[Hogskin]

Don't sweat the "couple years" from now that some of the journalists keep harping on. They were saying the EXACT same thing 3-4 years ago when we signed Deion, Bruce and the others. It seems that one thing Snyder's front office team knows how to do VERY well is manage the cap. They know how to play the game. It is extremely unlikely we will get into SF's type of trouble. The Redskins will renegotiate some contracts and make one or two KEY trades each year starting 2 years from now. (Trades similar to the Bailey/Portis deal). Then the cap hits get shoved back a couple more years (again). This works, and some writers have not figured it out yet.

Oh yeah - and don't forget the TV contracts are going to be renegotiated (I think for 2006). Expectations are for a big revenue increase. This will, in turn, drive the cap up quite a bit. Nobody ever seems to mention that when they write about the 2006 demise of the Redskins. Joe Prisco of Sportsline is notorious for calling for the Redskin collapse in 2006. He also dissed the Patriots all through the season last year. Facts don't bother some of these guys.