Comments on: AADQ: Free Agency Period? What Free Agency Period? http://arrowheadaddict.com/2009/03/07/aadq-free-agency-period-what-free-agency-period/ A Kansas City Chiefs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more Fri, 25 May 2012 06:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: chiefsrule http://arrowheadaddict.com/2009/03/07/aadq-free-agency-period-what-free-agency-period/#comment-3752 chiefsrule Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:49:56 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/?p=3037#comment-3752 I will say this again Gump "So instead of overpaying for great free agents that might actually do something Carl overspent on mediocre players who never produced." You just backed that up by mentioning D Mac and N. Harris. I will say this again Gump “So instead of overpaying for great free agents that might actually do something Carl overspent on mediocre players who never produced.”

You just backed that up by mentioning D Mac and N. Harris.

]]> By: Gump http://arrowheadaddict.com/2009/03/07/aadq-free-agency-period-what-free-agency-period/#comment-3777 Gump Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:08:38 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/?p=3037#comment-3777 If you think we have gone backwards in the last 60 days..... We haven't relied on the draft only for three years, that was just last year. What about D-Mac, Nap Harris etc... They were touted as the missing pieces by several people and look at what you got. You want more of that? All I'm saying is everything in moderation. A week ago Pioli and crew were FA geniuses having stolen Cassel, and now less than a week later this? Get off the roller coaster. A steady measured aproach to both FA and the Draft is what we need to build a strong foundation and a core of players that can win for a long time. FA is to fill holes once the foundation is in place. Every year we go through this people, calm down. I've watched and listened to folks here and elsewhere throw hissy fits when the front office doesn't pick or sign their guy. I'll bet you all are fantasy champions too right, 'cause you got mad skillz and a crystal ball right. If you think we have gone backwards in the last 60 days….. We haven’t relied on the draft only for three years, that was just last year. What about D-Mac, Nap Harris etc… They were touted as the missing pieces by several people and look at what you got. You want more of that?

All I’m saying is everything in moderation. A week ago Pioli and crew were FA geniuses having stolen Cassel, and now less than a week later this? Get off the roller coaster. A steady measured aproach to both FA and the Draft is what we need to build a strong foundation and a core of players that can win for a long time. FA is to fill holes once the foundation is in place. Every year we go through this people, calm down.

I’ve watched and listened to folks here and elsewhere throw hissy fits when the front office doesn’t pick or sign their guy. I’ll bet you all are fantasy champions too right, ’cause you got mad skillz and a crystal ball right.

]]> By: BucktheFroncos http://arrowheadaddict.com/2009/03/07/aadq-free-agency-period-what-free-agency-period/#comment-3776 BucktheFroncos Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:37:06 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/?p=3037#comment-3776 According to Gretz last week we have somewher between 16-32 million in cap space. "The NFL salary cap ceiling for the 2009 season is $127 million. Teams must spend 87.6 percent of that, setting the salary floor at $111.252 million. When free agency started, the Chiefs had a ballpark figure of $50 million under the cap available to them, meaning $77 million was spoken for by players on the roster. That number jumped by $18 million with the additions of Cassel and Vrabel, so now the team is at $95 million. That leaves about $16 million for the Chiefs to reach the minimum and $32 million to reach the maximum. The Chiefs won’t get anywhere near the cap sealing in the ‘09 season, and will likely be closer to the minimum. So Pioli may be saving his cap space for draft picks and signing new deals for some of the team’s younger players who step forward on the field during the ‘09 season." I like what we have done thus far but I would have loved to see Brown come here. I think Pioli will earn his cash with names that aren't sexy signings. One or two that fall through the cracks of others draft boards. According to Gretz last week we have somewher between 16-32 million in cap space.
“The NFL salary cap ceiling for the 2009 season is $127 million. Teams must spend 87.6 percent of that, setting the salary floor at $111.252 million. When free agency started, the Chiefs had a ballpark figure of $50 million under the cap available to them, meaning $77 million was spoken for by players on the roster. That number jumped by $18 million with the additions of Cassel and Vrabel, so now the team is at $95 million. That leaves about $16 million for the Chiefs to reach the minimum and $32 million to reach the maximum. The Chiefs won’t get anywhere near the cap sealing in the ‘09 season, and will likely be closer to the minimum. So Pioli may be saving his cap space for draft picks and signing new deals for some of the team’s younger players who step forward on the field during the ‘09 season.”

I like what we have done thus far but I would have loved to see Brown come here. I think Pioli will earn his cash with names that aren’t sexy signings. One or two that fall through the cracks of others draft boards.

]]> By: Chuck P http://arrowheadaddict.com/2009/03/07/aadq-free-agency-period-what-free-agency-period/#comment-3775 Chuck P Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:36:14 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/?p=3037#comment-3775 Its really funny you bring this topic up. I brought this up over on my subscription based website of Warpaint Illustrated (Scout.com) and was "attacked vehemently" for even questioning the Pioli Way!!!!!! It's like you can't even have an opinion that might just slightly dissagree with the Pioli Way. Glad to see that there are others out there that don't just drink the "kool-aid" and question nothing. After all thats why GOD gave you a brain!!!! Its really funny you bring this topic up. I brought this up over on my subscription based website of Warpaint Illustrated (Scout.com) and was “attacked vehemently” for even questioning the Pioli Way!!!!!! It’s like you can’t even have an opinion that might just slightly dissagree with the Pioli Way. Glad to see that there are others out there that don’t just drink the “kool-aid” and question nothing. After all thats why GOD gave you a brain!!!!

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