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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 665227">Right...a one year prove it deal, while backing and filling to provide rotation and insurance with no other candidate on the roster for a #3 OLB on the roster.  Everybody wants more than one reason to support a decision.  Fackrell is a year away...he's just too d*mn skinny without being the kind of player/athlete of an equally skinny Floyd who will likely contribute something on sheer talent.Thompson paid up to cover with an adequate player in the event of an injury to Matthews or Peppers.  It's a conservative move.  Who else would ya got to put out there for 3 downs?  Elliott?   I don't think so.  It comes close to a desperation move in the sense that $5 mil paid now is about $4.5 mil not carried over for the purpose of a championship push.Think about it...when top teams get derailed in a particular season, it's frequently due to injury.  Thompson has made short-term moves to mitigate those risks.I am a little surprised by Thompson breaking pattern with these signings while squeezing his 2017 cap.  I suspect there is growing impatience, if not independently formed and internal on Thompson's part, then it's coming from Murphy, or from Murphy by way of the Board of Directors.</blockquote>

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