Dead money and scouting

[jacobyfan]

I'm glad someone else can see what's going on. As it stands right now, we won't be way under the cap next year (unless it's unexpectedly high). However, it looks like we'll be around 4-5mil over instead of 15+. That means we'll likely be able to work things out without having a Titans-like purge. I've gotten quite tired of people complaining about how stupid it is that we screwed up our cap this year with the Coles deal and how angry they are. If they had any sense they'd realize that it was a GREAT LONG-TERM move. Frees money in the future, gets rid of a player who doesn't want to be here, and get's rid of a player whose health may be questionable in the future.

BTW, the Times doesn't have a damn clue about the cap. Weren't they the ones that thought that we should trade Arrington ($18mil hit) and picks to get Moss? And THEN cut Brunell ($7mil hit) to pay for it? That should show you that they are talking straight out of their asses on anything regarding the cap. That's a great scenario, there. $25 million in cap hits + have to sign Randy Moss to an extention = lots of minimum salary (non-veteran) players starting.

Lunacy.

BTW, reporters do this all the time on a wide variety of subjects. e.g. You actually got better than a C in freshman chemistry in college? You're our new science editor!