Jimke
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The reason that the Patriots will have so much cap space is because theyAre you saying that the Pats will have 55 million in cap space next season? The reason why I thought an uncapped year would benefit the Pats is because everybody is freaking out that the Pats won't be able to sign Wilfork, Mankins and Seymour if there is a salary cap in 2010. I keep reading speculation from mediots that the Pats will have a hard time keeping their own free agents (which I find to be a load of crap, especially if 2010 is uncapped).
Regarding your second point, I have read about that rule too and I find it extremely stupid and flawed. In fact, what happens if players demand so much money that the bottom or mediocre teams can't afford? They have to sign somewhere. The whole point of being a free agent is being able to sign anywhere you choose. Also, their are always loopholes to the rules in the NFL. For example, you know how the Raiders were always complaining about the Broncos being able to sign anybody they want even when they had little to no salary cap. With that said, playoff teams will find a way to sign the free agents they want. Here's one example I wrote in an earlier post. Say Pierre Woods is the starting OLB this season and he doesn't do very well. The Pats want to upgrade the position so they let him walk in 2010 free agency and replace him with someone like Peppers, Merriman or Ware (highly unlikely).
have so few players under contract beyong 2009. At my last count, they
had 27 players whose contracts expire after the 2009 season.
The players include Faulk, Kaczur, Mankins, Neal, Galloway, Watson,
Bodden, Bruschi, Woods, Green, Seymour, and Wilfork. If most of
these players are re-signed or replaced with a player of comparable
value, the tab will increase very quickly.
I don't expect to see Bob Kraft spend like crazy just because there
may be no salary cap. He opted out of the CBA because he thought
that the players were receiving too much of the revenue. Bob and
most of the owners want to spend less than 128 million dollars per
team in 2010.