Free Agent Sticker Shock May Strike Washington

It makes matters worse for their attempt to trade Ramsey since the Chargers and Raiders are letting their QB’s go in FA. There is also so much uncertainty over Griese, Simms, Culpepper, and McNair’s status with their teams. Add that to the three big guns in the 1st round of the draft, and it makes it kind of hard to get much in return for a QB like Ramsey.

At least they won’t have to worry about signing a first round draft pick.

i thought Simms was restricted…and the Bucs are working out a long term contract. With Griese expected to get cut as a cap casualty…….no doubt to be picked up elsewhere…maybe Gruden’s ole stomping grounds Oakland.

Are the Chargers letting Brees go? or are they just posturing……and looking at Pennington and asking…..hey guys we got LT, and offensive line and a defense……Trent Dilfer might make us a playoff team……why cant Rivers? Expecting Brees to stick around long term and then deal the unknown……and with the Ryan Leaf hole card hanging over the Chargers heads……..don’t wait on the river card….if you don’t know what it holds?

Some of these moves are just tragedies of the cap…and I think teams and certain vets like McNair and Emmit should have exception to the rules reworks…….so we don’t have to see McNair wearing a Dolphin or Emmit in Crimson red…….I aint sure how it would need to happen….call it the Franchise Fan Tag….and allow a team to keep a star like McNair despite some ridiculous contract. Anyway if everyone has a reworkable deal in there for some old vet it would be fair……so like look at the Cowboys this year……we could use it on LA or Glover…….not exactly as high profile as McNair…..but still can you imagine seeing Larry Allen blocking for Reggie Bush next year…….or wearing a Vikings Helmet.

I mean it just ain’t right……and both the league, the players, the fan and the could benefit.

Pretending I know enough about the contracts…

They’re going to have to cut more. The Skins renegotiating options are severely limited without a CBA.

Matt Bowen – saves 2 mil.
Walt Harris – saves 1.5 mil.
Brandon Noble – saves 1.7 mil.
Cory Raymer – saves 985k.
John Hall – saves 1 mil.
James Thrash – saves 750k.
Patrick Ramsey – saves 1.7 mil.

That’s 9.6 million.

Renaldo Wynn and Taylor Jacobs would cost more to cut than keep. So would Phillip Daniels. So would Lavar.

Maybe add…
Ledell Betts – saves 550k.
Joe Salave’a – saves 500k.
Mike Sellers – saves 500k.
Pierson Prioleau – saves 400k.
Ethan Albright – saves 450k.

12 cuts takes off 12 million. Replacing with rookies adds back around 4 million. Still well over the cap. They may need to trade down and out of round 2 or trade some 2006 picks for 2007.

Long shot…Jon Jansen – saves 800k and he’d be difficult to renegotiate and save money. He can make better money on the market.

A point not emphasized in many articles on this is that even if they cut those players, they would have to sign someone to take their place. And that will cost money. This is the year it finally hits the fan for the skins- and I am going to enjoy it!!!

What’s their saying “Hail to the Redskins”. They should change it to “Cap Hell to the Deadskins”. LOL. Sorry couldn’t help myself on this one.

I am tempted to say, “Ha! Ha! Shame on the Redskins. Look at ole Danny loosing it”. In all honesty though, if no collective bargaining agreement is reached, then its very bad news for all of football. I have heard some analysts say that the teams that are over the cap will be hurt the most. But I disagree, its the franchises that are primed for a couple of Super Bowl runs within the next couple of years that will get hit the hardest. Parcells has built this team to compete now and the very near future. So an uncapped season and a possible strike isn’t good news, even if Daniel Snyder is spinning around in circles wondering “who do I cut next”.

It’s great because Snyder is only hurting himself when it comes to the CBA. He’s one of the big market owners who doesn’t want to share revenue w/ the smaller market teams. Unless he caves on that issue, he’ll have to deal w/ the cap issue. haha..

