Holy Crap

[Devin]

Cardinals had reasons to make splash: It's pretty easy to see why the Cardinals changed their minds and decided to go big into the market for Edge. First, they have $26 million of cap room and a new stadium. Second, signing little deals such as the ones for guard Milford Brown (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6259) and defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5101) don't eat up a lot of their cap. Third, they have $67 million of cap room in 2007. Giving James $30 million over four years with a chance to earn another $1 million brings a marquee name to the Cardinals, as Emmitt Smith (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=821) did a couple years ago.


:eek:

[ICE74129]

Oh hell! And I can't wait for the *****ing when we can't out bid Arizona for FA's next year :roflmao:

Can't you hear it now...'I don't care they have 67 million in cap room! Damn that cheap bastard Ralph Wilson' Gr8slayer.

[mybills]

four years/thirty million? :faint:

[ublinkwescore]

Champ Bailey is still yawning.

[YardRat]

Apparently it's a universal clause in all Cardinal contracts that they terminate after the '06 season.

If you've got that much cap room in one year, you've got a good majority of your team becoming free agents all at once.

[gr8slayer]

Oh my.

[Ed]

Apparently it's a universal clause in all Cardinal contracts that they terminate after the '06 season.

If you've got that much cap room in one year, you've got a good majority of your team becoming free agents all at once.
Exactly. It's possible their 07 cap number right now only has 30 something players under contract.

[ICE74129]

Exactly. It's possible their 07 cap number right now only has 30 something players under contract.

Yeah but 67 mill to find 23 players? Easy.

[Devin]

I've never seen a cap number that high or low depending on how you look at it, regardless of whose a free agent.

[ICE74129]

I've never seen a cap number that high or low depending on how you look at it, regardless of whose a free agent.

Minus 40 was about the worst I have seen. that Was KC the year TD took over and we were only -16 mill or so

[Michael82]

Exactly. It's possible their 07 cap number right now only has 30 something players under contract.
This is what they got signed for next year, excluding their recent FAs.

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