Salary Cap

Sit back and get ready, because now its on…I mean really on! On April 18th, 2007, Joe Horrigan, Vice President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will come to Pottsville, Pennsylvania (home of Yuengling) to debate the much anticipated return of “The Stolen NFL 1925 Championship” with ESPN senior writer and Maroons supporter David Fleming. The debate will be held at the newly reconstructed Sovereign Majestic Theater in downtown Pottsville.

According to the Pottsville Republican, Horrigan will take the viewpoint opposing Fleming, an opinion that by their own choice and despite repeated warnings, the Maroons disobeyed an NFL rule and therefore do not deserve the title. Jim Coles the main sports anchor for WNEP-Newswatch 16 (A Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania News Network) will moderate the debate between Horrigan and Fleming.

The debate will surley keep the Pottsville Maroons in the recently acquired national spotlight. Fleming has done an outstanding job of circulating his most recent book about the Maroons “Breaker Boys: The NFL’s Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship“. It has been said to be “selling faster than Harry Potter” in the community and surrounding areas. The February edition of ESPN The Magazine showcased an article about the Maroons and the curse that is said to be held over the cardinals franchise by Maroon fans for their unethical acceptance of the championship

I was looking at my yard today and got to thinking, how in the world can I make this winter go away?  With all the global warming, I decided to let some professionals take a stab at bringing it back to life.  After talking it over at the water cooler, this company, Connecticut lawn services, seems to be a really good one.

Now, I know what you are saying, you live in the sticks.  Well, even Fairfield lawn care has a place to take care of their bad lawns.  I will let you know how this company does on my yard.  Hopefully, they will make it green so I can enjoy the bar-b-que in a salary cap style.

I will be looking at the NFL since the season is over.  Salary cap thinks the perfect place to start is with the Miami Dolphins.  Bill Parcells has taken over the operations to see what he can do with a 1-15 team.  Lets face it, this is as bad as it gets for a team in the NFL.  I mean, Ricky Williams got a shot again on this team.  So, how does salary effect this team loking for the future?

Well, frankly, I dont even know where to start with this team.  I am a big fan of drafting oline and dline with such a crappy team.  If anyone has thoughts on how to make this team a 5 win team next year, I will award you the salary cap trophy of “pure genius”.

Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers are set to determine which team will have homefield advantage for the playoffs.  While salary cap here hopes the stadium explodes, let’s break it down to determine which team will win.  Quarterbacks.  I give the edge here to Brett Favre over Tony Romo.  But not as much as people would think.  The only advantage comes from experience in big games.  Tony seems to be over his first big national choke from last year, so it will be fun to see how he does on the line again. 

Running backs.  Easiest call with the Cowboys clearly the winner in this department.  Marion Barber and Julius Jones by themselves are better than Ryan Grant.

Wide receivers.  I refuse to talk about this since I hate Terrell Owens and can not be objective when I see his name.  The Philadelphia Fan in me hopes he gets “Michael Irvin ed” sometime in the next weeks.  If you dont know what that means, look up how MI ended his career.

Defense.  Yes, I know I skipped over the Offensive lines, but no one really talks about those guys anyway.  Green Bays defense is a monster.  This is the only reason that Green Bay has a chance at winning.  But….

Overall, I have to say salary caps pick has to be the the Dallas Cowboys.  If you happen to be a Cowboy fan, you might want to treat yourself and go see this team before the salary cap destroys it(and free agency).  Dallas Cowboys Playoff Game Packages

In 1925 Pottsville was universally regarded as the best football team in the world. The talented, ground-breaking and honorable players on the Maroons not only helped legitimize the fledgling NFL, they also inspired the kind of transcendent civic pride that would later turn pro football into our national pastime. — this was filed by ESPN …

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Once again, the preseason is upon us.  I was wondering how much to read into the games the NFL puts on the first month.  The Eagles schedule might as well include the Pottsville Maroons because the whole preseason is a farce.  About the only good thing you get to see is how many draft picks get cut.  Think about it, the team spends hundred of thousands of dollars in research on the players only to cut them 4 months later.  Good system of development.  I would continue bitchin about this, but I have a dog fighting tournament to get to…sure hope Vick is there.

