Salary Cap Analysis

No! Ok? Just No!

You are correct that with no salary cap our payroll could be as high as we want. However this no-cap environment would only exist in 2007.

The 30% rule has more to do with our cap situation in 2006. The Skins are currently like $20 million over the 2006 cap. We can save about $15 million off our 2006 cap by restructuring a bunch of roster bonuses due to key players. By restructuring we can push a bunch of money to 2007 and subsequent years. Unfortunately the 30% rule would prevent us from doing so, and we'd lose all these potential savings.

So without a new CBA it's gonna be really hard for the Skins to keep their core intact, and make any new free agent signings basically impossible.

Ditto.

No! Ok? Just No!

You add NOTHING to these message boards. I wish banishment upon you. If only one of the Mod Gods would heed my prayer...

If only I could have banning power. God knows I'm on here often enough to know who is causing problems.

instead of only 4 years to pro rate salaries,you could jack up the players salary to say,10 million for the uncapped year instead of giving a bonus without any problems?

If only I could have banning power. God knows I'm on here often enough to know who is causing problems.

Riiigggghhhht. Like we could trust a drunken fool like you with such power.

See, right there - Bam - banned just for calling it as i see it. :laughing2

Football season is over. My drinking at noon days are done until fall. :(

instead of only 4 years to pro rate salaries,you could jack up the players salary to say,10 million for the uncapped year instead of giving a bonus without any problems?

if you make the playoffs your ability to get free agents is seriously impaired and there's some 30% salary increases and such to prevent that.

If you don't make the playoffs I think you can, during the uncapped year, sign the huge SB/one year salaries and have trailing years of vet min...

Salary Cap $ Scheduled in 2006: $109.6 million
Expected NFL Salary Cap Limit: $93 million

Expected Cuts - Cap Savings:
Brandon Noble - $1.7 million
Walt Harris - $2 million
Matt Bowen - $2 million
Corey Raymer - $1 million
Antonio Brown - $450,000
Jimmy Farris - $450,000
Derrick Frost - $450,000
Total Cap Savings from Cuts: $8 million

Salary Cap $ Scheduled in 2006 after Cuts: $101.6 million

Expected Trades/Post June 1 Cuts - Cap Savings
Patrick Ramsey - $2.2 million
Lavar Arrington - $7 million
Total Cap Savings from Trades/Post June 1 Cuts: $9.2 million

Salary Cap $ Scheduled in 2006 after Cuts, Trades, Post June 1 Cuts: $92.4 million

Roster Bonuses Restructured - Cap Savings

(assuming 2006 roster bonuses are restructured to become signing bonuses pro-rated for the remaining length of the current contract)

Sean Taylor: $1.8 million
Clinton Portis: $2.5 million
Casey Rabach: $1.5 million
Shawn Springs: $2.5 million
Cornelius Griffin: $2.0 million
Marcus Washington: $1.9 million
Chris Samuels: $3.7 million
Total Cap Savings from Roster Bonus Restructures: $15.9 million

Salary Cap $ Scheduled in 2006 after Cuts, Trades, Post June 1 Cuts, and Roster Bonus Restructures: $76.5 million

Projected Cap: $93 million

Expected Cap Room for Signing Free Agents, Draft Picks, and any Contract Extensions beyond Roster Bonus Restructures: $16.5 million

good analysis

Salary cap is here to stay.

NFLPA President Gene Upshaw has stated publicly that without a new CBA or an extension of the current CBA it would render the 2007 season as a "cap-less" season. He stated emphatically that if that happened there would be a player lockout and a strike would be inevitable.

Biggest hurdle for the CBA right now, and has really always been, revenue sharing. It basically states that teams that bring in the largest revenues, like Washington and Philly, would be forced to share a portion of those revenues with smaller market teams, like Buffalo.


not if they decertify the union. then there would be no lockout.

the league does not want a work stoppage for certain