Salary Cap Irritations

Unless the Broncos redo or release him…There is no way they were ever going to pay him that much. It was always a cheapie one year deal with a ’We’ll see how you do" on the end.

I’m pretty sure Cutler’s agent has this hanging on the wall next to his shaving mirror with such illuminaries as Travis Henry, Niko and Boss outweighing Jay. Actually, the only thing it lacks is seeing the hit we’ll take if we cut or trade Bly, Champ, etc. DJ is a vast hit for a guy who had an awful year, but again, I don’t know what it would be to cut or trade 9obviously trade) him. Some of our members do, though. Guys?

Robertson signed a back-end loaded $24million contract for six years. I show that he gets $900,000 in salary for 2009 plus a roster bonus of $4mill if he’s still on the team on 3/3. His cap hit is only $3mill in 2009 NOT $16mill. If he’s cut before 3/3 there’s a $2.5 mill hit. My guess is they are evaluating draft/FA prospects before deciding whether to cut him or not.

Travis Henry is a June roster cut. That rule allows a team to spread the cap hit for cut players over two years.
Colbert is an example of the same since he was traded after June 1.
Their # on DJ looks about 2x two high. He signed a 6-year deal for $32mill. His cap hit should be between just under $7mill.

It ranks teams by their expected cap space. Here’s the good part:

3. Denver — $34m under – New coach Josh McDaniels has needs everywhere, primarily on defense. This unit could see a massive slash-fest that frees up another $15m or so, giving them near $50m to spend! S Marlon McCree, S Marquand Manuel, LB Nate Webster, LB Boss Bailey, DE Ebenezer Ekuban, & DT Dewayne Robertson are just 6 of maybe 10-12 defense cap-cuts. McDaniels won’t leave offense off his wish list since he’s holding a platinum credit card. Free-agent RB Derrick Ward is a perfect fit. They have 2 great WRs in Brandon Marshall & Eddie Royal, but what about adding WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh? McDaniels witnessed T.J. burning New England for 26 catches, 340 yards and 1 TD in the last 3 meetings.

This one blows my mind. I didn’t follow the details of his contract as it was restructured last year, but even though he was eventually exonerated…. what in the @*#!! were we thinking not conditioning the entire sum of his contract on whether or not he would stay away from pot???

I know he was exonerated in court for that weird testing incident. But the fact remains that even before he was signed he had a history.

What bothers me is that the Broncos let him go June 2 saying he was inconsistent and lacked motivation (hmmm, remind you of anything?). It turns out that a few weeks earlier, he had tested positive for marijuana … but the Broncos didn’t find out until after they cut him. Now we’re on the HOOK??

Not sure I’d be paying him a red cent. The odor of this one continues to linger.

Thanks, Zappa, for giving us the occasion to vent a little here. My weekend is looking a little happier now.

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