Spads says Spikes talk is CRAP

11:10 a.m.

Now it's completely absurd. ProFootballTalk.com is "speculating" that because the depth chart on this web site, the UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART, did not contain Takeo Spikes, that means Spikes could be on the way out. OK, so this is dumb. Spikes was on Injured Reserve at the end of the season and hasn't been added back to the depth chart, which really hasn't been updated all that much.

Hey, there is no Sean Considine on the depth chart. Kimo von Oelhoffen is an unrestricted free agent, yet he is on the depth chart. Here is the upshot: We are likely to disable the depth chart because of stupid speculation like this. It just is not worth this kind of nonsense.

Anyway ... on to real news ...

I pay attention to all of the deals signed by players and I read about the dollars in the deal with great interest. For example, Justin Smith signed what is reported to be a six-year, $45-million deal with San Francisco. Those are just numbers to me. I don't know how contracts are structured, so a lot of those dollars could be dead dollars or backloaded figures. What matters is when I see that Smith is to receive a guaranteed $20 million. That's a lot of bread.

At the same time, we are in a new age here. The numbers are so inflated. It really is incredible how much money is being spent.

Anyway, nothing new late on Saturday morning. Hang in there.