I just figured I'd post something about it here. The story definitely grabbed my attention. Read the whole story here. Here's the text as well:

In the hustle and bustle of last week's owners meetings, our post on the five-year outlook of the NFL salary cap might have slipped your mind. I know it can be a dry subject, but now that ESPN's John Clayton has filled in many of the details, I hope you agree this is one of the most important stories of the offseason.

According to Clayton, the NFL management council informed teams last week that the 2015 salary cap projects to about $122 million. That's not much of an increase from 2011 or 2012, and it's actually lower than the $123 million teams had in 2009.

The explanation is complicated and multi-faceted, but Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand offered one set of reasons last week. While the NFL's new TV contract will feature a substantially higher annual average when it begins in 2014, the first- and second-year revenue will be lower than the average. The cap will increase gradually as a result, but won't spike in the first year.

Untenable salary-cap situations sparked some of the biggest moves of the NFL offseason, including the Lions' $132 million contract extension with receiver Calvin Johnson and the Buffalo Bills' $100 million deal with defensive end Mario Williams. The Lions needed to extend Johnson's deal to lower his 2012 cap number, and the Houston Texans couldn't justify retaining Williams because of the franchise tag figure he would have commanded. And unless and until there is a substantially higher NFL cap limit, the issue will drive offseason moves for years to come.

Ahh, the wonderful UDFA time after the draft. My kool-aid is spiked and I want to fast-forward through the summer. Maybe I'll just continually drink and sleep, and the summer will go by more quickly. 

Anyways, I did a little checking up on Aaron Berry, the CB from Pitt, since it was intriguing that other teams had given him offers as well, and he opted to accept ours. The kid seems like a nice prospect and has some chance to make the team, with our dismal secondary..maybe that's why he accepted our offer haha.

Anyways, here's some stuff to look at:

5'10-11, 176-180. Take that how you will.

40 yard dash reported in the "high 4.3's and low 4.4's" at the Pitt pro day. Which, if true, would have put him as the fastest cornerback at the combine if he was invited. I recently read that he ran a 4.47 as told by another site, which is still plenty fast in my opinion, especially when comparing to the others of this class.

Broad jump of 10.3', Vertical of 37". Both are sub-par when compared to others that participated at the combine. 

First team All-Big East 2009, as selected by the Big East coaches. 

Golden Tate described him as the toughest cornerback he had faced all year.

His average numbers are contributed by the fact that quarterbacks tended to not throw his way.

Said it be a natural cover corner, with some very good, but very raw talent. 

An interview to read if you'd like.

Hey guys, 

I came across something that was rather interesting on the Mile High Report. 

http://www.milehighreport.com/2010/3/24/1386838/the-nfl-draft-a-little-less

Check it out. It really just tells us what we already know, but it's quite interesting to see how the other teams fare in drafting as well. Has any one noticed a certain oddness in Jacksonville's drafts the last couple years? Last year especially with LT, RT in 1st and 2nd. WR in 4th, 5th, 7th. The year before it was DE, DE in 1st and 2nd. Is this an effective way to draft? Who knows. 

linky

We released Jared DeVries today.

how do you feel about that?

I'm pretty upset he was released, but it seems like that's what he wanted to happen.

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