Peter King on The Skins - Future Cap Trouble

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Originally Posted by Rajmahal33

Do you think that Gibbs/Cerrato are massaging the numbers and pushing off the effect of our spend thrift ways because they know they won't be around when we actually feel the effect?

I'm not suggesting that they are sabotaging the team on purpose but rather are doing it out of a sense of desperation and because of an overwhelming pressure to win now. Let's face it, we as redskins fans aren't exactly the most patient or forgiving bunch.

No I don't think that's the case at all. If you crunch the numbers, consistently over the past 3 seasons they've left themselves about 20% under the cap, with room to drop 30% through restructures, leaving them with about 10% to work with each year. These percentages are pretty consistent, and that can't be an accident.

They've got the opportunity to set themselves up for something similar in 2009 if they clear enough off the books this year.