Mellinger roasts Pioli over an open flame

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Originally Posted by FAX

The cap deal is a bit of a mirage. We have a young team which naturally tends to keep the payroll down. We haven't seemed to have much difficulty in coming to terms with guys we want to keep, though. And that's an indicator that we're not being too chintzy. Then, you have FA which is a deal you normally use to fill in players once you've built your core roster. Most people will tell you that's where and when the money needs to be spent.

However, it's pretty clear that the Hunts decided to stay under the cap in order to recoup their investment in the Arrowhead renovations. Even so, I'm not sure how spending more money would have improved the team so much that it would have made a difference this year.

You could make a legitimate argument that we could have spent money to improve our depth or found players at a couple of key positions. Still, unless or until we have a quarterback who can compete at this level, that's patching holes in a boat that's already at the bottom of the Sea Of Dashed Aspirations.

FAX

I have to disagree. Creating depth on this team would not have impacted greatly the money spent, but we failed to do that. We also left a hole at RT the size of Pioli's ego. It might have been patchwork, but it was needed and in not doing so contributed to many of the blowout losses.