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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha]The problem is that with the new CBA extension, we KNOW the moves are going to come back to bite us ... well, at least a bit. Teams that go over the cap have the following year's cap reduced whereas teams that are over the cap have the following year's cap increased. So how many years is it going to take us to have a salary cap of $5 million?[/QUOTE]

Whaaaaaaat?? :confused:

Re: Your opinion on the Skins free agent moves so far?
 

Great moves! Only a complete pesimist would argue the point.

Spell check please

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[QUOTE=drew54]Whaaaaaaat?? :confused:[/QUOTE]

I like people we signed and think our team will make a very strong run at the Super Bowl. I simply don't know where we are getting the money from, what the contracts actually look like, and what cap ramifications they are going to have.

Fortunately, people have been calling for our cap death for years and they've been wrong every time. I too thought we'd have cap woes this year. I was wrong. I'll probably be wrong again. I just am absolutely confused as to where the money is coming from.

My understanding is that under the new CBA, any cash over the cap affects the team's cap the following year. So, if a team spends a lot one year, they can spend less the following year and vice-versa. So, I'm just wondering where we are getting the money. I'm totally lost on the point.

Re: Your opinion on the Skins free agent moves so far?
 

[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha]I like people we signed and think our team will make a very strong run at the Super Bowl. I simply don't know where we are getting the money from, what the contracts actually look like, and what cap ramifications they are going to have.

Fortunately, people have been calling for our cap death for years and they've been wrong every time. I too thought we'd have cap woes this year. I was wrong. I'll probably be wrong again. I just am absolutely confused as to where the money is coming from.

My understanding is that under the new CBA, any cash over the cap affects the team's cap the following year. So, if a team spends a lot one year, they can spend less the following year and vice-versa. So, I'm just wondering where we are getting the money. I'm totally lost on the point.[/QUOTE]

ill find you the article, but i did see somewhere a great explanation on one of the news websites about how we are pulling this off and it actually makes a lot of sense.

Re: Your opinion on the Skins free agent moves so far?
 

[QUOTE=PWNED]ill find you the article, but i did see somewhere a great explanation on one of the news websites about how we are pulling this off and it actually makes a lot of sense.[/QUOTE]

I know how we are pulling it off this year, I just don't know how it affects us in the future. Ohh well. I don't care. I am just gonna take this one year at a time, there's no point in dwellling on what might happen in 4 years considering no one seems to have figured out the new CBA ... not even the owners.

Okay, back to the signings. Is any defense going to be able to stop us? Is any offense going to be able to beat us? Doubt it.

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well we just have to gel. god knows we have the staff/players in place 2 do it.

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ONE THING, that I ABSOLUTELY must commend this coaching staff on is the fact that they looked at what went wrong last season and really made a big difference in the greatest area of doubt. We went from having ONE legitimate deep threat to having what might now be 4 deep threats. Congrats Gibbs and crew. Cheers Warpath!!!

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cash over cap is league-based not team based from what i heard.

divide the 40-50mill we're over by 32 and it's not that bad (with over teams staying under).

the contracts are generally vet min (or near that) for 2 years and then the base bumps up. so these guys are 2.5-3.5mill of cap space in both of the first 2 years, with arch being 1.5-2.5 this year and 2.5-3.5 next year.

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Good moves. For those who think DE is still a glaring need should read up on Andre Carter. He is now our starting DE opposite Daniels. As for Archuleta, he seems very much an athletic mirror image of Bowen who seemingly didn't fit in. Maybe his knowledge of the game gives him the edge over Bowen and Ryan Clark though Clark is familiar with this system and the tendencies of other teammates. I think it was columnist Daly who wrote that it probably won't rub Sean Taylor the right way with Archuleta signing a record breaking contract. And Greg Williams as said many times before that Taylor is the best football player he's ever coached. Randle El, hmmm. I've said it before. It seems overkill to have three WRs signed to big contracts. I think Lloyd is a better WR than Randle El. And you don't pay a return specialist starting WR money. I read how excited Randle El was about playing with Lloyd but has any one heard the same cheers from Patten or Moss about them?