I don't think Paul resigns next seasons, I believe that's why they drafted Payne. As for the core argument, everyone needs to remember that the first thing DF did when he got here was start breaking it up by trading JJ and then not resigning Josh. Not saying he doesn't view keeping the current core guys as a necessity, just that the keep the core mentality was apart of the old regime not the current. We have also read that we've shopped Al, selectively, but shopped nonetheless.