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Schneed10 · 12-13-2005, 02:55 PM

56fanatic, you're preaching to the choir. I understand how player salaries are renegotiated into signing bonuses. What you're failing to see is that is a good thing, not a problem.

Every time we cut a Coles or Trotter and eat a big sum of dead money, there are a huge number of players we have at cap bargains. This year we're eating $9 million on Coles, but we also have players at these bargains:
Portis $2.4 million
Griffin $1.9 million
Springs $2.4 million
Brunell $2.4 million
Jansen $2.1 million
R Thomas $2.0 million
M Washington $1.7 million

Now you're right, we'll have to eat a big number on one or two of those guys sometime very soon. Brunell is the one that comes to mind. But we'll never reach "cap hell" because we'll have other players on our roster at big time bargains, just like we do now.

If you think it's cap hell to have to eat $9 million in dead money for a Coles deal, then I think you're overreacting. That's something that every team deals with. But if you're talking cap hell where we have to dismantle our team like the Titans did, you're just wrong.

12-13-2005, 02:55 PM	#35
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: We must draft better... 56fanatic, you're preaching to the choir. I understand how player salaries are renegotiated into signing bonuses. What you're failing to see is that is a good thing, not a problem. Every time we cut a Coles or Trotter and eat a big sum of dead money, there are a huge number of players we have at cap bargains. This year we're eating $9 million on Coles, but we also have players at these bargains: Portis $2.4 million Griffin $1.9 million Springs $2.4 million Brunell $2.4 million Jansen $2.1 million R Thomas $2.0 million M Washington $1.7 million Now you're right, we'll have to eat a big number on one or two of those guys sometime very soon. Brunell is the one that comes to mind. But we'll never reach "cap hell" because we'll have other players on our roster at big time bargains, just like we do now. If you think it's cap hell to have to eat $9 million in dead money for a Coles deal, then I think you're overreacting. That's something that every team deals with. But if you're talking cap hell where we have to dismantle our team like the Titans did, you're just wrong.