Thrash lowers salary cap number

The Washington Post reported that Thrash agreed to have his contract restructured so that it will only count about $1 million against the cap in '04. What a nice way to make an entrance in to Washington.
What do you think that this will do to Gardner's situation or the cuts of certain players that were impending before? any thoughts? ideas?

By the way McCant's deal leaves the 'skins $1.5 million under the cap.

With the way this offseason has gone it's really been difficult to gauge what Gibbs is up to. The whole Bryan Johnson deal had an interesting twist, Trotter being asked to seek a trade was a bit of a surprise (well, to me at least), and I think on draft day we could really see something crazy and unexpected.

I'll say that I don't think Gardner will be delt, but at this point nothing would surprise me.

I agree, I think alot of the things going on this offseason have been suprising and quite smart. For example, I thought what we did with Bryan Johnson was brilliant. We could have just let him go, but instead we got a 6th rounder out of it. This James Thrash acquisition came to me as a complete shock, as well. I do however, feel that we should keep Rod Gardner on our squad. I really dont think he's worth giving up for a 3rd or 4th ( which is all we could proboly get for him ). He is still a good reciver, possibly the second best on a deep team, so I think hes worth hanging onto, because his cap # isnt killing us or anything.

I think Thrash is showing agood attitude by restructuring the contract. That tells me that he's willing to come in here and basically do whatever he is told to with the best of his ability. A decent reciever with a good attitude spells a JG type player for me.

I'm glad to see James Thrash back in D.C. I was upset when he was traded a couple of season ago. I just hope he doesn't make the same offer to Lavernues Coles for the #80 jersey because it definitely ain't happening.

no kidding...i bought a coles jersey just three days ago...if he changes it i'll be pissed.

Trading Gardner for what everyone assumes is fair value would not make sense. Hes not a headache like Boston and T.O., were not pushing ot get rid of him. He counts for nill against the cap and was our former first round pick. What sense woud it make to get a 4th round practice squad player for him. Until he needs a new contract, and unless he wants big money they should keep him and the depth they have at receiver. We're had to many teams in recent years with no depth and were at a disadvantage when anyone got hurt.

If someone is willing to give us a second rounder, we should take it. IMHO. But I agree, for a 4th round pick, the value are too different.

If we had a second rounder I wonder if they woudl consider that as leverage to get another first round pick to get Taylor and Winslow. Not that this hasnt been said a number of times on the board but now we're discussing getting a second for Gardner, so its a new scenerio worth throwing in and hoping for