Article: 2007 and the Cap

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

On Patten, the Redskins just don't have leverage. If they cut him he'd cost us $5.2 million in deadcap in 2007. If he were on the roster he'd only cost us $3.0 million in cap space. And his base salary in 2007 is only $1.1 million, so it's not like you can come down much from there. They're just not in a position to get a paycut out of him. He's just a guy we have to live with for one more season. We could try a post June 1 cut, but the benefit would only be about $1.4 million or so in 2007. We're likely just stuck with him.

Take a look at these numbers:

Patten in '05 (remember he spent a good portion of the year on IR)

22 catches, 217 yards.

Lloyd in '06 (playing in every single game, and being a starter for most the year)

23 catches 365 yards.

Obviously Lloyd is more of a deep threat, and Patten has been banged up this year a lot, but not that big a difference in terms of overall production.

Sure would be nice to have those 3rd and 4th round picks though.