I like them a lot. Feel like the Skins are being very smart in what they are doing. I have agreed with all the moves thus far outside of hoping we could have kept Lorenzo Alexander. Cutting D. Hall made perfect sense. I like that we have resigned all the blue collar guys that make things run. I mentioned this before but we also resigned LB Kehl which is even more important given that we lost Alexander.
Key now is to get a CB and there are still plenty of them out there. I'm sure we want to buy our time which is smart. It is clearly a buyers market with CBs and there is no reason to rush and overspend. Buy time and wait for prices to drop and we should be able to get a solid CB. How could we do it with our cap situation? The first thing they would have to do is create some cap space, probably by restructuring a contract or two. A simple restructure is a fairly routine procedure as the player usually doesn’t give up any money and gets a chunk of his annual salary up front and guaranteed. Then the team and the agent for the player they are going to sign have to negotiate a contract that is cap friendly in the first year.
For example, the contract Reggie Bush signed with the Lions. He received a four-year, $16 million contract that included a $4 million signing bonus and a $1 million base salary in 2013. So Bush will be paid $5 million in cash in 2013 but will count $2 million against the cap (a $1 million base salary plus $1 million prorated). With higher base salaries in future years, his cap number will rise to $4.5 million in 2014 and 2015, and $5 million in 2016.
Key to this is that you can only do this for a few guys otherwise, you will run into some VERY serious cap problems down the road.
Bruce Allen isn't so much a talent evaluator but one of his real strong points is he is very good at managing the cap and if can be done, he'll do it.
Should be interesting to see if we are able to bring Davis back and add a quality CB.
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This year the redskins are handling free agency like a successful team does. I dont know if its by default or because they really are changing their culture of overspending. The cap penalty is a blessing. Hall is a bum. He should have been cut last year. I def think letting Alexander go was a dumb move though. I would have cut Fletcher and kept Alexander. Fletcher has no upside. He should retire. He barely played at a reasonable level last season. I say dont sign davis and bolster up that Offensive line and secondary.
The last couple of years we haven't gone out and gotten that big name, overpriced FA. We have been much more conservative after Shanny's first year.
Hall is decent but definitely not worth his salary and it was the right move.
JSR, the Skins didn't want to let Alexander go. They didn't have the money for him. It was a tough decision but there isn't a doubt in my mind that if the Skins didn't have the cap penalty Alexander would be a Redskin.
Fletcher was a Pro Bowler last season. The guy had a career high 5 INTs last season and was once again a league leader in tackles. He did this while being injured pretty much the entire season. Lets not forget his leadership qualities as well. I like having Fletcher back.
O line has been fortified with some second tier guys that aren't that expensive but are still young and have had considerable playing time so that is good.
Secondary will most certainly need help. Again, problem is that we have no money. The good thing is that there are still decent options out there so I'm sure we are buying our time as those FAs have to be sweating a bit knowing they aren't on a roster yet.
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