Oof!!

Based on Tashaun Gipson's recent comments, I'm glad he's gone.  What an ego that guy's got!  
But losing the skwewy wabbit sucks.  

Mack AND Schwartze--that one was murderous.  Especially Schwartz, who came back for what he'd been offered, and found the offer gone.  He accepted less money to leave.

These guys are hard liners.  Brutally so.  

For all these guys, I believe they set a value, and determined in advance not to pay a dime more.

Unlike Doctor Evil (Ozzie Newsome), they don't like their players shopping around.  That's the only explanation for how they handled Mitchell Schwartz.

I believe the new regime deliberately set a precedent here.  A big part of me is cheering.  The part that's sick of hearing millionaires who play a kid's game for a living talking about taking care of their families.

But the other part of me wonders if Sashi and company are completely sane.

In the future, however, when Sashi calls a player's agent to try to get an extention done, the recalcitrant gougery won't be a reflex.

Oh, I hear you: They'll want to leave anyway.  Don't bet on it.

Thanks to Mack and Scwartz, 2016 could be a long season.  Two fifths of the offensive line---wow.  But this won't last forever.

Mack said interesting things: He repeatedly referred to Shanahan's system.  That was informative.  It's a strong indication that Hue Jackson will NOT run a lot of zone stuff (and I was wrong).

Shanahan ran an inside zone scheme.  In the past, Hue Jackson has run man schemes.  Alex wouldn't have mentioned Shanahan's scheme as a factor if Hue intended to run it.

Still, Alex is kidding himself.  He's good at both schemes.  The zone is just easier on his brain.  Everybody automatically knows who to block in a zone.

I'm still in shock, I think.  

This means more.  They really are going for the teardown and rebuild, at least on offense. In Mack's case, he's thirty.  But Schwartz?  That was stunning.  They could have kept him for 7 mil/year!  They rejected him for not accepting their offer!

It sounds childish, but it wasn't.  These guys aren't throwing a tantrum.  They did this for a reason.

There are things Hue and Sashi and company know that we don't.  

...I'm sorry I can't think straight yet.  But I will tell you this: Let it play out.

The Kaepernick and Manziel for Kaepernick stuff is intriguing (see that's a correct use of that word).

I earlier laughed at a guy for suggesting that the Browns take a flyer on Kaepernick, but these talks seem real.  I'm not laughing any more.

Colin is due 11 million.  Manziel around two million.  I'm weary of NFL Radio guys saying you can't count on Johnny.  Who thinks anybody has to count on somebody they hardly even pay?  He's a lottery ticket.  That's why teams are interested!  And dont you know Chip Kelly thinks he can fix him?

Hue Jackson must think he can fix Kaepernick, too.

Well, in Hue I trust until proven wrong.  Good luck Hue.