Making it to the SuperBowl, this is what Id do:
make Kameato- have to stop the run to win a game
will make Bradie James and Kevin Burnett look like studs
John Runyan/Jason Fabini- have to protect Drew Bledsoe
Ryan Longwell- Win close games
Jared Sowell- improve run game/versatility
Eric Moulds- aging but still has years left w/Bledsoe
Draft: Bobby Carpenter opposite Ware wil be terrifying
Daniel Bullocks will complete best defense

1st: This is me gloating MMMMMMMMMMM
2nd: Bio-this looks like a fantasy team. Runyan and Fabini? That’s a lot to ask for. Oh, and I think moulds would be a waste of money. we should probably look to another young developing player.

One Cap expert put it in perspective about the Redskins dilemma…..“The Redskins would have to rework/renegotiate all 52 players on their final roster and pay them the league minimum at that position and would still be $4.19 million over the cap!” And you can add in the fact that their star FS Sean Taylor may very well be heading to prison.Anyway you look at it,it’s gonna be ugly for the Skins! Ya might as well stick a fork in them for at least 3 years cuz they’re screwed!

gunner…I meant one or the other not both.

Sharkz,

I heard the feds are making a single
prison block for nothing but former
Cane players calling it the U….

I would love to get john Hall but I
think he will have alot of suitors and
get alot of money.

Here’s a article that explains the Redskins cap situation http://redskins.scout.com/2/482405.html I don’t think it’s quite as bleak as we all want to believe.

Stax,
Thanks for the article. The roster bonus math looks good in-total, but the reality is not as rosy. There are a few assumptions the author makes that create problems.

Assumption 1: All roster bonuses get extended through ’09.

Problem: Walt Harris has a 500k roster bonus coming his way. They could convert and prorate this over 4 years, but his contract ends after ‘06. So the Skins would have to sign him up for an additional 3 years to do what the original author’s suggests.

This is the same issue for Renaldo Wynn, Taylor Jacobs, and Phillip Daniels. Add back 1.7 million to the author’s math.

Assumption 2: Prorating roster bonuses through ’09 is better than the current contract.

Problem: Clinton Portis appears to have a 3 million roster bonus. This can be prorated through ‘09 down to 750k/yr, but his contract runs through 2011. I’m not 100% sure how this works in a CBA-less world. If his 6-yr contract becomes a 4-yr contract, then his 2006 signing bonus goes up from 1.9 mil to 3.6 mil. Add the base salary and his cap number goes down a bit, but millions less than the author expects.

Same deal for Santana Moss and Lavar Arrington. That’s 8-10 mil that probably isn’t coming back in cap relief.

Assumption 3: All renegotiated contracts will be the same value.

Sean Taylor has 640k in a roster bonus and is signed through 2010. Right now, he’s a bargain. He makes the minimum 385k in base salary + 2 mil in signing bonus + the roster bonus. The rest comes from incentives. Converting the bonus results in 480k saved, but it also opens the door to a new contract to replace the one he signed just two years ago and any new one can only run through ’09. His 2006 cap number goes up.

Same issue for Santana Moss again. He doesn’t have a high enough roster bonus to make the savings worthwhile and he just came off a career year. Highly unlikely any new contract would be for the same value.

Only 8-10 million of the 20 million is really there to be converted and prorated in a way that saves money – 6 to 7.5 million saved rather than 15 million.

http://redskins.scout.com/3/salary_cap_chart.html

Hmmmm…seems to me that with so many of the ‘skins core players willing to renegotiate their contracts for Gibbs if the CBA falls flat and with a considerable amount of space made with the departure of the passionate but slightly overrated one and with our admittedly obnoxious owner, the Danster, hiring the very best folks that all his money can buy to creatively negotiate player contracts and navigate the cap; you “Boys” are dreaming that “Cap Hell” is finally going to catch up with Snyder. That old saw has been thrown up for years, ever since Danny-Boys early trophy-collecting days (including one scratch and dent Deion) and nothing ever comes of it. This group of ’Skins is doing what it takes to stay together not just to make a deeper run into the playoffs but to hand you Boys your scalps again. Gibbs has the Tuna’s number. Hail!!