Redskins 2012 Salary Cap Status

A few predictions on the salary cap situation.

First, there is almost no way the NFL wins the greivance case against the Skins and Pokes, but will most assuredly file an appeal.

2nd is the 2 teams will be forced into a settlement with the league to avoid further delay of their cap configurations.

And 3rd is they will receive some relief with cap space this year, and most likely extra compensation next year. No idea what that relief will be, but have to figure it will be less than but close to half. The extra compensation next year will be an additional allowance on their 2013 cap number similar to what they gain this year.

Meaning the $18 Million cap penalty will end up being like a $3 million penalty, although it completely destroyed the team's free agency plans this year. Which is what the league wanted all along. My opinions only

Case was dismissed.......skins and cowboys lost their case.

Case was dismissed.......skins and cowboys lost their case.

AAAAAAAAAAA. No they didn't lose their case, they didn't even lose their appeal. The Arbitrator ruled that he was not the proper venue to have heard the case. Basically the NFL got the case dropped based off their arguement that he couldn't hear the case.

The question is will DS take it further. If I were him I would. I'd file through the courts and force the NFL's hand. They don't want to lose their exemption and they don't want to lose this case. I think if filed they will come to some agreement in order to keep it out of court which then the Skins can drop their case.

Actually who knows what the actual ruling is cause I'm seeing two different ways its being presented
1- That Burbank dropped the appeal
2- That Burbank ruled against our appeal.

So WTF?

https://twitter.com/#!/JasonColeYahoo/status/204959718492475393

Dismissed to me is construde to mean he could not hear the case.

then there is Adam Schefter saying the case was dismissed.

Twitter / Adam Schefter: Professor Burbank dismisse ... (http://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/statuses/204960056725348352)

Let's keep this talk over here

http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-locker-room/47910-redskins-cowboys-salary-cap-challenge-dismissed.html

So where do we stand now on the cap?

The cap is expected to decline next year and, with the penalty, well have less tha 100m in cap space. We're screwed

So where do we stand now on the cap?After accounting the rookie pool ($7.484 million), we'll be about $0.5-1.5 million under. There's a lot of vet min deals that aren't counted for in the analysis in this thread yet, as well as the John Beck release (about $1 million freed up in cap). Plus, we don't know if the Redskins designated anyone a post June 1 cut (I suspect they did not, but unless it gets reported, it's private info).

The Redskins can still free up money under the cap by extending Fred Davis before the season, but the more interesting issue is the 2013 cap info, which I might throw something together tomorrow on for interested parties. Unless they want to acquire a veteran salary in a trade though, this is a non-issue. They can pretty much set their roster as they choose from the existing pieces.

In a week, PFT or some other source will likely do a post June 1 cap update using the NFL's numbers. Then we'll be up to date.

My very best bet for our current cap room is $2.065 million. That's not an official number by any means, but it's not pulled out of my ass either, and should be fairly close to the real number.

That number will be accurate as to after the Redskins sign their rookies.

The Redskins can still free up money under the cap by extending Fred Davis before the season, but the more interesting issue is the 2013 cap info, which I might throw something together tomorrow on for interested parties.


Count me in as an interested party. 2013 is not looking good.