Cap Room

[packinpatland]

Was listening to McCarthy being interviewed on NFL channel. I didn't realize the Packers are between 25-30 million below the cap? What is the league average?

[b bulldog]

If BRETT retired, we would have 35-38mil in cap room but I do hope he is back next season.

[Pacopete4]

i really hope we continue to spend the money wisely.. thats the key to keep having success in this league.. on that note i hope we can get..

-dominating DE
-up and coming CB
-another TE like Lee
-OG

[The Leaper]

Re: Cap Room

Was listening to McCarthy being interviewed on NFL channel. I didn't realize the Packers are between 25-30 million below the cap? What is the league average?

A lot of teams are well below the cap.

The cap went up a lot when the signed their new TV deals prior to the 2006 season. The season to season jumps are pretty big too...the difference in the cap from 2007 to 2008 will be $7M.

Even with all the cap space we have, there are still at least 5 teams with more space...maybe a couple more.

Also, remember that Favre has no more remaining bonus money to count against the cap. When Favre retires, his entire base salary at that time will instantly become cap space...so that is another $10M in space that will become available in the near future.

Thompson has plenty of room to make some moves and improve this team in free agency. He will have no excuses this year for not making strides to shore up clear weaknesses like the interior OL and secondary depth with something other than rookies.

[Brando19]

I sure hope TT doesn't nap during FA like he did last year. It's time to go after someone like Feneca or Colts TE Clark!

[Charles Woodson]

I sure hope TT doesn't nap during FA like he did last year. It's time to go after someone like Feneca or Colts TE Clark!

Clark will all but most likely resign with the colts..

Someone talked about feneca, but we decided that hes a starting to get old

[The Leaper]

Someone talked about feneca, but we decided that hes a starting to get old

The Colts can't resign everyone...and they've got 2 very solid interior guards that are free agents and not 30 something. I will be disappointed if we don't make a run at one of them.

[RIPackerFan]

While there may be a some teams with more cap room - there are very few teams that have the limited number of starters who are FAs that we have (basically only one - which we have planned - through Harrell - on replacing) - most teams have a decision to make on whether to spend some of that cap on their own FAs or outside.

So we have a luxury of looking outside first rather then internally first.

I don't think TT will spend any money on big-time FAs, but I do see him signing 3 - 4 good, but low profile FAs.

[Scott Campbell]

I think Ted will react to the marketplace for players. If he can get a decent deal on a big name, he might surprise a few people. If crazy money starts getting tossed around, I expect and hope that he'll pass.

[packinpatland]

If BRETT retired, we would have 35-38mil in cap room but I do hope he is back next season.

But that isn't what M3 said. He didn't say 'If Brett retired', he said they had that much room.

[Brando19]

If BRETT retired, we would have 35-38mil in cap room but I do hope he is back next season.

But that isn't what M3 said. He didn't say 'If Brett retired', he said they had that much room.

Packinpatland, you said the Packers have 25-30 mil under the cap. Bulldog said we'd have 35 or more million under IF Brett retired. That's about an additional 10 million for the year. You're both right.

[Joemailman]

http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/numbers.asp

This site has the Packers 18.37 mil under the cap which ranks them 21st. It is not official.

[packinpatland]

If BRETT retired, we would have 35-38mil in cap room but I do hope he is back next season.

But that isn't what M3 said. He didn't say 'If Brett retired', he said they had that much room.

Packinpatland, you said the Packers have 25-30 mil under the cap. Bulldog said we'd have 35 or more million under IF Brett retired. That's about an additional 10 million for the year. You're both right.

Joe, you're right. I didn't read that correctly

[GBRulz]

I think it's going to be another 4-5 years before we start seeing teams having to let players go because of "cap casualties". So, of course FA is going to continue being pretty limited and those available will get obnoxious salaries.

Hell, even if Sherm was still the GM we'd still be under the cap!

[KYPack]

http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/numbers.asp

This site has the Packers 18.37 mil under the cap which ranks them 21st. It is not official.

Ya gotta be careful with that "Commish" site. It's updated, like once or twice a year. There was a good league-wide one, but it's now defunct. If i find one, I'll post it on the "Rats".