Sentences with phrase «daunting than in past years»

«Given the losses we had over the winter and a cut in payroll, the challenge to build a championship - caliber team was more daunting than in past years,» says general manager John Schuerholz, who was ordered in the off - season by owner Time Warner (also SI's parent company) to slash last season's $ 95 million payroll by $ 15 million.