Colin Cowherd Takes Another Swipe

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Originally Posted by Hog1

G, I don't know if your right or Schneed. I do know that every year about this time does the entire media world proclaim the "sky is falling" for the Skins. Salary cap HELL, etc. To date, Dan Snyder has proved them................well, you get it.

The sky isn't really falling, and Scheed's point that we can create a lot of cap room for 2008 is correct. The key is at this point in time, we only have about 25 or so guys rostered for 2008 and beyond, half the amount needed to field a team. We are already within 8 million of the projected salary cap, and will likely be over it after this year's draft and FA season, and I only expect us to add 6-7 players. So the question becomes how much restructuring is necessary to get 20 additional players under the cap. If we make mass cuts, the downside is obvious, but if we make mass restructurings, 2009s cap situation will be twice as difficult as 2008.

If we stop restructuring contracts now, we can stay out of cap hell with little cost. (This means we cut players like Wynn, Fauria, John Hall and maybe Todd Collins) If we continue to push $10 million plus of guarenteed into the next seasons, we will eventually hit a wall, maybe as soon as next season.