Salary Cap Status Update

Roughly a 4 million dollar hit to release Thomas, and roughly 2 million to release Jansen.

In my opinion: it makes sense to restructure Thomas and just leave Jansen's contract as it is. My reasoning: Thomas is more of a lock to play out his contract here than Jansen is. Thomas is under contract for 5 more seasons and likely will play 4 of them. Jansen is under contract for 4 more seasons, and we might be able to squeeze two out of him.

Schneed may have a different interpretation though.

I would agree actually. With Jansen you have the ability to save $3.7 million by restructuring him, but like you said it would kick a lot of cap money down the road. Given the amount of space we'll have after making other moves, this one probably doesn't make sense to make. After all, you've got Heyer on the roster. Nobody's really sure yet how good that kid is, he performed decently enough this season, but he needed a lot of help. So you kind of need another year to see what he can become. You don't want to committ to Jansen in 2010 yet, because if Heyer can improve in 2009, then maybe he becomes your starter in 2010. And if Heyer doesn't step up, then you still have Jansen in 2010 if you still want him. Or you can cut Jansen in 2010 and save tons of cap space, allowing you to go out and replace him with the best available RT.

Basically, by not restructuring Jansen, it allows the team more financial flexibility at that position in 2009 and 2010.

Thomas, in my opinion, is the best lineman we have. I'd committ to him until he's 45. Did I mention I heart Randy Thomas?

Thomas, in my opinion, is the best lineman we have. I'd committ to him until he's 45. Did I mention I heart Randy Thomas?A few times, yeah.

You should add Wade and Springs to your potential cut list.

I would add Kendall too since he will be 35 has no release fee, even though we both expect him to be back.

Good looking out, I updated it.

I would keep Springs, but yeah, you never know. This at least shows the potential for generating cap room. We'll see which moves the team chooses to make.

Nice work!

The #s both scare & excite me. On the scary side, I fear that Mooch (I hope) or whoever will want to make some major roster changes w/cuts & Danny's checkbook. On the exciting side, I think acquiring no more than 2 starters in free agency as we did this past year, looks very promising.

Has anyone run any #s on the impact of JC et al re-signing? Other than him, Golston, Montgomery & Heyer are the only guys I can see as potentially signing new deals this offseason. Even of that group, it only seems possible for MOntgomery this year.

One thing I think is really good over the front office reorganization is that it puts authoritative power over cap issues back where it belongs, out of the hands of the coaches. It's much easier to task a fiscally responsible policy when you don't have head coaches blank checking players like Archuleta and Lloyd.

One thing I think is really good over the front office reorganization is that it puts authoritative power over cap issues back where it belongs, out of the hands of the coaches. It's much easier to task a fiscally responsible policy when you don't have head coaches blank checking players like Archuleta and Lloyd.

Speaking of which what will cutting Lloyd do to that $27.6 (under) number?

Speaking of which what will cutting Lloyd do to that $27.6 (under) number?


I wonder if cutting Lloyd is actually a guarantee now that we have a new coaching staff?

Speaking of which what will cutting Lloyd do to that $27.6 (under) number?

Cutting Lloyd would cost us $2.9 million in 2008 cap space.

So if we did make every one of those moves and get all the way to $27.6 under the cap (won't happen but let's go with it), then cutting Lloyd would leave us with $24.7 million in space.

Good post. Don't cut Springs for me.

All else looks good.

why cut Todd Wade at 700k?