NFL taking away Redskins cap space

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Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Haynesworth stay here was punishment enough for the bonus we paid him.

I'm mainly upset at the NFL in this situation because there is no legal reason why the Redskins should be penalized, but I'm also mad at the redskins for such poor management considering they knew it was a possibility that we would be penalized later. Knowing Haynesworth was such a risk, it seems ridiculous to have two risks in him being a poor player, and getting screwed by the NFL by giving him his 21 million roster bonus. I wouldn't be as upset in this situation if we had 21 mil more in cap space over the next two years. 7 mil less a year is a far cry from 18 mil less. 11 mil more a year than we have gets us two quality players without having to restructure. I hate restructuring, it always seems to make us hold on to players longer than we want to which seems to have a ripple effect on our team for many years. Especially when our team will rely on Free agency so heavily with our draft picks gone