If Moss couldn't go, Stallworth is a #1. Welker isn't unless we revert to dink and dunk. I think over the last two seasons Bill has developed a new found appreciation for the old adage that the best defense is sometimes a good offense. I'm sure Bill will always strive to have a great D, but given the parameters of this system he may not always be able to field one. Talent alone doesn't cut it on this D, while it apparently goes a long way toward that end on O.
Available cap space projected for 2008 is $7M.
Add to that the $6M we will roll in from 2007 excess = $13M
Add in the $5.7M already budgeted for K.Washington = $18.7M
Add in the $2.9M saved on converting DS roster bonus = $21.6M
Add in the $3M+ cap savings achieved on a Colvin extension = $24.6M
Want me to keep adding like the 3-4 other deals that lend themselves to simple restructure or a simple restructure of Brady's deal that his 2010 $10M cap hit still easily allows for or...whatever. Cap is not a problem. Any new deal for Samuel would still allow for a reasonable first year or two of cap hits in the $6M range. Gay is a nickle who might be more, or might not. His market will not be insane, and with $8M already banked Asante's may not now be either.
And unless we draft a QB with a top 5 pick that player is not going to cost a $10M cap average EVER. And unless there is a beast Bill is eyeing it is a lot more likey we trade down for multiple picks. We got a Seymour at 6, but we also got guys like Warren and Wilfork and Watson a little further down.