Canty "does not appear to be in Washington's plans now"

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

What is our cap looking like right now?...and Can we release Springs and free up enough to after a quality OL?

Cap is tight right now, maybe room for Dockery, maybe. We could release Springs and gain $6M in space, which will be enough for a big money OL, but I don't think we'll do that.

They still love Springs.

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Cap is tight right now, maybe room for Dockery, maybe. We could release Springs and gain $6M in space, which will be enough for a big money OL, but I don't think we'll do that.

They still love Springs.

Thanks for getting back to me.

I'd still like a high end OL out of free agency. Our draft options would be able to open up a little more if that happens.

[MdBluefinCrab]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Cap is tight right now, maybe room for Dockery, maybe. We could release Springs and gain $6M in space, which will be enough for a big money OL, but I don't think we'll do that.

They still love Springs.

I hope you're wrong and they do. Springs is "the monkey on the back" of the Redskins. He hasn't played a full season in how many years? He's a complete waste of $6 million. Each and every year, he refuses to renegotiate his contract and never participates in off season workouts. Just my opinion but Springs should have been let go weeks ago, no matter what the outcome of Hall's status with the team would have been.
Now that they have Hall signed, let him go! Use that $6 million for a FA O-lineman and our 1st round draft pick (hopefully an offensive lineman).

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Cap is tight right now, maybe room for Dockery, maybe. We could release Springs and gain $6M in space, which will be enough for a big money OL, but I don't think we'll do that.

They still love Springs.

Man, do they love him that much that they are willing to risk not addressing the offensive line?

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Man, do they love him that much that they are willing to risk not addressing the offensive line?

Vinny was on 980, and he mentioned addressing the o-line, but also said he had to do some more work on clearing the cap room. Sounded real tired. I don't really have a link, and before he even mentioned the o-line, he said the draft picks from last year have to take the next step for the offense to be effective.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Man, do they love him that much that they are willing to risk not addressing the offensive line?

Well there you have it, he's being released. They definitely recognize the need to get younger on the lines (especially headed into an uncapped world) is more valuable than having Springs around for just a season more or two.

I like the move, I'm just surprised they were able to part with a player the coaches loved so much. Good job by the front office in making a business decision.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Well there you have it, he's being released. They definitely recognize the need to get younger on the lines (especially headed into an uncapped world) is more valuable than having Springs around for just a season more or two.

I like the move, I'm just surprised they were able to part with a player the coaches loved so much. Good job by the front office in making a business decision.

I think we could have (and wanted to) keep Springs around if he would have restructrured like everyone else over 30 on our roster. He refused to take any kind of pay cut. I seriously doubt he finds $6M per year anywhere else.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I think we could have (and wanted to) keep Springs around if he would have restructrured like everyone else over 30 on our roster. He refused to take any kind of pay cut. I seriously doubt he finds $6M per year anywhere else.

There's a difference between a restructure and a pay cut. Redskins had wanted Springs to take a straight cut.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

There's a difference between a restructure and a pay cut. Redskins had wanted Springs to take a straight cut.

I understand that. I guess I'm just kind of confused. We've restructured older, oft-injured players (Griffin most recently) in the past to help lessen our immediate salary cap issues. I guess I just don't understand why we never went that route with Springs. Is he not more valuable to the defense when healthy than Griffin?

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I understand that. I guess I'm just kind of confused. We've restructured older, oft-injured players (Griffin most recently) in the past to help lessen our immediate salary cap issues. I guess I just don't understand why we never went that route with Springs. Is he not more valuable to the defense when healthy than Griffin?

I'd say if we didn't resign Hall he would be more valuable but right now he's kind of a redundant player. Hall brings the same skill set, size and better playmaking ability but he's 9 years younger. If we didn't have Horton I could see us restructuring and extending Springs as our starting safety but we don't really have a fit for him.