Bottom line is you have no room to complain about someone barely making it over you when that would not have been the case had you handled your business, in your building. Yes, it's a fact that the Jets caught a break, but it's also a fact that we had a shot to control our own destiny vs that team and we blew it. One you have no control over but the other you have some control over. So when you look back look back at that. We can't cry about not catching a break when we didn't handle our business in our building. I mean, we lost to that team 24-7.
I hate that loss so much. Because it elevated Matt Sanchez of all people into this future HoF QB and they are just now realizing he sucks.
The complaint is rooted in the Texans blowing a golden opportunity; the Jet game is just one of many chances the Texans had to turn 2009 into the playoff season it should have been. When people complain about a currently mishandled salary cap, they're failing to realize that the clock for that nucleus actually started in 2009, not last year. That's all. They had an easy schedule, they had winnable games - they flushed it all and *still* had a better than 50/50 chance the final two weeks and watched others blow it for them. No one is excusing 2009; we're cursing it.
Whether we lost to them by 40, beat them by 40, lost to them twice, beat them twice, etc. - it doesn't change the reality that if Manning isn't pulled, the Texans make the playoffs and the Jets don't. I just don't agree with the premise of having "room to complain" in the first place. Facts are facts. Guess we have different outlooks.
I like the trade for the Eagles. Low risk, high reward. His salary may be huge but ask anybody, the Eagles front office are masters of the NFL salary cap.
How are they masters of the salary cap by taking on a big, long term deal? They got a very good player that fills a need but I still don't understand your statement.
Are you being purposely ignorant? They've added a ton of high profile, highly paid players the past few seasons and have managed to stay within the salary cap
are you purposely being a dick? You actually completely misunderstood what I was saying so don't get your panties in a bunch because you weren't able to figure it out
How is it low risk? He's a player with a contract bigger than his performance over the last couple of seasons.
Maybe I'm talking out of my Madden football ass here, but when I trade a player in Madden, I assume all of the guaranteed money in the player's contract when the trade is made, the team receiving the player only owes the base salary and none of that is guaranteed, meaning they can cut him loose at any time without owing anything. If the game is correct then the Texans payed the guaranteed money for Demeco as dead money on their cap next year but free up all of his base salary: the Eagles only owe him the base slary which is non-guaranteed money meaning their are no financial reprucussions for cutting him ever during the life of the contract. Capologists, does real life follow the Madden video game plan?
Cuz in the NFL you just cut em', wash your hands, and take a nap on a picnic -- the contract situation is almost a non-factor. And a 4th round pick? Relatively low impact pick. The Eagles need linebacking and they also need a leader to rally the troops and set alignments. Demeco will also actually play since its a 4-3. Low risk.
on the kick off, Madden will burn seconds off the clock before the kick returner runs it out of the endzone. in real life, the clock starts only after he has left the endzone.
The Eagles are only going to have to pay his base salary. For a guy that will call the plays for your defense, and can still run sideline-to-sideline really well and clean up on running plays, DeMeco will be a pretty good value.
Ryans make a lot of money even disregarding his signing bonus. $4.8, $6.6, and $6.8mil for the next 3 years. That's very much above average for a linebacker(top 20ish money). The Eagles obviously think he's worth it. But make no mistake. If he doesn't perform like a stud on the field, they'll cut him next year before commiting $6.6 in 2013.
Yes, my outlook is focus on what we control. We had a chance to beat the team that made it over us and we lost. That's a fact as well and the one we should focus on, not another team not doing us a solid.
This is how a professional looks at it. I'm sure a head coach would say the same thing. I wonder if The Cat thinks Kubiak went told the guys "The Colts cost us a playoff birth". I doubt it.
Guys, you're reading waaaaay too much into this - nobody, The Cat included, is making any excuses for them coughing up a playoff spot in 2009. They had ample opportunities, including - but by no means limited to the Jets losing just one of their final 2 games, which is very common among a lot of playoff teams. It is a *fact*, based on record, that those two games were against superior opponents. Also a fact: both teams rested key starters, including their starting QBs. All 16 regular season games count. The Jets only had to play 14 that year; the other two were treated like exhibition games. There's a good chance they lose at least one under normal circumstances, thereby negating the head-to-head. That's not an excuse; it simply is what it is, every bit as factual and relevant as the Jets beating us straight up and the Texans blowing four games on what were, essentially, the final plays of each game. The bottom line is that that that team was good enough to go to playoffs and *they* blew it.
