solman
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The Patriot's 2008 cap space situation is fine.
The Patriots have $8M in cap space for this year (not counting the phantom LTBE). All the earned incentives and escalators are not likely to total much more than this.
If we cut Stallworth and Washington we have over $18M in 2008 cap space.
This should be sufficient to sign all of our draft picks, put a first round tender on Wright, sign Moss to a long term deal, retain a couple of our lesser free agents, and maintain an emergency reserve.
If we take easy steps such as restructuring Brady and hard steps such as reducing Faulk, we can even make a small play in free agency.
Of course this means that I'm comfortable with losing Asante, Wilson, Stallworth and Washington. I certainly don't think the team will be better without them, but I do think we'll still be superbowl favorites.
The Patriots have $8M in cap space for this year (not counting the phantom LTBE). All the earned incentives and escalators are not likely to total much more than this.
If we cut Stallworth and Washington we have over $18M in 2008 cap space.
This should be sufficient to sign all of our draft picks, put a first round tender on Wright, sign Moss to a long term deal, retain a couple of our lesser free agents, and maintain an emergency reserve.
If we take easy steps such as restructuring Brady and hard steps such as reducing Faulk, we can even make a small play in free agency.
Of course this means that I'm comfortable with losing Asante, Wilson, Stallworth and Washington. I certainly don't think the team will be better without them, but I do think we'll still be superbowl favorites.