We have to meet a certain salary cap next year don't we? They are putting in a cap floor in the offseason correct?

it's the Clark Hunt rule

Frontloaded contracts with the FA's we have coming up will probably take care of that...

Wish they would put that in baseball..

Dwayne Bowe WR UFA
Peyton Hillis RB UFA
Brandon Albert T UFA
Jovan Belcher LB UFA
Dustin Colquitt P UFA
Travis Daniels S UFA
Glenn Dorsey DE UFA
Abram Elam S UFA
Thomas Gafford C UFA
Wallace Gilberry DT UFA
Edgar Jones LB UFA
Ryan Lilja G UFA
Steve Maneri TE RFA
David Mims T RFA
Jake O'Connell TE RFA
Ropati Pitoitua DE UFA
Brady Quinn QB UFA
Jacques Reeves CB UFA
Martin Rucker TE UFA
Brandon Siler LB UFA

After this season.

Most of that list are backups that won't break the bank or hurt if we find alternatives. Mims didn't even make it through the final 53. O'Connell could have a rock drop on him and still play at the same level he does now.

Insert several names in that sentence, most recently Bowe and Carr. Clark is about to piss off one of his supporters through all of this crap.

We need to lock up both Dorsey and Albert during the season, end of discussion. I don't think they'd put a huge dent in that cap money. I'll reserve final judgement on Hillis until we see some real game action, but I'd be inclined to sign him. The Bowe contract is going to be a mess. I'm not sure not getting the job done prior to the deadline was all Pioli's fault, it might have been Bowe really wanting out of KC. If that's the case, money alone isn't going to make that deal.

Manning at 40% > Casshole... Personally, I would of took a chance on the high risk of injury and cap implications. At least Pioli would have tried to get a guy to compliment the offensive threats around him. Instead we go into ANOTHER season with a QB who has to play not to lose, rather than launch the ball down field with confidence.

Use what money is here right now with a front loaded contracts for Albert and Dorsey to make them cap friendly later on and give us more cash to sign quality free agents. Sitting on this cash makes no damn sense unless it's Clark being a cheap ass with the signing bonus. Then next offseason, they can attempt to get a deal done with Bowe.

Yeah but after we sign Brandon Carr...oh wait...

GOOD GRAVY. CARR DIDN'T WANT TO STAY, HE'S DREAMED OF PLAYING FOR THE COWGIRLS SINCE HE WAS A KID!!!!!!!!!

GOOD GRAVY.

IF YOU MAKE CARR A FAIR OFFER THE YEAR BEFORE, THERE'S LITERALLY NO CHANCE HE TURNS IT DOWN IN THE HOPE THAT ONE SPECIFIC TEAM OUT OF 31 OTHER TEAMS MAKES HIM A HUGE OFFER.

Or, we can all decide to just continue ignoring logic and make excuses, as has been done since the day Carr signed in Dallas.

First of all, no. I'm no Cassel supporter. He lacks Manning's savviness and general skill overall. But to claim that a healthy Cassel is 40% of what Manning is after sitting out a year with multiple neck surgery, and by all accounts having 60% of the armstrength he formerly had is preposterous. Even saying that he is 40% of a healthy Manning is a stretch. The dude doesn't throw laserbeams and throw undroppable balls. I would say that a healthy Cassel is close to 65-70% of a Manning in his prime.

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