Redskins 2011 Salary Cap Status

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Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

I feel like an itiot trying to follow how this works. So basically they have tons of money to sign players they just have to watch how the contracts are structured to make sure that they wont be creating very much more dead cap space if any of the players get cut?

They dont have very much leeway there, I guess thats what John Clayton was getting at?

Yeah you've basically got the gist. Eventually the cash floor is going to move even closer to the max cap. Over time that will make it difficult to cut players and remain under the cap while simultaneously meeting the cash floor.

But in certain years it may be easier than others. If you cut a big contract and take a big dead cap hit, you could still sign another giant free agent to a big signing bonus in order to meet the cash minimum.

But if you keep signing and cutting, signing and cutting like the Redskins have been doing, you'll eventually find it challenging to meet both the cap and cash floor simultaneously. Not that we have to worry about Vinny Cerrato's ways returning, but we'll have no choice but to be selective in the selection of our new stars, because cutting them to get away from the contracts won't be quite as easy.

This will be an odd year for us under this new system. We will be mandated to spend by the new rules, so we'll be very aggressive in free agency. But we better get these signings right, because once the cash floor moves closer to 99% of cap, it will be harder to rid ourselves of these guys we're about to sign.