Cap Implications of Josh Norman

well, we had that 36m penalty, and that forced some money into future years to work around it. if we had it, we probably would have spent it though.

Yes, BUT. . .

The cap penalty hurt our depth the most. We still had big money "stars" on the team but we weren't able to get and keep that intermediate level depth across all positions to account for the inevitable injuries that occur during the season.

In addition to hurting depth, the cap penalty directly hurt the quality of our special teams because those are the players that fill out that unit.

My memory wasn't too bad because you actually validated what I said about some teams having that kind of salary cap. That said, Why on earth do you think the Giants or Bears are bad teams? Realistically, the Giants probably should have won the division last season, but let 3-4 games get away from them in the last few minutes.

I retracted the "bad" statement and put us at mediocre. Let's be honest, in a better division, we wouldn't have been division champs. Our whole division sucked ass last year and we didn't beat a single team over .500. That's saying a lot. Remember, we are a year removed from being the #4 pick in the draft. We didn't accumulate that much talent in a years time to suddenly vault us into contender status. Are we Browns level bad? Absolutely not. Are we going to be favored to win our division this year? Absolutely not.

My only thought was there isn't that much separating us from some of those teams with a lot of cap room. Why is it we spend on guys that don't produce. I think the fact that carrying over cap can benefit us much better than overpaying for a scrub that isn't going to merit his contract. (Luvao, Hatcher, Roberts, Culliver, etc) Even when we were bad, we still were at the brink of being capped regularly.

What are the big money positions (numbers from overthecap.com)


QB - 22M top 10 money
LT - 10M OL is top 10 money which is a bit scary with two rookies on the line
WR 27M 2nd only to the bears
CB - 27M 2nd only to the jets

Defensively we are 16th in cap spending
Offensively we are 2nd only to the Steelers

I would say that WR is one place we currently over spend for the production we get, BUT that may change if QB and OL stabilize.

I think most Skins fans like that the owner is willing to spend when the situation calls for it. To me, what that means is that we will never see a super large cap balance, but instead always just enough to cover our needs each year.

i mean, would you rather switch rosters with the 49ers this season and have their 50m in cap space? i wouldn't.

San Fran ain't going nowhere with that roster in that division. Fisher and chip fighting again for the bottom of the west. I guarantee it.

What are the big money positions (numbers from overthecap.com)

QB - 22M top 10 money
LT - 10M OL is top 10 money which is a bit scary with two rookies on the line
WR 27M 2nd only to the bears
CB - 27M 2nd only to the jets

If you add outside pass rusher (hopefully in 2017 with Pootie Tang at OLB), those are the premium positions to pay for.

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