Originally Posted by
Enscheff
For the same reason JS was forced to trade Millwood due to not understanding the rules.
If we assume they will not go over the cap (reasonable), and we know they need a SS that will almost certainly be expensive, and we know they have very little cap space remaining to afford an expensive SS....
Like I said, the FO screwing up isn't inconceivable.
There are other possibilities, such as blowing past the cap, or somehow unloading salary, or going with internal options, but "they messed up" is also an explanation. I'm not sure why folks can't admit it.