The Redskins have been hit with a 18 million dollar cap penalty, meaning they have 18 million less to spend on players than any other team in the league. Because of this they need to be extremely smart and careful with how and where they spend the little money they do have. This is a list of players contract that the front office needs to look at and either let them walk or restructure them to make it easier to sign players that can contribute.
Jamal Brown counts as 4.6 million against the cap next year and didn't even play last year. There is also no guarantee that he will ever play again because of his hip injury. The Redskins need to cut there losses and cut him now, it will only save 1.3 million in cap space but that is better than nothing.
London Fletcher counts for 5.5 million against the cap next year. He is still an amazing player and a Hall of Famer in my mind but 5.5 million is a lot for a 39 year old middle linebacker who's skills are diminishing with old age. But I do not think we should cut him. He knows that if he comes back he may have a chance to win a Super Bowl. So he should be willing to take a pay cut to make it easier to sign players that can help him achieve that goal. I am thinking of a two year deal worth 5 million, 2 million for 2013 and 3 million in 2014. I think it is safe to say he will retire before the 2014 season but at least he has the choice to come back if he wants to and it will save us 3.5 million in cap space.
DeAngelo Hall counts for 7.5 million against the cap next year. I think he is an overrated player and is not worth half that much money. At the same time he did step up and play pretty well at the end of last season and should be given the chance to stay with a restructured deal. He has two years left on his deal so we should sign him to a 4 year deal worth 14 million, 2.5 million next year, 3.5 million the next two years, and 4.5 million the last year. This will free up over 5 million in cap space. While I think Hall is not the answer in the long run, he did prove the last half of the season that with good coaching he can be an above average defender and is worth keeping at a discounted rate.
Santana Moss counts for 4.15 million against the cap next year. Moss was clutch for us last season with 8 touchdowns and the most third down catches on the team. But he is going to be 34 years old. I still think he is a valuable asset to this team and we should keep him but not with his current contract. This is the last year on his contract so maybe if we sign him to a three year deal worth 9 million he would be willing to restructure. We would pay him 2 million next year and 3.5 million the following 2 years. This would save us an additional 2.15 million in cap space. I think Moss wants to stay in Washington and play with RGIII for as long as he can and if he restructures his contract like this I believe he will be there for at least another three years.
Trent Williams counts for 6 million against the cap next year. Williams is a young, very talented Left Tackle and in no way should be cut. But he is counting for too much against the cap and we should restructure his deal to help us next year and then reward him in the following years when we don't have a cap penalty. I suggest a 7 year deal worth 56 million. The first year only 3 million and then 8 million the following 5 years and 11 million the last year. This would make sure that we have Williams under contract for the long term and we would save 3 million in cap space next year.
Over all if we were to make these moves we would save 15 million in cap space. We could then pursue one or two key free agents that we need to make our team stronger and make it easier to push for a Super Bowl Championship in 2014.
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