Commanders Post at The Warpath

Without an extension of the collective bargaining agreement, this could be one of the bloodiest weeks the NFL has witnessed, with more teams cutting more players at this time of the year than the league ever has seen.

[img]http://images.nfl.com/photos/img9269703.jpg[/img] [font=verdana][size=1][b]Walt Harris finished fourth on Washington with 57 total tackles.[/b] [size=1] [/size][/size][/font] And no team is in worse shape than the Washington Redskins, who some league insiders believe will have to cut anywhere from 15 to 20 players.

Those numbers will depend on how many players will be willing to restructure their contracts, but one NFL general manager who reviewed Washington's salary-cap situation wondered how the Redskins will even be able to field a team.

For starters, the Redskins are expected to release defensive backs [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/187497"][color=#001a79]Matt Bowen[/color][/url] and [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/3594"][color=#001a79]Walt Harris[/color][/url], defensive linemen [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/4580"][color=#001a79]Renaldo Wynn[/color][/url] and [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/4024"][color=#001a79]Brandon Noble[/color][/url], wide receivers [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/1859"][color=#001a79]James Thrash[/color][/url] and [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/395990"][color=#001a79]Taylor Jacobs[/color][/url], center [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/4136"][color=#001a79]Cory Raymer[/color][/url], and kicker [url="http://nfl.com/players/playerpage/1705"][color=#001a79]John Hall[/color][/url]. Even with all those moves, the Redskins still will be significantly over the salary cap, requiring them to release even more players from their roster.

No team is rooting for a CBA extension any harder than Washington. Otherwise, the Redskins team next weekend will be considerably different from the one they have this weekend.