2006 Point & Laugh at the taterskins thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Actually they put in in Brewers contract as a LTBE. 
SO they spent it, but there was no actual outlay of cash.

That was the last $1.5 mill or so.  I was talking about the $8-$10 million before that.

[rjs246]

It'll never happen but the thought of the taterskins fielding a team with 20 rookies, when they have devalued the draft so much that they don't even have a full compliment of picks this year, is rather hilarious.

[ice grillin you]

No, they're in cap trouble because they kept restructuring deals and pushing others back. 2006 was the year we knew it was going to come back and bite them in the ass.

just like 2005 4 3 2 and 1 were also the years you knew it

they are in cap trouble for one reason and thats the absence of a labor exstention....why do you think skin fans so desperately want an extension...because if that happens then they are fine shape

[SD_Eagle5]

No, they're in cap trouble because they kept restructuring deals and pushing others back. 2006 was the year we knew it was going to come back and bite them in the ass.

just like 2005 4 3 2 and 1 were also the years you knew it

they are in cap trouble for one reason and thats the absence of a labor exstention....why do you think skin fans so desperately want an extension...because if that happens then they are fine shape

So you're saying the Skins are managing their cap well? By pushing back deals and holding onto a wing and prayer that an extension will get done? Glad you're not running my team.

[ice grillin you]

i dont know what to think with them...honestly i think snyder pays off the league to overlook their cap doings...how else can you explain them never having had to pull a tenn titans or sf 49er type cap implosion


again im not saying they wont eventually have that but please tell me when its going to happen because weve all been waiting for the last six years

[PhillyPhanInDC]

taterskins | Team Released
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:19:08 -0800

Retard Art, of taterskins.com, reports the Washington taterskins have released everyone. 

[qwert246]

Actually they put in in Brewers contract as a LTBE. 
SO they spent it, but there was no actual outlay of cash.

That was the last $1.5 mill or so.  I was talking about the $8-$10 million before that.

Adamjt13 told me it was 6.5 in brewer's contract.  He's usually on top of these things.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Ha!  I am skeptical, to say the least, but it's not COMPLETELY outside the realm of possibility.  I wish there was a way of public record to absolutely know for sure.

[Beermonkey]

taterskins | Brunell rejects team's proposal
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:34:06 -0800

Jason La Canfora, of the Washington Post, reports Washington taterskins QB Mark Brunell rejected the team's offer to renegotiate his contract. Brunell has a base salary of $4 million for the 2006 season and the taterskins had hoped to convert his base salary to bonuses in an effort to reduce his cap figure. The taterskins salary cap number is currently $115.4 million, nearly $20 million over the projected salary cap of about $96 million. The team has until 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 3, to get under the salary cap. Cutting or trading Brunell is not much of an option as he would cost more against the cap if that were to occur.

One of the Skins front office VP's posts on ES & said that the Post was wrong & that Brunell did indeed restructure yesterday.  I imagine we'll read of that later.

[PhillyGirl]

Not sure what they are talking about Beermonkey...this is the full article was posted by IGY this morning:

Brunell Reluctant to Redo Salary Again

By Jason La Canfora
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 1, 2006; E02

The Washington taterskins met with representatives for quarterback Mark Brunell over the weekend in an attempt to restructure his salary and create additional space under the salary cap by the NFL deadline on Friday.

Brunell's agent, Leigh Steinberg, rejected the team's proposal, sources said, and although the sides have not negotiated since, the taterskins could make another attempt to rework the contract before Friday.

The taterskins have $115.4 million devoted to their 2006 salary cap, and must get under what is projected to be about a $96 million cap by 12:01 a.m. Friday if there is not an extension of the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association. Without an extension, the taterskins face as tough a challenge as any team in the league in meeting the cap. With an extension, the cap figure could approach $108 million.

Brunell, who signed a seven-year, $43 million contract, including a guaranteed $8.6 million signing bonus, in 2004, has a $4 million base salary for 2006, second highest on the team. The taterskins had hoped to convert his base salary into bonuses and diminish his cap figure by several million dollars, but Steinberg declined, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Steinberg, who agreed to rework Brunell's contract last year after a poor 2004 season, declined to comment, but sources said he met with Eric Schaffer, Washington's director of football administration, Friday night at the Indianapolis hotel where team executives and agents converged for the NFL combine.

Coach Joe Gibbs would not comment directly on Brunell's situation, or whether the team would approach him again, but said in general the taterskins are considering all means of managing the cap, given the uncertainty of labor negotiations.

"At this time, a lot of teams have a number of scenarios going on and they're talking to a number of their players to find ways to fulfill their obligations with the salary cap," Gibbs said. "But so much is up in the air right now, and we've got all kinds of scenarios going depending on how this thing turns out" with the CBA.

Brunell, who turns 36 in September, and offensive linemen Jon Jansen and Randy Thomas are three of the most obvious candidates for restructuring for cap purposes, but agents for those players said they have made no movement toward altering those contracts as of the start of this week. Thomas is coming off the best season of his career and Jansen played much of the season with broken thumbs.

Gibbs has been Brunell's biggest supporter throughout his roller-coaster tenure here, prizing his leadership and smarts, and has favored experienced passers throughout his Hall of Fame coaching career. Brunell has significant leverage because he would count more against the salary cap if traded or cut than he presently does ($5.43 million), and Washington's quarterback situation certainly also plays in Brunell's favor.

Patrick Ramsey, the only other quarterback on the roster with NFL experience, has been granted permission to seek a trade and is being shopped aggressively after sitting on the bench virtually all of 2005. Gibbs said that, as of yesterday afternoon, there had been no real progress toward a deal, but Miami and the New York Jets are interested, and there is sentiment in the league that a third- or fourth-round pick would satisfy the taterskins.

Jason Campbell, a first-round pick last year, was the third quarterback last season and Gibbs has said he is ready to fill a bigger role this season.

Gibbs said that if the taterskins cannot receive "value" for Ramsey he could still return, but the team agreed it would move the former first-round pick after benching him, sources said, and could use the $1.7 million in cap savings that trading him would provide, particularly if Campbell is ready to at least be the backup.

The taterskins would like to clear sufficient cap space to acquire a wide receiver and a pass-rushing defensive end in free agency, which begins Friday.

A new CBA would make it even more likely Washington could retain free agent safety Ryan Clark, tight end Robert Royal and defensive end Demetric Evans.

[phattymatty]

One of the Skins front office VP's posts on ES & said that the Post was wrong & that Brunell did indeed restructure yesterday.  I imagine we'll read of that later.

The washington post writers are all lying poopie heads.  Snyder revoked their season tickets so now they just make up stuff.

[PhillyGirl]

One of the Skins front office VP's posts on ES & said that the Post was wrong & that Brunell did indeed restructure yesterday.  I imagine we'll read of that later.

The washington post writers are all lying poopie heads.  Snyder revoked their season tickets so now they just make up stuff.

Interesting outlook....did Art take over your body?

[JTrotter Fan]

Still pointing and still laughing!  Bah...losers!!

[Beermonkey]

Not sure what they are talking about Beermonkey...this is the full article was posted by IGY this morning:

It's a strange day when you use IGY posts to make a point 

"Andyman" on ES.com is actually the taterskins Senior Vice President, Karl Swanson. He's the one that said the article was incorrect. Skins fans suckle from his teat & hold him in high reverence, as he spills a lot of inside stuff to them.

[ice grillin you]

not saying andyfag is correct but the article was written yesterday and printed in todays paper

sickening that the skins front office is using ES to disseminate info