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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 653281">There is a point buried in there.Sure, Thompson looks smart if Guion gets hurt or suspended again.  Avoiding wasted cap is a positive but it is not the primary objective.  Winning depends upon building a roster that on balance plays above their contracts.  Risk avoidance only takes you so far.Now that the risk avoidance details are out of the way, the question before the court should be:Is Guion worth a $3.5 mil cap hit in 2016 as a player on the roster for 16 games?  I believe he is if the 2014 version takes the field.As an aside, all reports indicate that pot smoking is widespread in the NFL.  Unless a guy is already in the program, there's no testing for it between training camp and the end of the season.  Most players are smart about it.  Guion's sin, by NFL standards, is not that he smoked pot, possibly in large quantities, but that he was stupid enough to get caught with a load of it.  I suspect he learned his lesson.</blockquote>

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