability to replace them in uncertain.</p><p></p><p>So how many Earl Thomas' can you effectively buy in your "win now" scenario? How many angels can fit on the head of a pin? Not many, I'd say.</p><p></p><p>It's probably worth asking how much difference will Earl Thomas make? Seattle was 2-2 last season with him (or 1-2 depending on how you look at the game he was injured); 8-4 (or 9-3) without him. Not that he wasn't a great player playing great, it's just that he was (and would be) one piece in big puzzle. Maybe not having him around constantly griping about money had a positive offset. And if you had Dorsey's cap space and dumped it on small pile of Earl Thomases, you could very well end up with a group of players that just don't mesh, like the Philly "Dream Team", and then spend years taking it apart and rebuilding it.</p><p></p><p>But you don't have that cap space, so that takes us back to those angels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 819478"] I wouldn't argue with that, but the problem is he was already hired by Cleveland. I suppose you could say Murphy was a day late and dollar short in kicking Thompson upstairs. I wouldn't write off Gutekunst, though. I like his first draft; we'll just have to see where he goes from here. A couple things to note about Dorsey. First, he has no problem bringing in trouble makers, whether it's Landry or Randall or now Kareem Hunt. This runs counter to the alleged Packer ethos. Second, Dorsey has had the benefit of some high picks in his short tenure to date. Third, he was sitting on a mountain of cap going into last season without spending much of it and he's got a bigger mountain now. Whether he's on a tight cash budget in one of the less lucrative markets or he's not willing spend big in free agency until he's confident he already has the core roster to make a run, I could not say. This last point goes to the issue at the center of our discussion, to wit: I realize that when I do a cap breakdown most eyes glaze over before the punch line, so here I'll cut to the bottom line of my recent post: the Packers effective cap space to be allocated to free agency, taking into account the cost of the upcoming draft, the PS and a reasonable PUP/IR reserve, currently stands at aobut $24 mil. More can be gained by cutting certain vet starters, but then that's more holes to fill whether those players are overpaid or not, and that has to be done before the roster bonuses hit and before the draft where the ability to replace them in uncertain. So how many Earl Thomas' can you effectively buy in your "win now" scenario? How many angels can fit on the head of a pin? Not many, I'd say. It's probably worth asking how much difference will Earl Thomas make? Seattle was 2-2 last season with him (or 1-2 depending on how you look at the game he was injured); 8-4 (or 9-3) without him. Not that he wasn't a great player playing great, it's just that he was (and would be) one piece in big puzzle. Maybe not having him around constantly griping about money had a positive offset. And if you had Dorsey's cap space and dumped it on small pile of Earl Thomases, you could very well end up with a group of players that just don't mesh, like the Philly "Dream Team", and then spend years taking it apart and rebuilding it. But you don't have that cap space, so that takes us back to those angels. [/QUOTE]
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