Skins need to free up cap room

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by dmek25

schneed, if the skins want dre bly here this season, do the numbers work?

It really depends on a couple things:

1) What does Todd Wade's contract look like? JLC reported in the post that it was 2 years, worth somewhere around $3 million a year. CC is reporting 3 years worth about $1.5 million a year. CC usually goes straight to the NFLPA site for his info, I think. Maybe he can comment.

2) Was Patten a post-June 1 release, or not? If not, was that $3 million payment a guaranteed payment, or was it a roster bonus of some sort? So we need a little more info on Patten before we know the hit we're taking for him.

Now, CC's sheets say we have $3.8 million in room, probably about $3.3 after we factor in Stoutmire. But those numbers include the worst-case scenario on Patten, and a best-case scenario on Wade. So we could have as much as $6 million in room if it's best-case for both Patten and Wade. Or we could have $1 million in room if it's worst-case on both. CC's numbers fall in the middle of that range, so chances are, they're right. $3.3 million in current cap room is a safe assumption.

That would be enough for rookies, but probably not enough for Bly. We could create the room for Bly if we wanted though; we can ditch Todd Collins to create $1.2 million, or we can ditch Renaldo Wynn to create $2.5 million.