...but the truth is that Chris Snee's contract has been an albatross since Super Bowl XLVI, and remains one in 2014.
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I knew it was coming, I just … everyone just kind of wants that Strahan ending. That's wishful thinking
In hindsight, the best thing for Snee and the team would have been for him to take the Strahan ending when he had it - in February 2012. Love the player he was, and the Giant he is, but if Kevin Abrams had it to do over again, he might re-think those restructures.
My point was that he earned it between September 2004 and February 2012. The cap overhang in the subsequent three seasons is just an unfortunate consequence of a back-loaded, repeatedly restructured contract. It's not Snee's fault.
Saying that his cap number in 2012-2014 constrained the team's ability to restock doesn't diminish his stature or his long-term contribution. You can love the player and still wish he hadn't consumed twenty million cap dollars to appear in twenty games - without great distinction - over his final three years on the books. I love Eli Manning too. That doesn't mean I have to love his contract.
They didn't do anything to Taylor...he himself said Â
he knew his career was over during the latter part of 1993 and in the playoff game against SF.
As for Simms, the cap was new and GY didn't know how to handle it plus they had drafted Brown whom they saw as Phil's replacement. The fact Phil never played again indicates he probably felt he was done also.
Simms has been very clear that he was shocked by being released and would have played another year. He just didn't want to start all over with another team at that point in his life.
Willie is that because neither Simms nor LT were Â
In hindsight, the best thing for Snee and the team would have been for him to take the Strahan ending when he had it - in February 2012. Love the player he was, and the Giant he is, but if Kevin Abrams had it to do over again, he might re-think those restructures.
Saying that his cap number in 2012-2014 constrained the team's ability to restock doesn't diminish his stature or his long-term contribution. You can love the player and still wish he hadn't consumed twenty million cap dollars to appear in twenty games - without great distinction - over his final three years on the books. I love Eli Manning too. That doesn't mean I have to love his contract.
As for Simms, the cap was new and GY didn't know how to handle it plus they had drafted Brown whom they saw as Phil's replacement. The fact Phil never played again indicates he probably felt he was done also.