If the extension to the CBA can't get done, then what?

So create a contract that basically pays them the minimum based on their experience in 2006 and pays an insane amount in the uncapped 2007 year?

I don't know as much as I would like an uncapped year we can't lose guys like Jansen and Washington.

if thats what he meant, then no, i think the 30% rule would kill that. releasing and resigning right away would mean that you can (i think) prorate a bonus out three years, but eating the release fee would totally counteract that.

Well I think as you mentioned earlier, a big problem is going to be depth. We can put in someone like Nemo (or one of those Canadians we signed) for Betts, or Aki for Salave'a. Serious drop-offs but I think that's what we'll see for this year at least. Not much depth, and pray we don't have too many injuries.

Here's another question. And I don't want to think this way, but how much do we save if Sean Taylor is spending the 2006 season in prison?

probably nothing... he has one of the smallest contracts on the team. If you're suspended you get paychecks with held, if you're on IR you get less, but i don't think being in jail helps.

gonna try to see if i can figure a way under the cap... its the last 8$mill thats the b**ch. without players take real honest and actual pay cuts (which is rare, and the skins needs players to give up a LOT of money) it going to be very very bloody.

Normally, I don't share anything that profootballtalk.com says. Their site's "inside scoops" are about as reliable as Pinto. But, given the seriousness of the issue, I thought I'd relay the following "article" on the site. It reports as follows:
CBA "IS GONNA GET DONE"

A league source tells us that an extension to the Collective Bargaining Agreement "is gonna get done" in the near future, and that the start of free agency will be delayed by "a week or so" so that this year's class of free agents will hit the market under the terms of the new labor deal.

As it currently stands, free agency is set to begin on Friday, March 3. Because 2006 is the last capped year under the existing CBA, various provisions of the contract between the NFL and the player's union would make it much harder for teams to navigate the salary cap in signing new players.

There has been plenty of gloom-and-doom rhetoric of late from NFL executive director Gene Upshaw regarding the status of the talks, even though we've continued to hear that progress was being made. An industry source (who apparently was right on the money) told us on Friday that, in his opinion, Upshaw and Commissioner Paul Tagliabue have been working together to put pressure on the owners to resolve their differences regarding the proposed expansion of local revenues that are not currently shared.

The NFLPA has insisted on the inclusion of such monies in the funding of the league-wide salary cap. But if the local revenues aren't shared, the salary cap for the low-earning teams would be artificially inflated by the local income of the big-money teams.

Though no specifics as to the terms of the coming CBA and possibly expanded revenue sharing are available, it's looking stronger than ever than something will happen soon.

Normally, I don't share anything that profootballtalk.com says. Their site's "inside scoops" are about as reliable as Pinto. But, given the seriousness of the issue, I thought I'd relay the following "article" on the site. It reports as follows:
CBA "IS GONNA GET DONE"

A league source tells us that an extension to the Collective Bargaining Agreement "is gonna get done" in the near future, and that the start of free agency will be delayed by "a week or so" so that this year's class of free agents will hit the market under the terms of the new labor deal.

As it currently stands, free agency is set to begin on Friday, March 3. Because 2006 is the last capped year under the existing CBA, various provisions of the contract between the NFL and the player's union would make it much harder for teams to navigate the salary cap in signing new players.

There has been plenty of gloom-and-doom rhetoric of late from NFL executive director Gene Upshaw regarding the status of the talks, even though we've continued to hear that progress was being made. An industry source (who apparently was right on the money) told us on Friday that, in his opinion, Upshaw and Commissioner Paul Tagliabue have been working together to put pressure on the owners to resolve their differences regarding the proposed expansion of local revenues that are not currently shared.

The NFLPA has insisted on the inclusion of such monies in the funding of the league-wide salary cap. But if the local revenues aren't shared, the salary cap for the low-earning teams would be artificially inflated by the local income of the big-money teams.

Though no specifics as to the terms of the coming CBA and possibly expanded revenue sharing are available, it's looking stronger than ever than something will happen soon.

I read something along this line off the AP!

Also the AP story read a quote from Gibbs that said" he remaines optimistic that the start of free agency could still be delayed a couple of weeks"- A point Atlanta Falcons GM Rich McKay disagreed with. And the cumulative effect has created uncertainty about how to handle off season moves. "The challenge will be the day after free agency opens" McKay said" the phone might ring,but I don't know if will beable to answer it. We might have to let it ring".

I hope both sides are playing chicken...lets hope they no one gets burned!

cutting lavar can still save 6.5mill from his bonus right? (how big is the bonus?) and jansen, thomas, and brunell all have high base salaries, so if they each give back a million (500k this year and next cause of the 30% rule, if you turn it into bonus money then they'd have to give back a lot more, but less actual money)... that puts you about even, then you just need 2mill for draft picks and to know that our free agents are all gone and no one else is coming in through free agency.

So if the CBA is not done by friday march 3rd what will the Redskins have to do? I have seen that the Redskins are 21 million over the cape. Who will be cut or how will we get below that! I saw VP of football operations V.Cerrato say the if the is no CBA the the team[Redskins] would do most of thier player acquisitions in the draft not free agency! That kind of cape short fall is no small matter! A new WR or what ever seems way off!!! We will be lucky to keep what we have on the team now.
"Some in the NFL believe Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is particularly torn by the collective bargaining impasse. Snyder needs a new labor deal to ease the team's cap issues in 2006. But he also has spent heavily on free agents in the past and, if an extension is not completed, there would be no salary cap in 2007. That would allow him to spend as lavishly as he likes on new players."
-Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022401722.html)


It's kind of a "win-win" situation because if an extension is not reached there won't be a cap in 2007...We just have to cut who we can cut, sign who we can sign, and trade who we can trade. It seems devastating but I think we'll be alright...If not; We will have our fun in 2007.

Considering that an extension isn’t reach, I suggest we trade up in the draft to acquire a WR using next year’s picks. Without a cap, who needs the draft when we can sign proven players where money isn't an issue?

Not looking good.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2343073

Considering that an extension isn’t reach, I suggest we trade up in the draft to acquire a WR using next year’s picks. Without a cap, who needs the draft when we can sign proven players where money isn't an issue?


guys wont hit free agency for 6 years after being drafted instead of 4 years out. good players wont be tossed for monetary concerns. more than one team will try to buy a superbowl, and the prices will at some point hit saturation (in all likelyhood). a draft violates anti-trust laws anyways (robs draftees of the chance to take competitive bids for their services).

If the draft goes, then we can buy college players... but most free agents are likely to be junk the original team didn't want.

i just read an article on foxsports that said monday the nfl was going to announce the 2006-2007 salary cap at 95 million.they also said there would be an extension on the cba deadline.i think this is wonderful news