broadwayjoe
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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.restructuring and getting rid of big contracts every once in a while like edge , can do wondersDoesn't it seem like the colts are always in cap hell but never really have to pay for it?
What is the deal with that, did Polian make a deal with the League that he doesnt have to work under the cap?
Our resident capologist has pointed out numerous times that the Colts manage the cap as well as anyone. It's not like we couldn't see this coming, Peyton started restructuring his contract to get Harrison re-signed, I'm sure Tommy would do another restructure tomorrow if BB needed some quick cash. It's no big deal at this point, everybody has been doing this long enough to see what works to shift the cap.
Here's my take on Manning's contract
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I thought he was a greedy, selfish jerk and his contract would destroy the team for years... just wait until they have to sign James, they will be nothing without him.
Putting the franchise tag on Freeny eats most of that up.
As long as your star players are stil going strong it is hard to get too buried. The tactic of changing roster to signing or salary to bonus are simple.
What has killed teams is when they have a handful of these contracts on players that don't deserve them anymore. All those years of pushing things off come due.
Now, nearly every team has issues with this every year, in varying degrees. The probelms occur when you have tried to shoot the moon and you are staring at a half dozen or more of these.
they had what..$5 mill to spend .. the franchise for Freeney was 8.6 so that should put them around - $ 3 . Peyton says the day. Gets them back to where they were at around $5 mill and does it by having Freeney stay.
The Colt's salary cap page has them at $6,227,982 under. I think that most of the difference between your figures is that they factor in the Robert Mathis extension.
What are they going to do after this season? Manning's gotta get paid sometime.
Doesn't it seem like the colts are always in cap hell but never really have to pay for it?
What is the deal with that, did Polian make a deal with the League that he doesnt have to work under the cap?
PM said last year that he wanted to play 7 more seasons which would make the 2013 season his last season. As soon as the Colts can use the 2013 season to prorate signing bonuses