Cap Implications of Josh Norman

Andre Roberts once healthy is probably the only move really needed.

But That Guy, Norman's cap hit in this first year is only $8M and he's got a $75M deal. If we want to keep Cousins, Reed, both WRs, Galette, and Baker, it is very doable. I was conservative in my estimates. I mean my assumptions here have Reed being franchised, which is as conservative as it gets. If they sign him to a long term deal the cap hit may only be $6M instead of $10M.

We're good.

i understand norman is only counting 8m this year, but year 2-3 count for a total of 37m. when you count in the ~15m you spend every year on roster fill signings, it seems like logically in the long term plan, at least one big deal probably has to go to keep any kind of flexibility. there's also a chance baker REALLY breaks outs too, but i guess the whole exercise is fraught with speculation.


if someone does have to go, pg is the most replaceable and jg has the highest chance of either not showing enough or asking too much. I'm assuming culliver/roberts will end up going, and lavau or lichtensteiger are also candidates for release.

I do appreciate the work, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. the season, like you said, can end up making some of these decisions pretty easy as far as who stays and who doesn't.

Agree. If everyone plays well enough to deserve big deals, that's a cap problem, but it's also a nice problem because it means we will have had a very good 2016 season.

Nice? Losing our great players is nice?
I hate the salary Cap. Worst that ever happened to NFL.
Great teams that do everything right get broken up...because of money. Money most great teams would be willing to pay to keep their own, but are not allowed. All because the cheap owners are cheap.
I think temas should be allowed to exceed the Salary cap to keep their own players, but should be allowed to exceed it to sign Free Agents.

Nice? Losing our great players is nice?
I hate the salary Cap. Worst that ever happened to NFL.
Great teams that do everything right get broken up...because of money. Money most great teams would be willing to pay to keep their own, but are not allowed. All because the cheap owners are cheap.
I think temas should be allowed to exceed the Salary cap to keep their own players, but should be allowed to exceed it to sign Free Agents.

so you sign a FA to a $1 deal, then, because he's now "your" player, resign him to whatever you want.

you either have a cap or you don't. the parity is good for the league, cause it means everyone has a chance to improve, which gives fans of every team a reason to watch every year. it also controls costs, which is good for business.

in the 1970s there were 30 major soccer teams in the US, but because the cosmos spent more money than they actually made (the atari guy was pumping in his personal money), other teams also had to also sign big names they couldn't afford. the whole thing went belly up. hockey also had problems and had to add a cap to control expenses, since teams were losing money (including the caps, ted blogged about the whole thing).

I mean, you can hate it if you want, but it's not going away. the south park guys did a pretty good job of explaining why leagues without free agency are kind of terrible in baseketball (of all things).

Agree. If everyone plays well enough to deserve big deals, that's a cap problem, but it's also a nice problem because it means we will have had a very good 2016 season.

I read a month or so ago that the cap was expected to go up. Any idea when and how much?

The cap may not be as tight as anticipated even if several of the recently drafted players emerge as stars.

I read a month or so ago that the cap was expected to go up. Any idea when and how much?

The cap may not be as tight as anticipated even if several of the recently drafted players emerge as stars.

Yeah definitely, it's good for a five percent increase at the very least. They never announce it this far in advance, but it goes up every year.

Keim in agreement, they can afford to keep their own.

Signing Josh Norman won't prevent deal with Kirk Cousins - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/24676/signing-josh-norman-wont-prevent-a-long-term-deal-with-kirk-cousins-others)

Keim in agreement, they can afford to keep their own.

Signing Josh Norman won't prevent deal with Kirk Cousins - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/24676/signing-josh-norman-wont-prevent-a-long-term-deal-with-kirk-cousins-others)

I also think that the team is confident they'll get a deal done with Cousins, which will help with the cap situation this year.

Keim in agreement, they can afford to keep their own.

Signing Josh Norman won't prevent deal with Kirk Cousins - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/24676/signing-josh-norman-wont-prevent-a-long-term-deal-with-kirk-cousins-others)

"If Chris Culliver somehow isn't on the roster in 2017, then it saves another $8 million." That's a lot of money for a 3rd string CB...just saying!

"If Chris Culliver somehow isn't on the roster in 2017, then it saves another $8 million." That's a lot of money for a 3rd string CB...just saying!

#3, not 3rd string. if we're in nickel on the first play, he's still a starter.