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gully · 12-30-2008, 06:48 PM

Hi - I'm new here, having seen warpath's truly excellent stat page in a thread on extremeskins:

http://www.thewarpath.net/WarpathRedskinsCap.htm

I used to be an extremeskins member, and would be still, but they ignore my password reset requests as well as my new membership applications. So it goes.

it seem to me that the following cuts will be made:

gone:
taylor 8.5M 0.0M ( 8.5M saved )
springs 8.5M 2.5M ( 6.0M saved )
washington 6.5M 2.0M ( 4.5M saved )
rabach 3.6M 1.3M ( 2.3M saved)
daniels 2.0M 0.1M ( 1.9M saved )

(btw, these are post June 1st cut numbers)

where the second number is the 2009 cap hit.

Rabach might not get cut because his 3.6M cap number is modest, even if his production is that as well. Love Springs and Washington, but they can't stay on the field long enough to justify their salaries.

It's very tough to argue for Jason Taylor to stay for 8.5M when we could be possibly entering the Terrell Suggs auction.

Griffin costs 6.1M to keep and 2.5M to cut, but how many DT do we want to cut loose before next training camp? Montgomery, Golston, Evans and heck, even Boschetti are testing the FA waters as we speak.

The really interesting contract is Jansen's. And by interesting I mean bad:

Next year in 2009 he'll be 3.4M to keep, and almost 6.2M to cut. And if we wait until the following season's june 1st he'll be 6.4M to keep and 4.1M to cut, which is an awful lot to pay in dead money for someone who seems to have been on a steady decline for years.

Perhaps that's part of the reason that he's been talked about lately as the backup center to Rabach, prepping for an eventual move to that position, because he's not going anywhere else except the pine.

Cutting just those five players drops the salary number for 2009 29.1M, from 116.6M to 87.5M, which is a lot of cap room.

I'd prefer that the skins stop signing FA players on the wrong end of 30, and even more, giving up multiple draft picks for them - an unpardonable sin (see Brunell, Taylor, Kendall)

As far as trading away players, Carlos Rogers would be expensive to trade given signing bonus acceleration. And, he's a very good corner.

The only person who might be tradable is Rocky McIntosh, where 2009 is the last year of his contract. There aren't a lot of options for the redskins here.

Overall, looking at the numbers I'm relieved to see that dire predictions of salary cap hell were just wrong. FA considerations for next year should be:

DL:
Suggs, 26 (Ravens)
Babineaux, 27 (Falcons)
Canty, 26 (Turds)
Haynesworth, 27 (Titans)
Haye, 26 (Bucs)

OL:
Gross, 28
Brown, 25 (Ravens)
Carey, 27 (Fins)

LB:
Dansby, 27 (Cardinals)
Vilma, 26 (Saints)

And this doesn't even take into account cap casualties from other teams, where decent veteran minimum players can be found in abundance.

12-30-2008, 06:48 PM	#13
gully Camp Scrub Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 22	Re: A Different Take on the Redskins Personnel Strategy Hi - I'm new here, having seen warpath's truly excellent stat page in a thread on extremeskins: http://www.thewarpath.net/WarpathRedskinsCap.htm I used to be an extremeskins member, and would be still, but they ignore my password reset requests as well as my new membership applications. So it goes. it seem to me that the following cuts will be made: gone: taylor 8.5M 0.0M ( 8.5M saved ) springs 8.5M 2.5M ( 6.0M saved ) washington 6.5M 2.0M ( 4.5M saved ) rabach 3.6M 1.3M ( 2.3M saved) daniels 2.0M 0.1M ( 1.9M saved ) (btw, these are post June 1st cut numbers) where the second number is the 2009 cap hit. Rabach might not get cut because his 3.6M cap number is modest, even if his production is that as well. Love Springs and Washington, but they can't stay on the field long enough to justify their salaries. It's very tough to argue for Jason Taylor to stay for 8.5M when we could be possibly entering the Terrell Suggs auction. Griffin costs 6.1M to keep and 2.5M to cut, but how many DT do we want to cut loose before next training camp? Montgomery, Golston, Evans and heck, even Boschetti are testing the FA waters as we speak. The really interesting contract is Jansen's. And by interesting I mean bad: Next year in 2009 he'll be 3.4M to keep, and almost 6.2M to cut. And if we wait until the following season's june 1st he'll be 6.4M to keep and 4.1M to cut, which is an awful lot to pay in dead money for someone who seems to have been on a steady decline for years. Perhaps that's part of the reason that he's been talked about lately as the backup center to Rabach, prepping for an eventual move to that position, because he's not going anywhere else except the pine. Cutting just those five players drops the salary number for 2009 29.1M, from 116.6M to 87.5M, which is a lot of cap room. I'd prefer that the skins stop signing FA players on the wrong end of 30, and even more, giving up multiple draft picks for them - an unpardonable sin (see Brunell, Taylor, Kendall) As far as trading away players, Carlos Rogers would be expensive to trade given signing bonus acceleration. And, he's a very good corner. The only person who might be tradable is Rocky McIntosh, where 2009 is the last year of his contract. There aren't a lot of options for the redskins here. Overall, looking at the numbers I'm relieved to see that dire predictions of salary cap hell were just wrong. FA considerations for next year should be: DL: Suggs, 26 (Ravens) Babineaux, 27 (Falcons) Canty, 26 (Turds) Haynesworth, 27 (Titans) Haye, 26 (Bucs) OL: Gross, 28 Brown, 25 (Ravens) Carey, 27 (Fins) LB: Dansby, 27 (Cardinals) Vilma, 26 (Saints) And this doesn't even take into account cap casualties from other teams, where decent veteran minimum players can be found in abundance.