And we thought the Royals were penny pinchers
| TEAMS WITH $10M OR MORE OF CAP ROOM | ||
| 1. | Cleveland | $22 million |
| 2. | Buffalo | $21 million |
| 3. | Minnesota | $20 million |
| 4. | Jacksonville | $16.5 million |
5. |
Kansas City |
$16.2 million
|
| 6. | Green Bay | $16 million |
| 7. | Tennessee | $15.3 million |
| 8. | Dallas | $13.8 million |
| 9. | Oakland | $12.5 million |
| 10. | Philadelphia | $11.5 million |
| 11. | St. Louis | $11.5 million |
| 12. | New Orleans | $11.2 million |
| 13. | Seattle | $10.5 million |
| 14. | N.Y. Jets | $10 million |
| – Source: NFLPA | ||
Well, I’ve been sticking up for King Carl all spring and summer, so now I’m going to finally bust his balls (and the balls of one Clark Hunt, I suppose). This is just ridiculous. All that money left over and we can’t extend arguably one of the top-10 players in the league so he won’t stage a holdout? Pay Larry Johnson now! Actually, pay L.J. and then go out and sign a cornerback and a guard. Hell, with that much money why not go after Asante Samuel or Kris Jenkins?
Maybe we are saving up for next summer to splurge on a young stud or two, but that’s a lot of money to leave unspent in a league that’s as fiercely competitive as the NFL. There is no excuse not to sign L.J. soon. I’m really fired up about this now. I knew that we had cap room, but $ 16.2 M? Wow.
(From Yahoo! Sports)
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I wonder if this considers Greens cap hit. I would think that it would. So we should easily have enough to bring LJ and Jared back next season.
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:34 amI about lost it when I saw this number. It scares me a little about Clark and the future of this franchise. Look at those teams that are right around us. Not one other team in the top seven made the playoffs. This is a very bad omen.
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:42 amsee I told you guys we had plenty of room to keep Green if carl wanted to…lolCarl never spent close to what we gained this year.
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:05 pmand give Carl time plenty of people are still to be cut from other teams… we may get them…and ( we may still get a first round running back whos initials are not LJ). :))))))
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:07 pm[...] in the hell are we still paying the man like he’s the 71st best RB in the NFL when we have $16.2 million dollars to spend? Maybe Chadiha and Big Sexy do have a personal agenda when it comes to King Carl. Even so, [...]
July 5th, 2007 at 2:24 pm