Just as spiking the minimum wage beyond COLA adjustments triggers inflation, every time, this $13 mil will be absorbed by current players as a bass-ackward "cost of living adjustment" in a rush for the gold, sold like snake oil to the players by their agents. "It's ours - we're entitled to it," will be line sold to players whose contracts are up. Why? Player gets a raise, agent's commission goes up.
The crumbs that fall from the table will likewise be consumed by the agents for the UFA's. They'll all want the lion's share of that $13 million.
The Rams will be in better shape to weather this storm than most other teams because of Snead's history of trust-building with the players. Team Snead/Demoff will shake out OK in the end, but the $13 mil won't be a windfall or a quick fix.
Watch the pieces on the board begin to move real fast. Watch the Rams push a pawn every now and then, instead of over-exposing a power piece, and watch the power moves come when they should, where they should. Snead is a comprehensive and very intelligent human being. Out of all he has to manage, he'll do some things at many levels that are surprisingly right.
Watch.
