BradyManny
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If Light retires they will free up another $3.5M in cap space (Bedard is tweeting $8M but not based on the contract as reported - $6M signing bonus protated and $3.5M in salary and workout money this season). An Ocho restructure could free up $1.5-2M and a release $3M. The draftees won't take up as much as mg projects because they will knock players out of the top 51, so maybe $3-4M.
They could knock another $5M off with simple restructures to Wilfork, Mankins and Gostowski. If they really need it they can knock $4M or so off of Brady, but that just puts his final 2 cap hits above $20M...
You can always manufacture cap room. There is just a price to pay for that eventually. And players and their agents know that, too.
Good post & good points.
Re: Brady, they could manufacture some space there for sure, and even if it raises his final cap hits that high a) the cap will eventually raise by 2014 b) they can, and should, extend him for another couple years down the road. He wants to play until he is 40, he's still legitimately in his prime. He probably even is hungrier for a ring now then ever, and would be willing to take yet another - even friendlier - team friendly extension. Maybe we don't need to do it right now, but it should be on Kraft/BB's mind at some point soon.
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