MKnight82 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2818019-the-94-million-question-can-washington-replace-alex-smith-in-free-agency "......Now the four-year, $94 million extension the Redskins signed Smith to after acquiring him hangs like a massive anchor on the franchise's neck. According to Spotrac, Smith's deal counts $20.4 million against the salary cap in 2019 and $21.4 million against the cap in 2020. If the Redskins were to cut bait on Smith prior to the 2021 season, the cap hit would be staggering—so staggering that it's simply not an option. Per Jason Fitzgerald of Over the Cap, the $12 million insurance policy the team took out on Smith could offer some relief down the road, but that relief probably wouldn't come in 2019. That puts the Redskins between a rock and a hard place—and then some....... .......Per Over the Cap, the Redskins are presently sitting on about $21.4 million in cap space for the upcoming season. The team will no doubt wrangle some more with a restructure or three and a veteran cut or two, but Washington is outside the top 20 in cap space. In other words, the higher-echelon free agents are out. ... Cleveland's Tyrod Taylor took the Bills to the playoffs two years ago, but Taylor looked absolutely awful in his one year in Cleveland and could be set to join his third team in as many years. If Jacksonville releases Blake Bortles, he might welcome a chance to resurrect his career with a short-term deal that would give him a chance to play, but even Bortles won't come cheaply, and he was benched last year in favor of Cody Kessler. Cody…Kessler. Washington's best bet at procuring a stopgap might well be Ryan Fitzpatrick. The 36-year-old told Greg Auman of The Athletic that he's leaning toward playing a 15th season. While Fitzpatrick's roller coaster of a 2018 season had every bit as many lows as highs, he offers a modicum of upside and the experience of 126 career starts........" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Had to edit that down a bit, MK. Please don't post that much of a third party article. 56 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: Washington's best bet at procuring a stopgap might well be Ryan Fitzpatrick. The 36-year-old told Greg Auman of The Athletic that he's leaning toward playing a 15th season. While Fitzpatrick's roller coaster of a 2018 season had every bit as many lows as highs, he offers a modicum of upside and the experience of 126 career starts........" Well, if they go that route, Smith's career is certainly done and McCoy's may be as well due to the Curse of Fitzpatrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 29 minutes ago, Woz said: Had to edit that down a bit, MK. Please don't post that much of a third party article. Well, if they go that route, Smith's career is certainly done and McCoy's may be as well due to the Curse of Fitzpatrick. Sorry it all seemed relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 41 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: Sorry it all seemed relevant. Oh it is all relevant, but Webby has gotten smacked by other sites for copyright infringement from users grabbing articles wholesale and posting them on here on FF. If we take too much from those sites, it's effectively stealing their work (and more importantly, their traffic). The compromise we've come up with is to try to get the core concept the article and add the link to drive traffic to the site so they benefit from their work (and Webby doesn't get nasty-grams from other company's lawyers). "How much?" That's kind of a judgment call. A reasonable guideline is roughly no more than three to four paragraphs or 10% of the article (whichever is smaller). In this particular case, I probably didn't edit it down enough, but like I said, it's a judgment call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 This team has no hope for the next three years if they don't just rip the bandaid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Draper Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 4 hours ago, MKnight82 said: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2818019-the-94-million-question-can-washington-replace-alex-smith-in-free-agency "......Now the four-year, $94 million extension the Redskins signed Smith to after acquiring him hangs like a massive anchor on the franchise's neck. According to Spotrac, Smith's deal counts $20.4 million against the salary cap in 2019 and $21.4 million against the cap in 2020. If the Redskins were to cut bait on Smith prior to the 2021 season, the cap hit would be staggering—so staggering that it's simply not an option. Per Jason Fitzgerald of Over the Cap, the $12 million insurance policy the team took out on Smith could offer some relief down the road, but that relief probably wouldn't come in 2019. That puts the Redskins between a rock and a hard place—and then some....... .......Per Over the Cap, the Redskins are presently sitting on about $21.4 million in cap space for the upcoming season. The team will no doubt wrangle some more with a restructure or three and a veteran cut or two, but Washington is outside the top 20 in cap space. In other words, the higher-echelon free agents are out. ... Cleveland's Tyrod Taylor took the Bills to the playoffs two years ago, but Taylor looked absolutely awful in his one year in Cleveland and could be set to join his third team in as many years. If Jacksonville releases Blake Bortles, he might welcome a chance to resurrect his career with a short-term deal that would give him a chance to play, but even Bortles won't come cheaply, and he was benched last year in favor of Cody Kessler. Cody…Kessler. Washington's best bet at procuring a stopgap might well be Ryan Fitzpatrick. The 36-year-old told Greg Auman of The Athletic that he's leaning toward playing a 15th season. While Fitzpatrick's roller coaster of a 2018 season had every bit as many lows as highs, he offers a modicum of upside and the experience of 126 career starts........" Thanks Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 53 minutes ago, naptownskinsfan said: This team has no hope for the next three years if they don't just rip the bandaid off. But Allen will likely have no hope if they do rip the bandaid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Woz said: But Allen will likely have no hope if they do rip the bandaid off. He has no hope regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 14 hours ago, MKnight82 said: He has no hope regardless Oh, he does since Snyder inexplicably seems to believe that Brice is the only one who can deliver a new stadium to him. Of course, Brice's performance is making it harder due to the repeatedly hurting the franchise and fanbase, but Snyder likes him some Brice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Let's draft the 5’8 inch 170 pound Qb bc he’ll sell some tickets for one year! That’ll work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, turtle28 said: Let's draft the 5’8 inch 170 pound Qb bc he’ll sell some tickets for one year! That’ll work! The only problem is that it did work once before, but will now cost them too many draft picks to legitimately consider given the state of the salary cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 56 minutes ago, naptownskinsfan said: The only problem is that it did work once before, but will now cost them too many draft picks to legitimately consider given the state of the salary cap. Murray shouldn't be traded up for, he shouldn't even be a first round pick. Also, that Can't be worse than the salary cap penalty of $18 million two years in a row in 2012 & 13 in a time where the salary cap was $50-80 million less than it is this year and will be next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, turtle28 said: Murray shouldn't be traded up for, he shouldn't even be a first round pick. Also, that Can't be worse than the salary cap penalty of $18 million two years in a row in 2012 & 13 in a time where the salary cap was $50-80 million less than it is this year and will be next year. That was 15% of our salary space at the time IIRC. Alex Smith is costing us 13% for the next three if they go the route of "kicking the can down the road" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, naptownskinsfan said: That was 15% of our salary space at the time IIRC. Alex Smith is costing us 13% for the next three if they go the route of "kicking the can down the road" If the salary cap goes up to what it's projected to go up to - 187 to 191 million - Alex will count in-between 10-11% of salary cap next year & in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 minute ago, turtle28 said: If the salary cap goes up to what it's projected to go up to - 187 to 191 million - Alex will count in-between 10-11% of salary cap next year & in 2020. 13%- https://overthecap.com/the-redskins-options-with-alex-smith/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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