Cuts Announced

ESPNews just announced the Redskins have cut 4 players today:

Player Cap Savings
Bruce $6.5M
Armstead $1.5M
Dalton $1.4M
Barker $900G

Total Savings: $10.5M

I'll try to post an updated cap list.

i saw that too wildman of the north.they had to cut grandpa bruce because he would not retire.i love that.

Ya I do like freeing up $10.5M of cap space.

We should note also that the "Dead Money on Redskins 2004 Cap" is now up to $8.1M. That's 10% of the cap for nothing.

Of course this dead money is due to past mistakes, and we're looking a lot cleaner for the future, so I'll hold off on cursing out Snyder and the FO. I actually think they are doing a very good job lately.

I hate to say it but none of those players will be missed. They can all be easily replaced for a lot less than $10.5M and with improved play to boot!

grandpa bruce will probably be claimed by the bills so he can retire where he came in at.all of the guys cut can easily be replaced though.

Ya I do like freeing up $10.5M of cap space.

We should note also that the "Dead Money on Redskins 2004 Cap" is now up to $8.1M. That's 10% of the cap for nothing.

Of course this dead money is due to past mistakes, and we're looking a lot cleaner for the future, so I'll hold off on cursing out Snyder and the FO. I actually think they are doing a very good job lately.

I agree about the FO doing a much better job lately. Plus, we are nowhere near where we were a couple years ago with "dead money", and correct me if I'm wrong, but every team has some dead money against their cap. It's something that goes along with the territory in this age of the salary cap and FA.

I totally agree that we won't miss any of them. I think the only way the Bills would pick up Bruce is if he'd agree to retire before the season just so he could say he retired as a Bill. I don't know if Bruce would even want to go back there to retire because he was so pissed when they got rid of him in the first place. I really don't see him coming back to play for any one else this season. His career is done. He should either retire as a Skin or a Bill. At least we gave him the chance to set the record!!!!

Does anyone have an itemized list of how we got all that dead money?

Only one I might miss is Armstead, he had a solid year for us. Mitchell and Pierce were wasted on the bench though.

I agree about the FO doing a much better job lately. Plus, we are nowhere near where we were a couple years ago with "dead money", and correct me if I'm wrong, but every team has some dead money against their cap. It's something that goes along with the territory in this age of the salary cap and FA.

Ya nowadays it's almost impossible to have no dead money. Any player signed to a long term contract will inevitably lead to a "Dead Money Hit" when that player is released/traded down the road. The keys are to keep this DMH to a minimum and more importantly make sure these DMHs don't overlap (ie occur in the same year) whenever possible.

I think the Skins have been doing a good job lately in both areas.