Comments on: David Clowney’s Injury Status

By: Bent

Bent — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:40:07 +0000

Almost, Harlan. They are currently $2.5m under the cap and Boldin’s cap number is only $2.75m but of course he wants an extension that will push that closer to $10m.

The key though is Coles. You refer to his savings, but because his salary is guaranteed, there is no saving. In fact, the whole $12m due to him would hit the 2008 cap (plus there would be $1m of dead cap in 2009. So, there while they save $6m by not paying Coles, they also incur a cap hit of $12m. In other words, it is not just Boldin’s salary demands that are prohibitive to this move, but also the cap hit for trading Coles, which I think was partly repoman’s point.

However, yes, even if they *could* trade Coles with no cap implications, they still might not be able to fit Boldin’s salary under the cap that easily.

By: Harlan Lachman

Harlan Lachman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:19:38 +0000

Reprocity, and pay Boldin with what? The one million cap savings from Barrett’s renegotiation and the savings from Coles won’t cover Boldin’s yearly salary.

By: Bassett

Bassett — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:23:48 +0000

wow .. thanks dave

By: dave

dave — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:14 +0000

Gene Upshaw died this am..

see nytimes.com

By: Reprocity

Reprocity — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:02 +0000

Is Clowney the reincarnation of Stevie Anderson?

By: Reprocity

Reprocity — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:18:45 +0000

If we didnt garuntee coles contract we could be trading him right now for Bouldin!