We felt like we were cheating time a little bit right there. We knew we were putting ourselves in this position in 2002, but we had to take our shot at winning back-to-back. We could have done half of this cap-cutting last year, and it wouldn't have been this painful, but I don't think we would have had a real shot to get to the Super Bowl this season.
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We've talked about it ever since that New England-Oakland game, ... That year, it was probably the biggest topic of the committee and the biggest topic in our presentation to the owners. But it's one thing to think you need to change it, and another thing entirely to change it in a way that it actually can be officiated.Ozzie Newsome
It's like I've got an option play. That's the way I view it. We can break outside or stay inside. We have any number of scenarios.
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I was scrawny. Now as a GM, I understand. He wanted to see if I could add weight.
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We're in the middle of proposals at this point. We want to have something done by the time I get on the plane Thursday for Indianapolis and the NFL Scouting Combine. But we don't know anything yet.
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We will still consider the possibility of talking to Jamal about a long-term contract with us.
Ozzie Newsome
If you are asking me if we can be a player in free agency and retain some of our own players, then yes. We are working under the assumption that there will be no agreement and we will have the conservative salary cap number.
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