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Originally Posted by simmer2
It's also still a risk bidding on guys at UFA time. You can only bid based on the amount of cap space you have...and even if the last few years' results show the offers are lower, you still don't know if 'your guy' will have a higher offer or not.
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True, the UFA process works to weed out depreciation of player due to age, injury and contract status. A lot of players coming into UFA have this issue, and are more of a risk, against cap.
If Faulk had gone to UFA, he would likely have gotten within 2M of his grid price, but the owner would have to run the risk of losing him to someone else in the league, and accept a lesser replacement over three years.