In Retrospect: How bad was the Delhomme Extension?

[AceMan]

[natty]

It was horrible but the only person paying the price is JR. The team as a whole is unaffected by it.

[KillerKat]

Gilbert actually wasn't as bad as everyone thinks. Although he wasn't worth 2 firsts, his stats are the second best this team has had for a DT. The Jake deal was absolutely worse. You give him all that money after he blows up in the playoffs and had the worst year he ever had just for him to top it the following season and cut him the next offseason and STILL have to pay him.

[DaRealChrono]

At least with the holocaust they got rings.

Best post I've ever seen in my life.

I registered to say that.

On topic, it was terrible, but like someone else said, at least we got it of it better than it could have been.

[AceMan]

The sad part is that it could have been EVEN WORSE if we had a capped season next year.

[pantherclaw]

2.) Huge cap hit this year when he would have been released anyway without the extension

What cap?

[PantherDude]

I think Gilbert situation was worse. But that just MO.

[frash.exe]

In Retrospect: How bad was the Delhomme Extension?

Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo bad

[Sam Mills Fan]

The Gilbert deal was more damaging, but the Delhomme extension was the dumbest move in franchise history. At least it ruined Marty Hurney's chances at employment elsewhere when his tenure here finally expires.

[Davidson Deac II]

It hurt Jerry Richardson's pocketbook. Didn't really hurt the team very much, although I do wonder if it played a role in them sticking with Jake as starter longer than they should have.

[OneBadassCat]

I'm pretty indifferent about it. If your in Fox's shoes it was probably an ok move, we were cash strapped and we need immediate cap releif, the extension provided that and I guess it was a confidence move for Jake as well. However it was hefty price to pay in retrospect, but it is not something to be bitter about. I believe we have the QB of future in Moore anyway.

[KillerKat]

It hurt Jerry Richardson's pocketbook. Didn't really hurt the team very much, although I do wonder if it played a role in them sticking with Jake as starter longer than they should have.

It hurt the team because it killed our chances in 2009.

[thefuzz]

It hurt Jerry Richardson's pocketbook. Didn't really hurt the team very much, although I do wonder if it played a role in them sticking with Jake as starter longer than they should have.

That was the problem. Fox had to play him, or expose the egg on Hurneys face.

As has been said many times, they are a package deal. IMO Hurney should have been gone many times over in the past, and I would not have really wanted Fox gone, but that's not how they roll.

[Neylus]

An unmitigated disaster, and I'm sugar coating it.