re: Cut Spiller and Ingram and roll with Forte/Hightower

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Spending ahead is great, but not at the level they've done it.

The only possible way they can get under the cap enough to sign the draft picks is to rework Drew's contract.

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they could ignore Brees' contract and still improve, not a lot, but still could.

The issue isn't spending ahead, it is spending ahead and not getting the production you intended to get out of it. A lot of teams spend ahead, they just hit on more free agents than we do, which is unfortunate with the amount of "bigger" names we've gotten over the years since we thought we were a few pieces away.

Since 2012, our biggest cap hell year, we have messed up on a lot more free agents than not...
Guys like Byrd, Spiller, Lofton, Hawthorne, Chamberlain, Bunkley, Browner, Bailey, Goodwin, Grubbs, Lorig, Butler, etc were all lauded at the time, but never produced what we envisioned they produced. Yet we spent a shite ton of money on them.

While a short list like Lewis, Haralson, Kevin Williams, Watson, etc have produced or overproduced their contract.

Money is easily manipulated, but if you intend to manipulate them you better make sure the guys you sign with the room and pushing them back produce or you'll end up like us.