Salary Cap Status Update

[Bill B]

[quote=CrazyCanuck;414386]Great work as always Schneed.

- For Cooley, PCinOz's site also lists him at an $11M roster bonus this year. This doesn't make much sense and the Skins will almost certainly convert the $11M into a signing bonus and spread it over the life of his deal. The info I had previously seen had his bonus broken down into two $7M signing bonuses, one in 2007, one in 2008. This makes a lot more sense so I've left my sheets intact with the two $7M signing bonuses.

- In your salary restructuring part your numbers are a little off. Keep in mind that you cannot prorate the entire salary since the player must still earn at least the league minimum for his years of service. So for Jansen for instance his 2008 salary is $5M. The min salary he can make is $720K but let's call it $1M to keep it simple. So $5M - $1M = $4M of base salary that can be prorated. There's 4 years left on his deal (including 2008), so the $4M gets spread over 4 years at $1M per year. This results in a net savings of $3M for 2008. Sorry to nitpick Schneedster.

- I've been thinking a lot about Jansen and Thomas too. I agree with your assessment that cutting them doesn't make much sense. I think they're both here for at least 2 more years assuming they can still play. But I think they warrant discussion since they represent our 2nd and 3rd largest cap hits and over $16M of cap space. This for 2 guys who hardly played this year, and in Jansen's case, an average lineman even when he does play. Don't get me wrong, I like both players a lot and our O-line can use all the help it can get. But I've been hard on Samuels for years cuz of his cap number and I think Jansen and Thomas deserve the same scrutiny.

- As for Kendall I see no reason to cut him. Yes his release fee is very small but so is his cap number (relatively). I thought he did a great job for us this year and helped save our season after all the injuries to our line. His 2008 cap hit is only $2.5M and he'll be playing for a new contract so I see no reason to let him go.

- I wanted to congratulate Brandon Lloyd on officially being the ugliest contract on our books. This coveted award has been held by the likes of Deion, Lavar, and most recently Archuleta. quote]Though I'd love to cut him, his release fee is so high that the best solution is probably to keep him around one more year and see if we can get anything productive out of this guy.[/

Crazy Canuck - I would love for Llyod to get the axe as well. Quick question for you or others that know Llyod - does Jim Zorn's west coast offense hurt or help Llyod? From seeing many posts on this board many have criticized Llyod's lack of route running ability and my question is does the West Coast offense emphasize it more or less than Al Saunders 700 page playbook?