I know from experience that it’s never easy in free agency when your team is tight against the cap. That usually means you have a playoff caliber team with a lot of high-priced players. So it’s tough for a GM such as Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to have to release players who have been long-time contributors such as Adam Thielen and Eric Kendricks and then see players he’d like to re-sign leave as they get better offers elsewhere—including Dalvin Tomlinson signing with Cleveland and Patrick Peterson heading to Pittsburgh.
That’s life in NFL free agency and it’s tough for fans to be patient when they see good and popular players depart.