MattFancy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Saw HapHazard post this in the BBN Section. http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/36329/could-chris-cooley-be-a-cap-casualty Jason La Canfora of NFL.com did a big thing on potential "cap casualties," and it caught my eye because of the photo of Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley right there at the top. Jason lists a number of players who, like Albert Haynesworth in Tampa Bay, Stanford Routt in Oakland and, very soon, Peyton Manning in Indianapolis, could be cut because their salaries don't fit into their team's salary-cap budget for 2012. And here's the part about Cooley: And at tight end, as much as Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan loves tight end Chris Cooley, he is oft-injured and his $3.8 million base may be too steep, especially if Fred Davis is brought back. So, couple of things here. First, I have little doubt that Davis will be brought back. The Redskins will almost certainly designate him as their franchise player, since the number is low, they like his talent and they're justifiably leery of making a longer-term commitment to a guy who's one bad drug test away from a one-year suspension. To me, Davis isn't the issue. Nor, presumably, is Cooley's salary. The Redskins are about $47 million under the projected salary cap and can afford to bring Cooley back on his current contract if they so choose. The questions about Cooley are health and whether he's worth that $3.8 million. With Davis having taken over as the primary passing-game threat at the tight end position in Washington, Cooley is now being paid for numbers he no longer puts up. Not sure why Cooley would be a cap causality. We have more than enough cap space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman21ST Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Not sure why Cooley would be a cap causality. We have more than enough cap space. He "reported" it. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdiscokid Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Take it with a grain of salt coming from him. Jsteelz just posted that Fred Davis is not a guarantee to come back and that they are looking at other TE's, but here JLC pretty much guarantees Davis is coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Not sure why Cooley would be a cap causality. We have more than enough cap space. He'd make for a better restructure if we needed him to. Which would put at about that 50 mil under the Cap I mentioned back on Jan. 1st in the ES coverage thread for the Eagles game. Nice to see the media finally catch up on our Cap forty-seven days later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HapHaszard Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 He'd make for a better restructure if we needed him to. Which would put at about that 50 mil under the Cap I mentioned back on Jan. 1st in the ES coverage thread for the Eagles game.Nice to see the media finally catch up on our Cap forty-seven days later. JLC has been busy and just now getting around to mining Extremeskins like the days of old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCClybun Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Umm, haven't we all known/suspected that Cooley will probably have to restructure his contract to remain with the team since like...I don't know, October or something? I don't know what's worse; the fact that La Canfora reported it, or the fact the ESPN poached a story by a NFL Network guy about information we all pretty much already knew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HapHaszard Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Umm, haven't we all known/suspected that Cooley will probably have to restructure his contract to remain with the team since like...I don't know, October or something?I don't know what's worse; the fact that La Canfora reported it, or the fact the ESPN poached a story by a NFL Network guy about information we all pretty much already knew... Dan Graziano is the NFCE blogger for ESPN, he mainly takes articles from other sources and comments on them. I actually find him fairly good at knowing what is going on in the NFCE. He visited the team and had a interview with Mike Shannahan, and wrote some very telling articles about his interview. I don't take his comment posts as poaching since he does add content to what he quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 We have lots of cap space And seriously, when has this team ever had a problem signing whatever player it wanted? How about never. Money and salary cap have never been an issue with this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 JLC has been busy and just now getting around to mining Extremeskins like the days of old. I'm going to blog about every one of TK's, JSteelz's, & LL56's tweets and posts. Maybe then I can get a job in sports journalism :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Cooley won't be a cap casualty as a cap casualty is someone moved because you NEED to clear cap space and not just because you want to avoid the cash hit. He could get moved because his 2012 cash hit is too high (which is pretty much Snyder's decision) but given that the Redskins don't need to clear the cap space, he won't be a cap casualty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est.1974 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 No point cutting him. I'd also question why he'd need restructured to be honest. Do we need more cap space...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HapHaszard Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm going to blog about every one of TK's, JSteelz's, & LL56's tweets and posts. Maybe then I can get a job in sports journalism :idea: You will be working for ESPN inside a year. I can see it now Tony's Take on ESPN, you'll be a star. Besides that your better looking than JLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 No point cutting him.I'd also question why he'd need restructured to be honest. Do we need more cap space...? Only reason would be to avoid or minimize a cash hit as any restructure would damage our cap space in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 You will be working for ESPN inside a year. I can see it now Tony's Take on ESPN, you'll be a star. Besides that your better looking than JLC Thanks Hap. I'll also report whatever Breaking News you post. JLC definitely doesn't have a face for tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est.1974 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Only reason would be to avoid or minimize a cash hit as any restructure would damage our cap space in 2013. It would - pretty much what we discussed the other day. Unless he's taking an outright cut in 2012 salary without replacement, where's the real benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderDOOM Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 No point cutting him.I'd also question why he'd need restructured to be honest. Do we need more cap space...? 3.8 mill, getting old, stays hurt recently, no longer our best TE, and TE's that mainly catch the ball are plentiful these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Hog Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Obviously slow news cycle these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est.1974 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 3.8 mill, getting old, stays hurt recently, no longer our best TE, and TE's that mainly catch the ball are plentiful these days. Skins only save ~ half of that in cap space by cutting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRascadizzle Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 No, but that's what we could tell him when we cut him. Cooley's been one of if not my favorite Redskin for a while, but we've got an emerging star in Fred Davis. I think we can move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HapHaszard Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 According to Chris he was told if he is healthy he will be back. I don't remember the exact article he was interviewed for but he was positive he would be healthy and here next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Skins only save ~ half of that in cap space by cutting him. Little less than 1.5M and that's before you even consider replacement costs which IIRC is a minimum of around 300K . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocool1313 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 No point cutting him.I'd also question why he'd need restructured to be honest. Do we need more cap space...? I believe we need to spend most of our cap space due to the new cba. I think every team needs to spend more than 90% or more. So we only need more cap space if we are really active in FA and I think we will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I believe we need to spend most of our cap space due to the new cba. I think every team needs to spend more than 90% or more. So we only need more cap space if we are really active in FA and I think we will be. No, we do not need to spend this year. 2013 is when the floor kicks in and it is a CASH number based on a percent of the unadjusted cap which is an accrual figure. Further, any unused cap space gets rolled forward to adjust our individual cap space up (this was done so that certain team's can reach the floor without busting cap). In any case, it is technically possible to have your floor greater than your cap (don't know why anyone would do this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 He'd make for a better restructure if we needed him to. Which would put at about that 50 mil under the Cap I mentioned back on Jan. 1st in the ES coverage thread for the Eagles game.Nice to see the media finally catch up on our Cap forty-seven days later. Ironically, they caught up just under the key 50 mark that you posted on January 1 . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBash Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 He's not that good any more with the injury risks and can easily be replaced through the draft in the 5th or 6th round if we wanted to. I get that he is a fan favorite and all but people over value him too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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