[Drift Reality]

This is all conjecture and for fun, so all you "Dan Synder knows best" folks need not apply. Also, I know they are renegotiating the collective bargaining agreement after the 2006 season and the cap will inevitably increase at that point in time.

In the mean time though, I was just wondering what you guys thought we should do to best manage the cap.

I think that we need to do the following:

1. Trade Gardner before the draft or cut him after June 1st. This saves us 2 million dollars next year.
2. Trade Samuels before the draft of cut him after June 1st (if he doesn't renegotiate). This would create around a 4 million dollar cap hit, but save us about 5 million dollars in cap room next year.
3. Cut Barrow after June 1st. This would save us 2 million in room in 2005, and cost us around a 2.25 million dollar hit in 2006.
4. Keep Brunell for one year, and then cut him after June 1, 2006. (I really hope he renegotiates) This would save us 5.4 million dollars in 2006 (which we will desperately need) and cost us about 4 million in dead cap room the following year.
5. Cut Wynn after June 1st 2005 (if he doesn't renegotiate). This will save us about 4.5 million dollars in 2006 and the cap hit for 2007 will be less than 1 million dollars.

Of the players above, the only thing I really hope is that Samuels smartens up and renegotiates for a cap number that is closer to 6-7 million because there is no way he is worth in the 9 million dollar range. That is the sort of number that hurts a team. I'd hate to see him go, but fuck it.