SissyBoyFloyd
Pawnee, Skidi Clan
If you were the Cards GM (longterm) what would your overall philosophy be and how do you see implementing it?
1. To begin with I would not pay huge contracts to anyone, huge being the one we gave LF, or the monster contracts and guaranteed money the top FAs are getting. I would never potentially weaken my team by paying so much to just one player and limiting my options for the future.
2. The one exception could be, although highly unlikely and rarely if that, if we needed to sign or resign a young/in his prime HofF QB. Most great QBs are found not in the first, but in later rounds. Hopefully we would be developing those good picks for taking over the team every 5-10 yrs when needed.
3. What I would definitely make a practice of doing is trading great players that we had drafted, sometime during the year before their big money contract would be due and expected. I would use them during their youth for the lower draft level dollars, but if and when they became the Mario Williams or Larry Fitzgeralds and were going to cost the huge bucks, I would trade them for multiple high draft choices. I would keep the train going like this year after year. I would do this before their contract expired however and before left being FAs and we got nothing for them.
4. I would always try to have multiple high draft choices to choose the very best young talent and/or to package in order to move up in the draft to get that once in a generation player like a Manning or Luck. I would do that, but stay in a position to still have plenty of draft picks left in order to strengthen the team each year through the draft.
5. My overall goal would thus be to always remain in a cap position to fill any immediate needs my team would have through injury, retirees, or trades made for more picks.
6. I would be very active in most drafts, mostly moving back and acquiring even more draft picks. I firmly believe that you will find more great players with more draft picks, not higher draft picks. Like I said, there may be that one exception every so often, thus I would always want to be the team that has many draft picks to trade up and get that rare player if we he is the perfect fit.
7. It is all about putting and remaining in a great position to take advantage of opportunities when they arrive by being well under the cap and having many good draft picks each year. It is a lot cheaper to draft a lot of prospective future pro bowlers than hang yourself out to dry by overpaying for just one.
8. So any player on my team that is planning on making over 10 million per year might as well start packing the year prior to his current contract running out. Because if he is that good to deserve top salaries, he is good enough to trade for multiple good draft choices that I can continue to strengthen my team with in all areas, instead of just the one.
9. The Mannings, Breeses, and Rogers type QBs of the world are the only ones who would be permanent fixtures on my team and who I would pay the big bucks for.
10. My team would be young, have depth, and be solid in all respects. No weak links, with the greatest HofF types moving on as their initial contracts get close to expiring. I would use them during their younger and best years, and let other teams give me future draft choices for the right to pay them the big bucks.
Now what you your team look like?
1. To begin with I would not pay huge contracts to anyone, huge being the one we gave LF, or the monster contracts and guaranteed money the top FAs are getting. I would never potentially weaken my team by paying so much to just one player and limiting my options for the future.
2. The one exception could be, although highly unlikely and rarely if that, if we needed to sign or resign a young/in his prime HofF QB. Most great QBs are found not in the first, but in later rounds. Hopefully we would be developing those good picks for taking over the team every 5-10 yrs when needed.
3. What I would definitely make a practice of doing is trading great players that we had drafted, sometime during the year before their big money contract would be due and expected. I would use them during their youth for the lower draft level dollars, but if and when they became the Mario Williams or Larry Fitzgeralds and were going to cost the huge bucks, I would trade them for multiple high draft choices. I would keep the train going like this year after year. I would do this before their contract expired however and before left being FAs and we got nothing for them.
4. I would always try to have multiple high draft choices to choose the very best young talent and/or to package in order to move up in the draft to get that once in a generation player like a Manning or Luck. I would do that, but stay in a position to still have plenty of draft picks left in order to strengthen the team each year through the draft.
5. My overall goal would thus be to always remain in a cap position to fill any immediate needs my team would have through injury, retirees, or trades made for more picks.
6. I would be very active in most drafts, mostly moving back and acquiring even more draft picks. I firmly believe that you will find more great players with more draft picks, not higher draft picks. Like I said, there may be that one exception every so often, thus I would always want to be the team that has many draft picks to trade up and get that rare player if we he is the perfect fit.
7. It is all about putting and remaining in a great position to take advantage of opportunities when they arrive by being well under the cap and having many good draft picks each year. It is a lot cheaper to draft a lot of prospective future pro bowlers than hang yourself out to dry by overpaying for just one.
8. So any player on my team that is planning on making over 10 million per year might as well start packing the year prior to his current contract running out. Because if he is that good to deserve top salaries, he is good enough to trade for multiple good draft choices that I can continue to strengthen my team with in all areas, instead of just the one.
9. The Mannings, Breeses, and Rogers type QBs of the world are the only ones who would be permanent fixtures on my team and who I would pay the big bucks for.
10. My team would be young, have depth, and be solid in all respects. No weak links, with the greatest HofF types moving on as their initial contracts get close to expiring. I would use them during their younger and best years, and let other teams give me future draft choices for the right to pay them the big bucks.
Now what you your team look like?
...oh, please make sure to talk about one heart in your presser or something about you only have two kidneys if we still have a QB that likes to throw high
