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Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:

Them violating the salary cap rules didn't turn Darius Holland into a worthless POS, their OL did.

 

They kicked our ass get over it. 

I got closure this past season. Denver/Elway got their asses kicked in the SB, Mike Shannahan got squeezed out of Washington by the QB, and Shannon Sharpe got fired from CBS. I think karma has been satisfied. 

Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:

Them violating the salary cap rules didn't turn Darius Holland into a worthless POS, their OL did.

 

They kicked our ass get over it. 

Yes, Darius played like a wimp and was manhandled and I agree that we did NOT match Denver's intensity/agressiveness on the field.   However, by violating the cap, Denver was allowed to save money and have quality back-ups or keep their key "purple" starters instead of having them leave to other teams before the season.   Then, ol' Holmy had a tough decision:  keep an extra DL or DB active for the game.  He chose a DB because he thought we would have a lead and Elway would have to throw more.  Therefore, we didn't have anyone to back-up "Gabe the Lame".  So, Holland had to play end and he got run over every play in the 2nd Half.

 

Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:

Them violating the salary cap rules didn't turn Darius Holland into a worthless POS, their OL did.

 

They kicked our ass get over it. 

I got closure this past season. Denver/Elway got their asses kicked in the SB, Mike Shannahan got squeezed out of Washington by the QB, and Shannon Sharpe got fired from CBS. I think karma has been satisfied. 

Karma's 40 time is slower than mine, apparently.

I know I should let it go.  I forget about it, then, a comment is made and I'm back to January 25, 1998 and I get ticked off.  Sorry, it's hard to forget a contest when you know the other guy cheated. 

 

Same thing with the 1994 Whiners.  They cheated the cap, too.   I'm not saying the Chargers would've won the Super Bowl, but maybe the 1994 season goes a bit differently.  IIRC, we needed the Whiners to beat the ViQueens on the last game of the season that year on Monday night in order to win the division (we had tie-breaker over the ViQueens)...but noooooo.....Young only played a few series so he could set the QB rating record and the Whiners laid down a fart (that's another reason I hate the Whiners).  But who knows how them cheating the cap affected the NFC that year?

 

thanks for letting me vent...

Last edited by SanDiegoPackFan

Hard to believe SF would not pick up his option, let him become a FA and loose a dumb as **** but talented 1st round pick for nothing in return. 

 

Maybe the NFL already told SF last years rehab stint didn't take and they're tired of his act and plan on sitting him down for a year. 

 

As much as I hate SF it sucks watching a team that invests a high pick on a guy that cant function along with society and really has no choice but to kick his ass to the curb and get nothing in return for doing the right thing while knowing 20 teams are going to offer that same guy huge money thinking a change of scenery will fix everything but really never does. 

 

Id be ok with the NFL stepping in and throwing guys like Aldon out of the league entirely and offering teams a compensatory pick in the round that player was taken in. Why should SF be forced to keep an embarrassment because the worse option is letting him go for nothing when the big picture says he's really just embarrassing the NFL. 

Got to do something. The league has to bear some of the pain for teams forced to keep franchise image killers when that same league is filled with teams having zero regard for the big league picture willing to pay those failures top dollars.

Trying to recoup $8 million in bonus dollars is a spotty brown stain in the shorts to what Aldon could cost SF by keeping him.

Aldon Smith is a SF problem. He's a much larger NFL problem.
Last edited by ChilliJon

I agree with Timmy!

 

It is partially the owner/GM fault for drafting the guy.....IF....IF they knew going into the draft that the player could be a "character-risk"; then they take the risk and either reap the reward or pay the consequences. I understand recouping the BONUS money, but I don't agree with giving the team salary cap mulligan.

 

There's a reason some of these players go later in the rounds than expected because many team do not want to take the chance.  They might draft them well down in the rounds just in case, but not a high pick.

 

 

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