spanishomelette Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Coles Deal Could Cost Skins http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12529-2005Mar6.html By Nunyo Demasio Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 7, 2005; Page D03 By trading wide receiver Laveranues Coles to the New York Jets, the Washington Redskins now have diminished funds to try re-signing cornerback Fred Smoot. And the financial quandary may cause Washington to reduce its standing offer -- including a $10.5 million signing bonus -- which would almost certainly lead to Smoot's departure. Smoot initially declined the offer last season when both sides desired an extension. Swapping Coles for Santana Moss brought a salary cap hit of roughly $9 million, and leaves the Redskins with less than $2 million under the cap. Although that's sufficient to re-sign Smoot to the current offer, it would nonetheless prevent other signings. The Redskins hadn't ruled out adding a pass-rushing specialist or blocking tight end through free agency. And Washington must still re-sign some of its unrestricted free agents, such as offensive lineman Ray Brown; restricted free agents who may get offers from other clubs; and draft picks. To ease the financial bind, Washington plans on saving almost $2 million by trading Rod Gardner for a draft pick. And the club can create more cap space by releasing certain players. But Washington already restructured several contracts and is running out of accounting maneuvers. The Baltimore Ravens lost their free-agent cornerback Gary Baxter after reducing an initial bonus offer of $10 million to $7 million. After the change, Baxter signed with the Cleveland Browns. However, Smoot's options may become limited depending on the destinations of two of the top cornerbacks still available in free agency: Tennessee's Samari Rolle and New England's Ty Law. (Rolle is reportedly close to signing with the Kansas City Chiefs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadKarma Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 thanks again LC.:pooh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDSKNfaithfull Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 :puke: Nunyo was probably smiling wide while typing this up:puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUBAKAH Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 "Could" is the key word. This remains to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 yea i like moss and all....but taking a 9 mil cap hit with nothing in return is pretty extreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanders 83 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 The Chiefs need to sign Rolle!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted March 7, 2005 Author Share Posted March 7, 2005 Bullwinkle may yet pull a rabbit out of his hat. This article really has nothing new in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semiskin Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 9 mil. :jetssuck: Go suck on your bad toe LC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chet06 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 not looking good at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 like I've said - there won't be anything but negatively spun crap from the WP since we took their tickets away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spear Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 We solve one problem, only to create an even bigger one. Yip.... pee? I hope our FO knows what it's doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Monty Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Coles swindled us worse than Deion. Period. Marty ended up cleaning house that 2001 offseason anyway and brought no high priced free agents, so it didn't really affect us. Coles has singlehandedly fouled up our offseason plans. Look at all the maneuvering we had to do just to accomodate his crying and whining. Our coaches had a set plan going into this offseason that he went and destroyed with his selfisnness and narcissism. If we lose Smoot as well as having already lost Pierce, it'll be because of him and you all know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I thought once you figure in the cap saving for Coles' current salary, the cap hit amounts around 6 mil, not 9 mil. Did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkaD Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I doubt it will cost us, but it can only be determined after the season is over. If Coles has a career best season and Moss has the same problem that Coles had last year, well then it would be obvious that the better deal was for the Jets. We'll see man. Lates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spear Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Look at all the maneuvering we had to do just to accomodate his crying and whining. We didn't have to accomodate him. Joe could have told him "tough noogies" and kept this malcontent issue quiet. I'm not sorry to see him go, I just think this was a "cut off your nose to spite your face" type of move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJ Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Not to mention the money that will go to signing Moss to a new deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJ Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Not to mention the money it will cost to sign Moss to a new deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Originally posted by Spear We didn't have to accomodate him. Joe could have told him "tough noogies" and kept this whole thing quiet. I'm not sorry to see him go, I just thing this was a "cut off your nose to spite your face" type of move. he'd ruin this team if he stayed - it was well worth it. I don't dis-like the Jets or anything, but if we hear about the same "dissatisfaction" with the Jets when he doesn't get his way, and we will - we'll all feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSkinsfaninNJ Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Originally posted by RWJ Not to mention the money that will go to signing Moss to a new deal. Not if they sign him after June 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoSkins Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 How much money will be saved if Morton is cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 still doesn't make sense to me. If this was going to cripple the cap in 05, the why do it? Moss wouldn't change your team that much...unless it was Randy Moss. Between keep Coles around for another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zazzaro703 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I cant see why smoot wont resign with us for the current contract offer. When he lines up at the line of scrimmage, when he looks to the right on the sideline he sees gibbs with 3 superbowl rings and greg williams who just lead them to being the #3 D in the league. When he looks to his left he sees huge #56 giving him help over the middle. When he looks behind him he sees shawn taylor giving him deep help. When he looks in front of him he sees that teams NUMBER 2 wide receiver. He has it made here. The team that offers him a 12mil signing bonus (if that happens) is paying him that cause their D is no good. He will have to really earn his money then and will have nowhere close to the help he would get from our D. I mean jeez, cmon mouth from the south back up your i want to be a skin for life talk and sign on the dotted line for a pretty good contract, a great D and coaching staff and fans that love you. Thats my :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergist Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Originally posted by TheREALJBird yea i like moss and all....but taking a 9 mil cap hit with nothing in return is pretty extreme And Loosing a #1 pick... This deal sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spear Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 he'd ruin this team if he stayed - it was well worth it. That's probably Gibbs' whole rationale. I think it's nonsense easily outweighed by the realities of the salary cap. What happens when the next malcontent with a huge cap penalty pops up? You can only go so far with this philiosophy before we run into a brick wall. We should never have even set this precedent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbrown Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 That's business. Sometime you take a step back to take 2 forward. If the coaches/FO did not think it was worth getting rid of him rather than keeping the money they would have. Coles was not what we expected, so move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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