Cap Question

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by Skinsfanatic

Not that I think that this should or would happen (ok, maybe should), but I have a question. Brunell is scheduled to make 3.4 million this year with a 7.1 million dollar release fee. He is scheduled to make 5.4 million next year. If we were to cut him after June first, wouldn't the release fee be applied to next years cap, resulting in 3.4 million in additional cap space this year while only resulting in 1.7 million in dead space (7.1 cap hit - 5.4 million in salary savings) next year? Is it just me, or does this sound like a good plan to anyone else. After June 1st, drop him like Rod Gardner drops passes. Draft a QB late in the draft to be our 3rd stringer and let Timmy be the backup. Then, we can use the 3.4 million this year to sign some defensive line help after the June 1st cuts.

Your numbers are off (unfortunately).

For starters, Brunell restructured recently, so his 2005 cap number is now only $2.433M. This is what would happen if we cut Brunell after June 1, 2005:

- We would eat $1.433M of deadcap for 2005 (the 2005 portion of his signing bonus).
- We would eat $5.733M of deadcap for 2006 (the remaining unallocated signing bonus).
- Our 2005 savings would only be $1M ($2.433M - $1.433M).

So we'd only save $1M this year and take a big deadcap hit in 2006, where we're already in trouble. Plus you still have to pay Brunell's replacement. I don't think it's happening.

Don't get me wrong, I couldn't agree more with your intentions. Unfortunately the "Cut Brunell in 2005" code cannot be broken. Trust me I've (we've) tried.

I think they'll cut him June 1, 2006 and take the bulk of the deadcap hit in 2007.