Salary Cap Analysis

If there is no new CBA in place there is no "June 1" cap period; all signing bonuses will be accelerated immediately. Also, dont players generally resist restructuring? I can never figure out why, because its the same guaranteed money, but it seems like they do...

Nice post Schneed10, I'm sticking this for a while.

Supposedly Lavar wants to come back. If he would allow them to do something with that comical cap number that would go a long way.

Does anyone else remember that they had the choice between Lavar and Champ and took Lavar? There is a pretty good chance that Champ will lead his team to the Super Bowl this year. Unbelievable.

Supposedly Lavar wants to come back. If he would allow them to do something with that comical cap number that would go a long way.

Does anyone else remember that they had the choice between Lavar and Champ and took Lavar? There is a pretty good chance that Champ will lead his team to the Super Bowl this year. Unbelievable.

Champ didn't exactly want to be here like lavar wants to be here.


The champ clinton trade was GREAT for both teams. i can't believe this is still debated.

Does anyone else remember that they had the choice between Lavar and Champ and took Lavar? There is a pretty good chance that Champ will lead his team to the Super Bowl this year. Unbelievable.

The Broncos are going to the SB for a whole host of reasons. While Champ certainly has been a factor, Jake Plummer playing mistake free football along with the ex-Cleveland Brown defensive front 4 have been the two biggest reasons for their success.

We weren't going to keep Champ as he wanted out. I don't regret the Champ-Clinton trade one bit.

i seriously hope lavar isn't gone. I know he wants to finish his career as a redskin and i would hate to see him cut. He might have to restructure his contract, but if he wants to be a redskin he will do it.

Champ wanted out because he felt disrespected that they made no effort to sign him long term.

How would you feel if they took the guy who is always out of position instead of arguably the best cover corner in the league.

The trade "worked out". We will see in one or two years when they have to dump Portis because of a major injury. The guy is a workhorse but his body will not be able to keep this up through the remainder of his contract.

Nice analysis. Did you get the numbers from the NFL Players Association site?

The numbers come from the Cap Info section of The Warpath. Crazy Canuck keeps tabs on that info and does a pretty terrific job of it. He can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he gathers the info from a hodge-podge of sources, one of which is the Player's Association site. All I did was go through his numbers and identify areas of opportunity for us to save cap room.

Good stuff, Schneed.

About Lavar--isn't the cap hit for a release (not a trade) like $12 mil? I know this goes against going wisdom, but I really think we'll find a way to keep Lavar. He sure sounded like he wanted to be here when asked by Sonny and co in the locker room after the Seattle game. And Gibbs has talked a lot about keeping the team intact. Remember: Gibbs makes these decisions in the end, not Snyder or Cerrato. If it's a smaller hit anyway, my feeling is that Lavar convinced the D coaches of his attitude in the second half of the year. And remember how his teammates rallied to him. He's a leader on this team. Cutting him looks too much like old-style Danny-boy retribution, and not enough like Gibbs. We'll see!