Originally Posted by Chromeburn (Post 113392)

Would you consider the Peyton led Colts a dynasty?

Originally Posted by Chaka (Post 113403)

Of course not, we only won a single SB

Originally Posted by FatDT (Post 113405)

Here is a Tweet about Funchess' contract.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JoelAEric...99654080970752



Seems to be this is a $7M contract that becomes at least a $10M contract if he isn't cut during the season, with the possibility of becoming up to a $13M contract if he hits some or all of his incentives.

I suppose that is a bit better. But realistically, he's not getting cut. So that money is likely to be earned and it is functionally still a $10 mil contract with $3 mil in incentives.

Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 113415)

We can afford that. May be 2-3 million more than we would have liked but with the amount of cap space we have it's not a huge overpay if an overpay at all

Originally Posted by Chromeburn (Post 113393)

I enjoy it. Entitled fanbase. Sick of all the new Rams fans too. I was walking out of a game this year and some asshat tough guy was pissing on a tree in front of everyone. He saw me giving him a dirty look and tried to start a fight with me.

Originally Posted by Chromeburn (Post 113323)

When Polian first got here he went out and got FA's like Bratzke and Cota to shore up the talent differential. He only went solely to the draft after they signed their star players to contracts and did not have as much cap room. That strategy eventually failed because they were not drafting as well. Would Polian have sat on a hundred million in this case especially after getting spanked in the playoffs?

Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 113370)

I'm not sure that there is any one best way to build a football team. To me, the most important thing is that you have A way, that you understand it and that you do not allow yourself to deviate much,if at all. Ballard/Reich (it is a great thing for this organization that they seem to work as one) have a plan and really seem to know where they want to take this team. So far it has worked about as well as I could have hoped for. One year ago everyone, and I mean everyone, thought we had the least talented team in football. Thru 6 games that seemed to hold (although you could see things, like the offensive line, start to jell if you looked beyond our record), then it started to turn. For the first time in years I find myself being comfortable watching someone who apparently knows what the hell they are doing build this team. I'm really enjoying this build.

Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 113402)

Back to Funchess for a second. I'm very pleased to see that the 'experts' hate the signing. One guy gave it a D- and another had it as the third worst signing in free agency this year. To me this bodes extremely well for us. I remember D's for Nelson and Leonard being the 'worst" pick in the entire draft. Hoping Funchess reads what a crappy signing he was for us and it motivates him. He is huge, runs nice routes and will make people eat crow (they won't) with the way he is used by our staff here. I repeat, he is a great signing because this staff knows exactly what he brings to the table and knows exactly how they are going to use his skill set. It's no guarantee but it's as close as you can get.