Salary Cap situation; can anybody explain it to me like I'm a five-year-old.

[Manwiththeplan]

Who is JJ talking about when he says we paid players we shouldn't have?

I would assume Ratliff, but if you want more exact info, you may need to ask Jones.

 

[theSHOW]

I would assume Ratliff, but if you want more exact info, you may need to ask Jones.

or Spencer. or Ware.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Spencer doesn't matter because he's off the books. Everyone always points out what Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril signed for, but who's to say they would've signed here? Part of what made Seattle attractive was how close they were to a Super Bowl.

 

[Nightman]

I have a question for you, if you had infinite cap space, which two high priced free agents would you sign or which? Or which one high priced free agent would you sign, plus 2 lower level signees.

Jarius Byrd-FS and Greg Hardy-DE

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Jarius Byrd-FS and Greg Hardy-DE

Assuming neither player is tagged, both player's first year cap numbers will be below $5 million

 

[Nightman]

Spencer doesn't matter because he's off the books. Everyone always points out what Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril signed for, but who's to say they would've signed here? Part of what made Seattle attractive was how close they were to a Super Bowl.

Spencer absolutely mattered sign they franchised him 2 years in a row. They took the full 10.6m cap hit that could've been a 4m hit if they had signed him to a 5 yr extension after 2011 or if they let him walk last year, his replacement would have cost the same 4m or less. That 6m difference could have been rolled over to this year.

Giving Doug Free a 4yr/32m deal also hurt, even though they got some of that back. They still had to pay for the over payments in 2011 and 2012.

 

[dcstands4]

If that's the case, we shouldn't have extended Romo. That was the decision that effects everything. Resign him and we go all in, take are medicine and not extend him and we could literally clear almost all the bad contracts by the end of next year and we too could have as much cap space as the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Your plan makes total sense but when you put Oakland and Jacksonville in there..you get the point. But yeah we need to take our medicine for a few years if that what it takes in the long run. I said in one post that if the cap made us build via the draft for 3 years (no FAs). It could set us up as a playoff team for a few years. Instead of this one game short business.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Spencer absolutely mattered sign they franchised him 2 years in a row. They took the full 10.6m cap hit that could've been a 4m hit if they had signed him to a 5 yr extension after 2011 or if they let him walk last year, his replacement would have cost the same 4m or less. That 6m difference could have been rolled over to this year.

Giving Doug Free a 4yr/32m deal also hurt, even though they got some of that back. They still had to pay for the over payments in 2011 and 2012.

You still have to pay the piper. It would be better but only marginally.