Bye Bye Barrow?

i would love to see mcune step it up...has anyone seen the clips on this guy? He is straight scary looking..the type of dude i want taking down bledsoe and dmac.

Barrow is scheduled to count $2.157 million against our 2005 cap, and $3.417 million against our 2006 cap.

Cutting him after June 1 would reduce his 2005 cap figure from $2.157 million to $0.417 million, a cap savings of $1.74 million. By doing that, we would have to carry dead-cap money for him in 2006, totalling $1.688 million. That $1.688 million would represent a $1.479 million savings from his scheduled figure of $3.417 million in 2006. Of course, we would still have to pay a player to fill the roster spot he vacated, probably a young guy.

Given our current cap situation with how bad we need cap space (especially since it looks like Gardner is sticking around), I'd call it a 99.9% chance Barrow is a goner on June 1.

I'm OK with that since we have the addition of a few young LBs. I'd much rather have that money now to sign other players and have another roster spot open for our rookies.

Barrow's injury is not the type you can rehab back to normal. His meniscus' in his knees are probably all shot and used up.
He might rest it and take some drugs to the point where it might feel better for a a few weeks or month; but it will come back to bother him to the point where he will miss games this seasion if he stays.
We do not need to overpay a guy for that.

I would rather cut Barrow now and take the cap hit this year as opposed to next year when we will have bigger cap bills coming due.

As for MLB in a perfect world, I would like to see Marshall start the year and McCunes groomed to eventually take over. That's assuming McCunes is as good as we all hope he is.

I would rather cut Barrow now and take the cap hit this year as opposed to next year when we will have bigger cap bills coming due.

As for MLB in a perfect world, I would like to see Marshall start the year and McCunes groomed to eventually take over. That's assuming McCunes is as good as we all hope he is.

We can't afford to take the cap hit this year. We only have about $2 million in cap room, and cutting Barrow now would eat up another $0.3 million in room this year. Given that we still need to sign our rookies, and Rod Gardner seems to be staying, cutting him now is not an option. We would have done it already if it were an option. They're forced to wait until June 1.

But is Mcune or Barnes going to be mentally ready to play the position. Part of what made our D so good last year was pierce's mental game..getting people into position, relaying the plays, etc etc. middle linebacker is a really hard position to play.

You hit the nail right on the head, uhohjimoh. I have no doubt that the new guys will be good players. Still, I'm concerned that the team's decision to suddenly cry "fiscal responsibility" and let Pierce go will prove to be perhaps the most imprudent move of this off-season. No matter what type of players the new guys become, it seems unrealistic to expect them to fill Pierce's shoes in the mental aspects that uhohjimoh identified.

I like the Skins are stocking up all these candidates at middle linebacker. I wanted Pierce to stay like most but why pay him the money after one year? Maybe Lemar is the next Pierce. Even if there is a rotation in the middle, we've been down the road all having 3 high priced LB's....

I wouldn't be upset if Barrow was cut. Williams could turn a stadium hot dog vendor into a stud LB.

I can't be upset over a player I haven't seen play for us yet...I agree with Daseal...might as well throw in the new guys and build our future at LB.