On a side note, before the season started I had hoped at some point during the season TT finds a way to lock up Finley or Nelson. These two are very valuable, and losing them would be a blow. I think with Jennings, Nelson and Finley, you will almost always have a mismatch to exploit.

Finley has everything from size, to quickness, to hands, to extremely athletic. You don’t see Tight ends like this come around too often. Keeping him would be valuable, despite the cost it would be. Hopefully TT starts working on it and we can get something reasonable done during the season.

The same for Nelson. He has really fit into the #2 wideout, and has done a great job. I like how he runs his routes, and he makes plays after the catch.

I really think TT is going to make sure he can keep them both. It’s just going to be too hard to let them walk. And I think both do enjoy it here which should help get a deal done.

And we do have the cap to do it, considering we should have over 10 million to use this year.

* We really don’t need any more receivers. Jennings, Nelson, and Finley are already on pace to have at or near 1,000 yard season. And Cobb, Jones and Driver (or one of the non-Finley TEs) to take up the slack as needed.

* We really don’t need any more running backs. We’ve already got Starks, Grant, and Kuhn competing for touches, with Green waiting in the wings.

* Slaton has really only had the one good season. It’s hard to believe, if he does have some quality football left, he’s been denied just because Kubiak is a cranky old man (even if his coccyx is bothering him).

* We really do need to use roster spots to address injuries. Nick Collins, as you mentioned, and Bulaga, if his injury turns out to be more serious or lingering than has been so far reported.

* Don’t forget this is a team that made a lot of that Super Bowl run with Brandon Jackson as the primary RB. Granted, that wasn’t pretty. But I think the RB roster we have now just isn’t the best place to look for upgrades.