How much trouble COULD we be in?

Heres my question..http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2317906

After reading that article, it seems the possibility of a CBA being reached is not 100% definte. So if things dont go through and a CBA is NOT reached, just how much trouble are we in? I was wondering if some of the cap Guru's could help me out with this?

we get screwed in our ability to restructure contracts and will be forced to release a lot of players.

There is no need to release players. You simply have to lose a free agent to sign a free agent. Of course you can't give the free agent you sign more money than the free agent you lost received from another team.

There is no need to release players. You simply have to lose a free agent to sign a free agent. Of course you can't give the free agent you sign more money than the free agent you lost received from another team.
thats for 2007....for 2006 we won't be able to restructure any contracts, so we would have to cut a lot of people

I was under the impression that no CBA meant no cap.

There is no need to release players. You simply have to lose a free agent to sign a free agent. Of course you can't give the free agent you sign more money than the free agent you lost received from another team.

that's only in 2007 and possibly beyond and only applies to playoff teams. in 2006 you get screwed on the 30% rule that kills restructuring.

I was under the impression that no CBA meant no cap.

in 2007, there's LOTS of rules about how the financials work the year before an uncapped season though.

I posted this in another thread:

http://www.thewarpath.net/showthread.php?t=10638&page=5&pp=10

I calculate that without a new CBA, we'd be able to get our cap number down to about $98.5M. With the expected number to be $95M, we'd still have to shave off a few million. This would mean cutting a couple core players and would prevent us from signing any free agents or extensions for our current players. So I think we could survive without a new CBA but it might not be pretty.

cant restructure contracts? wtf?

cant restructure contracts? wtf?

you can, but you become limited in what you can do.