Potential Offseason Cuts and Cap Savings

It doesn't matter who got tackled by Dawkins. It's not like he has a pussy hand that wouldn't have gotten broken if it was anyone else.

Portis has been banged up but I guarantee that his stock around the league would still be pretty high if he became available.

There is one more option regarding #8.

He does the honorable thing and retires. If he does that, the cap savings would be even greater.

There is no point to keep Collins or Brunnell around.

Vincent is an absolute keeper.

Give Arch another year and then deal with it.

Portis has had two freak injuries -- they do not show he is injury prone and he isn't going anywhere. Please lay off the crystal meth and remove the couch from in front of your trailer.

Renaldo Wynn -- played in all 16 games in 2005, had 24 tackles and half a sack with one pass defended. Let's be honest, would he make the roster for any other team in the NFL that isn't as hung up on "locker room leaders" ??

What's his "leadership" done for us this year?

Amen! I've been a big proponent of letting Wynn go over the last 3 years. No one's presence on our roster over the last 3 years has angered me more than this so called "locker room leader" - not even Brunell. I have little doubt that he will restructure and continue to be a great locker room presence in 2007.

Not for the $ he will command.

I know he's not nursing a chronic knee but he hurt his shoulder earlier and now his hand. IMO that would raise questions to others about whether CP is now injury prone.

He is a top back but he's expensive. RBs are a dime a dozen in this league and the most expendible of any position on the team. Teams (except for the skins) like to draft RB at a low cost and then have them outperform their contract.

First, Portis will command a lot of money because everyone knows how special he is.

As for RBs being a dime a dozen, I disagree. You can get a decent back for little money or a mid-round pick. You do not get a Clinton Portis on the cheap - no one except LT can run, block, and catch like him. If your theory about backs is true, why would any team (e.g. Seattle, San Diego) sign backs to big contracts?

Portis may command lots of $ but that doesnt mean anyone will pay it.

They did sign those backs to big contracts but not without lots of hand wringing and soul searching. I just dont think teams need high $ backs to be very successful. Look at Indy, Chicago, NE, Balt, Denver. They all have decent backs but none of those backs are household names or mega $ contracts.

I'm sorry I was in meetings all day, I could have squashed this nonsensical Portis discussion a lot sooner.

Portis is scheduled to hit our cap for $7.0 million in 2007. If we cut him or trade him, he'll hit $8.1 million. There's no way we release a still very productive Portis, age 26, AND take an incremental cap hit for doing so. The only way we'd get rid of him is if we actually saved (A LOT of) money, which we wouldn't.

Portis will not object to renegotiation. The 'Skins have structured their contracts in such a way to simply convert roster bonuses and base salaries into new signing bonuses. Portis would still get the cash his contract says he's supposed to get in '07; it would just be called a signing bonus instead of salary. Players don't care what you call it, they just want the money. He'll renegotiate, the cap number will come down from the $7.0 million, and we'll be happily ever after.

He's going nowhere, take it to the bank. CC, can I get an amen?

and then we use this to sign nate clements. to be totally honest id want us to sign freeney (since finding a DE in the draft is such a huge crap shoot) and THEN find another CB in the draft.

thats just nonsense. portis is our best player. betts and duckett both are free agents at seasons end. Look for betts to be back but duckett is out.

You are correct. He is our best player. But he is also the most expensive. And he plays a position where he could easily be replaced. RB's can be replaced a lot easier than pass rushers.

You are correct. He is our best player. But he is also the most expensive. And he plays a position where he could easily be replaced. RB's can be replaced a lot easier than pass rushers.

Jesus man, read the posts above.

Portis costs us more money to cut in '07 than he does to keep. Please gain a basic knowledge of the salary cap before you start coming around talking about the chances certain players may be gone.