Salary Cap Analysis

[That Guy]

here's an option: cut brunell

judging by gibbs actions, i think this isn't very likely, but the numbers make a lot of sense.

if brunell is cut post june 1st, there's a cap savings of 5.4mill this year and 1 mill next year (we'd be paying his release fee of 5.7mill on the 2007 cap, but that number is 1$ mill than if he was on the roster). Wynn would also make a lot of sense as a post june 1 cap casualty as would hall and tupa...

post june 1 (release fee hits on 2007 cap, full 2006 savings)

player		2006 savings	2007 savings

brunell		$5.433		$1
wynn		$3.453		$.971 (save .396 pre j1)
hall		$1.82		$1.18 
tupa		$.939		$.601  
jacobs		$.841		$.202 (save .117 pre j1, ccvmrc*)

*can't cover vet min replacement cost (might be back next year)


pre june 1 (release fee hits in 2006, contract clears completely for 2007)

player		2006 savings 

ramsey		$1.688
harris		$2
Noble		$1.7
bowen		$2
raymer		$.985

that saves you $20.859mill this year and $3.954mill next year (though you would be paying 10.492mill to 5 players not on the roster, which isn't great, but isn't terrible either (last year coles alone accounted for 9mill in dead money)).

You could get under cap without any restructures at all... if lavar and brunell restructure (and possibly jansen... samuels counts 10mill, but only 1mill base) then brunell could stay, but if the cap trouble is dire ramsey gives you another cheap year and there's still 19.17mill in savings.