Redskins sign DE Stephen Bowen

After this deal we are STILL 30 mil under the cap! Great move!$17 ish million.

But yeah, that's still plenty of money to chase Braylon Edwards and upgrade the OL.

I like this approach. All of these guys could be starters or they could end up being role players playing limited snaps. Sharing the burden is a good thing. If we could land Cofield and Bowen for less than having an aging Jenkins and a worthless Haynesworth on the team, I'm all for it.

Let's roll!

$17 ish million.

But yeah, that's still plenty of money to chase Braylon Edwards and upgrade the OL.


should be more than that right? With all the cuts, moving mcnabb, haynesworth, daniels, the DT, etc.?

It's more like 65%-70% isn't it? Certainly not every play, but the vast majority of first and second downs.

It seems to me you are unhappy that a proven, true-big-strong space eating NT has not been aquired and/or that the D-lineman that have been aquired are more of the attacking/gap shooting type and not the gap control/occupy lineman type.

I see the concern but not sure one of those was really out there except for Franklin - maybe they are just waiting for the market to cool down before going after him?

$17 ish million.

But yeah, that's still plenty of money to chase Braylon Edwards and upgrade the OL.


According to WP, it's 30.

Redskins have plenty of cap space after trading Albert Haynesworth, cutting veterans - The Insider - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/redskins-have-plenty-of-cap-space-after-trading-albert-haynesworth-cutting-veterans/2011/07/28/gIQA5NpJfI_blog.html)


By trading Albert Haynesworth (who carried a salary cap figure of $5.4 million) and cutting center Casey Rabach ($3 million cap figure), nose tackle Ma’ake Kemoeatu ($2.5 million) and defensive end Phillip Daniels ($1.25 million), the Redskins freed up another $12.15 million in cap room.

That meant Washington was $34.15 million under the $120 million salary cap.

$17 ish million.

But yeah, that's still plenty of money to chase Braylon Edwards and upgrade the OL.

I am getting my numbers from Rick Maese. Most are saying the 30 Mil
Redskins have plenty of cap space after trading Albert Haynesworth, cutting veterans - The Insider - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/redskins-have-plenty-of-cap-space-after-trading-albert-haynesworth-cutting-veterans/2011/07/28/gIQA5NpJfI_blog.html)

I should point out that the youth of Bowen and Cofield trumps all other arguments. They'll be premier players for us between now and 2013. If our current coaches can't play a scheme that wins a bunch of games with these guys, we'll bring in other coaches who might be able to.

So signing good young players, never a problem. Signing them to big money deals, eh, good organizations typically do it more judiciously, but this is crazy money time. That's why Stephen Bowen gets poached at more than $5 mil per year.

Josh Wilson's contract was, what, 3 years, 13.5 mil? That is a good contract for a young player. Bowen doubled that.

I am getting my numbers from Rick Maese. Most are saying the 30 Mil
Redskins have plenty of cap space after trading Albert Haynesworth, cutting veterans - The Insider - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/redskins-have-plenty-of-cap-space-after-trading-albert-haynesworth-cutting-veterans/2011/07/28/gIQA5NpJfI_blog.html)His numbers probably aren't considering the rookie cap and perhaps not all of the deadcap we have.

$17 mil, $30 mil, whatever. It's a lot of money to spend.

I'd rather pay Bowen than AH.

Gotta pay a little more to pry away a guy that the Cowboys really wanted to keep.

His numbers probably aren't considering the rookie cap and perhaps not all of the deadcap we have.

$17 mil, $30 mil, whatever. It's a lot of money to spend.


Enough to get Asomough, Franklin and D. Joseph :) ?!?!