Least Cap Space Entering Into This Weekend

[Riverboat Ron]

Specking of cap space the Redskins and Cowboys just filed a grievance against the NFL.

http://blogs.nfl.com..._headline_stack

Hope it works out in their favor. I believe they were given the raw end by Mara and his cahoots.

To be honest I do believe they should complain, the bears, jets, cowboys, redskins and saints should all lose cap space for front loading contracts and putting heavy signing bonuses in an uncapped year. This is something the owners agreed to and warned teams from front loading deals to take advantage of the cba negotiations.

[Floppin]

Yes of couse it was a BS thing for the NFL to do especailly a couple days before the start of the free agent signing period.

They were specifically warned to not do it or there would be repercussions, and they did it anyway. Give me a break, you're as bad as a saints fan.

[Floppin]

Well, I hope people don't look into it too much.....bc the arguemet could be made what Carolina did was just as wrong. Actually they brought it up on Sirius NFL.

We did the complete opposite.

[Mage]

We'll be fine. Restructures will happen and remember, we'll have more free cap space once Wharton's deal takes place around June.

[jtnc]

ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas reports that New Orleans quietly has restructured the contracts of cornerback Patrick Robinson and wide receiver Lance Moore, freeing up a total of roughly $2.3 million in salary cap space.

In Moore’s case, his $2 million base salary was dropped to $825,000. Moore received a $1.175 million “signing” bonus to compensate. The signing bonus will be prorated over the life of Moore’s contract, and in the process his 2012 cap figure tumbled from $4.3 million to $2.9 million.

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

They were specifically warned to not do it or there would be repercussions, and they did it anyway. Give me a break, you're as bad as a saints fan.

They were warned not to break a rule that did not exist? We'll see what the arbitrator has to say. And the NFLPA have already stated they were strong armed into backing the punishment. I could post a link if you want.

[Keith Moons Liver]

Really blows my mind how we can be spending so much on a roster as pitiful as ours. We really need to trim the fat, get leaner and stronger.

[cbarrier90]

Really blows my mind how we can be spending so much on a roster as pitiful as ours. We really need to trim the fat, get leaner and stronger.

Re-structuring and cuts will do most of that, and the draft will help as well, but this roster won't be Super Bowl bound overnight.

As for the contracts, it helps breed the idea that the front office is loyal to those players that produce at a high level for the team over their career. Yes, perhaps the team is loyal to a fault (see Jake) but that loyalty and willingness to overpay could pay off when a certain quarterback reaches the conclusion of his rookie deal.

[KendrickPanther]

You win championships with a couple stars, a couple overachievers, and a ton of solid role players. The reason teams rarely repeat is because everyone on these super bowl teams is underpaid. It's hard to keep the peices together. We need to underpay a bunch of great players and overpay one or two (Cam,healthy Beason)

[LinvilleGorge]

As I understand it, it was an unwritten rule that teams would now be allowed to use the uncapped year to dump salaries for future cap space and there would be repercussions if teams did it. Evidently, the deals were approved because the NFLPA would've raised hell if the deals were technically legal under the current rules, but not approved by the league office.

In other words, the NFL is basically openly admitting to collusion between the owners.

[CRA]

We did the complete opposite.

Yep. And some have already made the argument we also were in the wrong. Which is why I hope this goes away quick

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

Yep. And some have already made the argument we also were in the wrong. Which is why I hope this goes away quick

Spending below the salary floor still technically gives the advantage of massive cap room in future years that spending alot did.

Hence why the buccaneers were able to sign 3 pro bowl caliber players to mega deals.

So yeah the spending less than the cap floor and no punishment bothers me, especially for the fact that it reeks of collusion when teams should have been otherwise encouraged to spend in a non-capped year, most teams pinched pennies.

[Floppin]

Our cap number was low but we had the highest actual salary/budget number in the league that year.

[panthers55]

Since signing bonuses are prorated for cap purposes but are included in salary figures in the year they are paid out, any time you sign a number of expensive guys to new contracts, your salary spikes. Last year we had to be one of the highest with all the signing bonuses we paid.