Next Year's Cap Situation

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Originally Posted by hooskins

Good read, and thanks for the effort put into that.

If what you are saying is true, then wouldn't the front office already been looking at it? I am sure there are tons of guys who work for the Skins that see this imminent danger coming up. I am sure there can be some other things that can be done so we don't get totally screwed.

And you think we would cut guys like Washington?

I'm sure the FO already knows the above. Or at least somebody does, though they may not be in a position to make decisions.

But I'm sure they already know, heres why: The talk of Shawn Springs' release. Cutting Springs gives us no cap help this year. But it turns my 20 million figure goal estimate for 2008 into a 16 million figure. That's a pretty significant difference. The trade off is we lose our No. 1 CB for this year.

I think there's going to be significant resistance within the FO to any suggestion to cut Washington next year. But if they don't cut him, they have to save 2.5 million somewhere else. That's 2.5 million of guarenteed money that will be pushed into future seasons and will be completely unrecoverable. So if we don't cut Washington prior to 2008, he's gotta go (at least under his current deal--we could re-sign him) by 2009 and then we are 2.5 million further in the hole.

The best option would be to get out while its economically smart, but if he has a pro bowl season this year, that would change our approach obviously.