Cutting Archuleta & The Salary Cap

[CrazyCanuck]

I do think cutting AA is a possibility (albeit an expensive one).

A post-June 1 cut would count $1.833M in 2007 and $7.167M in 2008. While that is a big deadcap hit to take in 2008 it wouldn't be the first time.

I've always theorized that the Skins allocate a certain percentage of their cap to deadcap each year. This year we had Lavar's $7.5M+ deadcap hit and a total of over $16M in deadcap. Last year we had Coles' $9M deadcap hit and nearly $20M in total deadcap.

Right now we have less than $1M in deadcap in 2007 and that just doesn't sound right for a Skins team. Even if we cut Arch and took his full $9M deadcap hit in 2007, we'd still be "ahead" of the game in Skins terms. Plus the salary cap keeps rising every year making the deadcap portion smaller in percentage terms.

Personally I hope they find some use for this guy. I wouldn't mind giving him a shot at LB (as others have suggested) since we are weak there and he can't cover anyways. But if he really can't fit here I think we should cut him next year, take the full $9M deadcap in 2007, and start rebuilding for 2008.