[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Well with the #1 overall pick and waiver spot, I'd hope he'd be able to get a few solid players, especially given the fact that he was in the same spot as the Raiders find themselves this year; sitting on loads of cap space.

That said, your point is a solid one - when that's your WORST offseason, you're pretty damn good at this.

Successful offseasons are oftentimes determined as much by what you don't do as what you actually do. Had Dorsey gone out and burned up cap space in 2014 either retaining or replacing schlubs like McCluster, Schwartz and Asomoah, we'd have never been able to get Maclin in the fold and getting Houston re-signed would've been substantially more difficult. Hell, retaining Hali may have been prohibitive and given the solid season we got from him (a finishing kick, IMO), that ended up being enormous.

Sometimes the only way to win is not to play. The market's going to be flooeded by poorly run teams desperately trying to spend to the floor. That's not a marketplace a smart GM wants to operate if he can avoid it.

That said - I do believe Dorsey failed in not getting Berry inked prior to the franchise deadline. That's going to, at worst, cost us a fair amount of money (and more likely simply cost us a player in either Howard or Smith).
That said, it's done - move on. Don't go out there trying to 'win the offseason' by torching available cap space in panic moves. That's how he handled the 2014 offseason and it turned out to be the perfect approach.

I could be wrong but since Berry has been tagged I believe they now have more time to iron out a long term deal. June 15th maybe.