Ready for a set back in 2006

[Big C]

Originally Posted by That Guy

except for the death of the draft following this year.

death of the draft? anyways, we would only need the draft for this year since there would be no cap the following year...this year we would have to pay extra attention to the draft, maybe aquire more picks, and lay a foundation for the future. seasons after that, we could get free agents and keep most players we wanted, unless they wanted to leave

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Big C

death of the draft? anyways, we would only need the draft for this year since there would be no cap the following year...this year we would have to pay extra attention to the draft, maybe aquire more picks, and lay a foundation for the future. seasons after that, we could get free agents and keep most players we wanted, unless they wanted to leave

Well, it's unclear what free agency in the future will look like. On the one hand, because players don't become free agents until they have spent 6 seasons in the NFL. So the number and quality of players hitting free agency will diminish. On the other hand, we'll be able to outbid any other team for players. So, while the pool of free agents gets smaller, our chances of landing free agents we target skyrockets.

[Paintrain]

Some interesting comments on ESPNews today, the question was what happens if you don't get below the cap? Teams will get fined and lose draft picks.. The commentators were saying that a team like the Redskins might not care about that, it would essentially become a luxury tax.. I'd be interested to see if Snyder has the balls to test the NFL on this..

As for the team in '06, the thread I started Tuesday about what we would look like didn't scare me all that much.. We'd keep 18 of 22 starters, depth would be a major issue but it's not like we had great depth (Cory Raymer anyone?) in '05 anyways.