Managing the Cap

[Shane]

We may not be in such bad shape with the cap after all, given that players may well renegotiate to stay with the team.

Mark Brunell is someone who I believe will renegotiate. That hadn't occurred to me that he could do that. I think he will dig us out of the situation we are in and yes, stay on as a veteran backup. He does have great respect for Joe Gibbs and I would be shocked if he didn't cut a new deal given the cap straits we are in. If we could get him some protection he could even settle down back there and revive his play - if needed as a backup to next year's starter, Tim Hasselbeck. (Ramsey fanatics, I hope you have insurance in case you have a stroke) .

I do think that Rod Gardner is someone we could consider trading, given our depth at receiver, but he is too good to cut for 2 million in my opinion. I wouldn't like to see him go, because I think his best days are ahead of him and he can be special. Still we have too much talent at receiver, (at least if Coles can recover from his injury by next year) and it would be good to trade one of them, for their benefit and for the team.

Samuels is one of the bedrock Redskins and I would do everything possible to encourage him to renegotiate reasonably, and with Joe Gibbs here, I bet he will do that.

Barrow, yes - he is a good player but the emergence of Pierce gives our defense the quarterback it needs to be the best in the NFL.

Wynn - I hope he renegotiates. It isn't often you can be a part of a Joe Gibbs team, and one with the number one defense in the NFL at that. Hopefully, he will stay on.