Jon Jansen Restructures

Yeah I agree with it, primarily because I still think Jansen is a stud. People are quick to rag on him, but I don't see the logic.

I would not caategorize Jansen as a stud anymore. His skills and technique have been on the decline for the last 3 years. He may be a better fit at Guard.

Looks like he's agreed to the vet min :)

Seriously though, according to this he's restructured his 2008 salary down from around $5 million to $730,000

NFL Players Association - Resources - Active Player Search (http://www.nflpa.org/Resources/ActivePlayerSearch.aspx?id=26979)

Haven't really had a chance to look at the overall cap ramifications. I'll leave that to the brainiacs

Outstanding! I was thinking we would have to cut him due to his high salary. I am quite pleased he chose to restructure. Just another reason we should keep this guy around. When healthy he's a top tackle.

Love this time of year.

I'll do another cap sheet update tonight as well as the long awaited Cap 101 thread.

Thanks again to Schneed for all his work.

Love this time of year.

I'll do another cap sheet update tonight as well as the long awaited Cap 101 thread.

Thanks again to Schneed for all his work.

So if we're 6 million under the cap, is that enough to go after Briggs and say Williams and some needed depth?

I just did an update.

- Jansen's restucture was a basic salary ($4.25M) to signing bonus move. It saved us $3.2M on the 2008 cap as Schneed predicted.

- Cooley's numbers didn't change on my sheet with his "restructure". The $11M roster bonus never made any sense, I'm quite sure it was guaranteed all along.

- The Red Snapper signed for the vet min. He'll make $830K salary plus a $40K signing bonus. Because of the vet min exemption he will count $485K against our 2008 cap.

Right now I have us at $5.8M over the cap, but Brunell's imminent release will save us $3.5M, bringing us to $2.3M over. I still have Rock on my sheets too but if he leaves it will only save us $230K against the cap.

Talk about a guy who never complains just comes in and does his job (when he is healthy) I will give it 5 minutes before Schneed fills us in with all his cap wisdom

are you serious? he's NEVER healthy...he may be a character guy, but he's nothing but an overpaid liability. every year we get our hopes up that the line will be healthy and dominant- he's missed 2 of the past 3 years. tough to complain when you are well paid and never have to do anything...

are you serious? he's NEVER healthy...he may be a character guy, but he's nothing but an overpaid liability. every year we get our hopes up that the line will be healthy and dominant- he's missed 2 of the past 3 years. tough to complain when you are well paid and never have to do anything...

But for what we restructured him for, it's worth it to take that chance.

are you serious? he's NEVER healthy...he may be a character guy, but he's nothing but an overpaid liability. every year we get our hopes up that the line will be healthy and dominant- he's missed 2 of the past 3 years. tough to complain when you are well paid and never have to do anything...


see that is why i put in parathensis when he is healthy

are you serious? he's NEVER healthy...he may be a character guy, but he's nothing but an overpaid liability. every year we get our hopes up that the line will be healthy and dominant- he's missed 2 of the past 3 years. tough to complain when you are well paid and never have to do anything...
He missed 2 of the last 4 years. He was out in 2004 and 2007. He only missed one game total from 2005-2006.

He missed 2 of the last 4 years. He was out in 2004 and 2007. He only missed one game total from 2005-2006.

He didn't miss a single game in coach or as a pro from 1999-2004.

I love how people say he just sat around collecting his check, as if he really was hoping to shred parts of his body and spend countless hours rehabbing.