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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.So how good is he and do you think he will turn them into a team that can win the division?
Was he the brains behind the Ravens defense? I wonder if he would want to go after Peppers from Carolina or maybe his own Ray Lewis who is a free agent. What do you think?
His name is Wrecks Ryan.
but they still have no QB and are in salary cap hell.
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I didn't know about their cap issue.
thanks
As long as Favre retires that gets us about 6 mil under the cap plus there are several players who will be cut. Factor that in with a couple contract re works and our cap is fine
Kinda sucks either way if you think about it, if Favre retires then the qb position becomes a huge question mark but like you said the jets would save about 6mil in cap space , if Favre stays im not sure what you can expect from him at this point in his career and is costing the jets way too much for that kind of production.
If the Jets sign anyone other then their own draft picks this year i'd be surprised. Rex Ryan may be able to make the Jets a top 5 defense, but they still have no QB and are in salary cap hell.
As Miguel is fond of reminding everyone, there's a great many different ways to create cap space.
I still don't think one more big name is what the Jets need. They got lucky this season and had hardly any injuries - the least in the NFL - and still finished with a defacto 8-8 record. They'll need better quality depth in the future and I'm giving Ryan some credit expecting that he knows this.
As long as Favre retires that gets us about 6 mil under the cap plus there are several players who will be cut. Factor that in with a couple contract re works and our cap is fine
$6 million maybe. It depends on incentive bonuses from last season. Plus, the Jets like every other team in the league are going to have to worry about NLTBE bonuses in the 2009 season (all NLTBE bonuses are recognized at the point of achieving them rather than the following year's cap). Every team is going to have to carry extra cap space next year to account for it unless they get a new CBA in place.
As for reworking contracts, don't bet on it. The uncapped year is going to stop a lot of teams from being able to restructure contracts because you cannot spread out roster and other bonuses over multiple years. Also, there is a rule that no player's 2010 base salary can more than 30% of their 2009 salary. Meaning you cannot just turn part of the 2009 salary into a roster bonus and spread it out over multiple years like most teams do to create space.
Six million dollars will not get the Jets far in free agency when you factor in the limitations of the uncapped year and the fact they will need about $4 million or so for rookies. They will have trouble freeing up more cap room, as will most teams. Also, the Jets will need to invest at least $2-3 million on a veteran QB to replace Favre unless they want to go with Clemmens or Ratcliff as their starter and a rookie to develop.
With or without Favre, the Jets will not have a lot of room to do anything this offseason.
As Miguel is fond of reminding everyone, there's a great many different ways to create cap space.
We will be limited but cutting guys like David Barrett, David Bowens, Chris Baker, Kenyon Coleman and maybe Shaun Ellis can also save us upwards of ten mil. I think a couple guys will restructure to create some cap flexibility for sure