Comments on: Around the League – Week 7 http://www.patriotsdaily.com/2009/10/around-the-league-week-7/ Where Every Day Is Patriots Day Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:41:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.patriotsdaily.com/2009/10/around-the-league-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-9716 David Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:09:05 +0000 http://www.patriotsdaily.com/?p=4532#comment-9716 Here's the thing about parity that the pundits are missing: It's the *opportunity* for parity, that exists. If you have a crappy management structure, draft badly and/or have no fiscal discipline, you'll fail. The Raiders are the poster children for this. Let's leave all of the "senile Al" jokes aside, I read that they have 1/3 of their salary cap split between 5 players (QB, CB, RB, WR and Punter) - i mean, that's ridiculous, especially when those players don't perform up to expectations. Part of the problem is the salary structure of top 5 draft picks, but the Raiders didn't have to give their star CB 10 million. The Patriots didn't (Asante Samuel), they invested in depth! On top of that, the Raiders gave away a first round draft choice on a DE that may not be on the team next year. Another example - the Chiefs, got a fools ransom for Jared Allen, and what have they done with it? They were laden down with 2nd/3rd rounders the past few years, and yet are STILL rebuilding. So, parity isn't the problem, it's the management of parity that is. Cheers. Here’s the thing about parity that the pundits are missing: It’s the *opportunity* for parity, that exists.

If you have a crappy management structure, draft badly and/or have no fiscal discipline, you’ll fail. The Raiders are the poster children for this. Let’s leave all of the “senile Al” jokes aside, I read that they have 1/3 of their salary cap split between 5 players (QB, CB, RB, WR and Punter) – i mean, that’s ridiculous, especially when those players don’t perform up to expectations. Part of the problem is the salary structure of top 5 draft picks, but the Raiders didn’t have to give their star CB 10 million. The Patriots didn’t (Asante Samuel), they invested in depth!

On top of that, the Raiders gave away a first round draft choice on a DE that may not be on the team next year. Another example – the Chiefs, got a fools ransom for Jared Allen, and what have they done with it? They were laden down with 2nd/3rd rounders the past few years, and yet are STILL rebuilding.

So, parity isn’t the problem, it’s the management of parity that is.

Cheers.

]]> By: bobd http://www.patriotsdaily.com/2009/10/around-the-league-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-9715 bobd Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:10 +0000 http://www.patriotsdaily.com/?p=4532#comment-9715 Well from my point of view I think what the pundits are really saying is that you have really lousy, crappy teams at the bottom and then you have rather mediocre teams at the top (not great teams). And that's the problem. The Pats and the Jets both humiliated their opponents last week but neither one played particularly well. And look at your top 5. The Saints, Vikings, Colts are all retreaded versions of past years. Nothing outstanding there. And Pittsburgh is clearly a notch below last year. Only the Patriots have a smidgen of a chance of being really good. Well from my point of view I think what the pundits are really saying is that you have really lousy, crappy teams at the bottom and then you have rather mediocre teams at the top (not great teams). And that’s the problem. The Pats and the Jets both humiliated their opponents last week but neither one played particularly well. And look at your top 5. The Saints, Vikings, Colts are all retreaded versions of past years. Nothing outstanding there. And Pittsburgh is clearly a notch below last year. Only the Patriots have a smidgen of a chance of being really good.

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