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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 658112"><p>With regard to the players outside of the 4 noted in the OP, from a cap perspective, it's a bit of "damned if you do and damned if you don't".</p><p></p><p>For example, on the one hand we would like to see Perry or Jones emerge as heir to the Peppers position, two guys who will also be FAs in 2017. If that happens, whatever cap savings one might gain with Peppers retirement goes right back into the heir's contract.</p><p></p><p>If neither player asserts his claim, with Pepper at or near the end of the line at that point, then the cupboard is bare and it comes down to the 2017 draft at a position where the selection process has not been very productive. The alternative is going back into the FA market with some money just to stay where we are, but then the cap savings from Peppers that could be applied to another player gets absorbed.</p><p></p><p>Since the last CBA was implemented, the idea that you have to have good drafts to stay competitive was elevated by a significant margin. The guys you draft are way cheap for the first 4 years, so you need enough of those guys to be productive to take the strain off the cap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 658112"] With regard to the players outside of the 4 noted in the OP, from a cap perspective, it's a bit of "damned if you do and damned if you don't". For example, on the one hand we would like to see Perry or Jones emerge as heir to the Peppers position, two guys who will also be FAs in 2017. If that happens, whatever cap savings one might gain with Peppers retirement goes right back into the heir's contract. If neither player asserts his claim, with Pepper at or near the end of the line at that point, then the cupboard is bare and it comes down to the 2017 draft at a position where the selection process has not been very productive. The alternative is going back into the FA market with some money just to stay where we are, but then the cap savings from Peppers that could be applied to another player gets absorbed. Since the last CBA was implemented, the idea that you have to have good drafts to stay competitive was elevated by a significant margin. The guys you draft are way cheap for the first 4 years, so you need enough of those guys to be productive to take the strain off the cap. [/QUOTE]
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