The NFL salary cap has been set for around 109 milion dollars with no limit in sight to the ceiling.  The limit of players on a team though has caused more parity then any salary cap inforced though.  Lets look at the Philadelphia Eagles situation as a good example.  The Washington Redskins would be the exact opposite of this scenario.

The Philadelphia Eagles manage their salary cap with a formula developed to continue to put the best team on the field out of the 53 players allowed(and 8 on the practice squad).  However, because of the limit on the number of players, the Eagles have to cut anywhere from five to ten quality players each year.  The Eagles build through the draft and have to develop the talent.  Sometimes, it takes 2 to 3 years to get a player to the level needed to be successful on the team.  The problem is that the Eagles dont have that kind of time to devote to one player due to the number of new players each year in the draft.

My proposal is to have 25 players on the practice squad with 12 of them protected from being scooped up by other teams.  This way, NFL teams can develop players the right way.  Imagine if the Eagles had all of their draft picks stick around for year or two to see if they develop.  How good could a team be then?  Salary cap thinks this idea would make the most sense to establish dominate teams again.  The NFL’s parity is good, but many young players never get their chance to shine.   

First, salary cap apologizes to everyone reading my blog.  My mom just asked me this morning why I haven’t updated my blog.  Well, it is because I am lazy mom.  I only bought a house, had my truck repainted(some kid keyed my door), went looking for cheap furniture, had drill this past weekend(I qualified with a 30 out of 40 on the m-16a2), and talked my boss into moving the company to a better location.  All in the past two weeks.  I guess salary cap was being lazy and should have written an article.  Love you, mom.  Only YOU can get away with expecting the world of me.(and expressing it)

Anyway, I was looking over the salary cap implications for the Philadelphia Eagles and the crazy draft they just had.  More importantly, Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb.  It came out today that McNabb was shocked that the Eagles took a quarterback.  First, you have been injured 3 out of the last 5 years Donovan.  Second, if you feel threatened by Kevin “who” Kolb, then you really are insecure.  Seriously, McNabb is the quarterback for as long as he can throw the ball forward.  McNabb’s salary cap hit will only be serious after the 2008 season.  So, Donovan has two years to win the superbowl.  After that, if he has been hurt or the team hasn’t made the leap to winner, then Andy Reid and Tom Heckert will have to think about what is best for the Philadelphia Eagles.  I say that keeping McNabb will be the answer.  Sorry Dad.

Finally, I have changed the poll for the week.  I want to see what people are doing for mom this Sunday.  Salary caps present will be a phone call.(maybe a card if I get my lazy butt to the store)

I also posted this as a comment for you, but I feel that I should let the whole world see this response as a post.  This is my response to the question of how in the heck are the patriots signing everyone without going over the salary cap.

“First, nice to see someone that hates the cheating patriots as much as I do. I only hate Dallas more, but that is a different story. I looked over the cap numbers and I have absolutely no idea how New England cannot be over the cap. Basically, they are mortgaging the future for this upcoming year. You can only keep putting off paying people’s salaries for so long before you end up like the 49ers. And we can see what kind of salary cap hell they have had to endure. I also would not be surprised if new england does not sign all of their rookies. Remember, when you draft someone, it does not mean you have to sign them and take a hit to the cap. I would expect New England to sign from the top down until they run out of money. However, any injuries to this team and the Patriots go from a team expected to vie for a superbowl to a high priced mediocre team. If I were you, I would pray for horrible injuries to NE players in week one of the season. One last note to help you get through the off-season my Pa brother, Moss is a cancer like Owens. “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” In other words, if you have acted like a locker room cancer your whole life(30+ years), you will not change because you have Brady/Belichick telling you to change. ”

So you can see, I feel like the moves have made the patriots the team to beat, but they are about two injuries away from being complete trash(22 injuries away from being the Redskins).  I would also like to take this time to give a quick shout out to the Philadelphia Eagles draft.  I mean, WTF, Heckert and Reid were definitely into the stash of drugs Andy’s sons have.  I will be shocked if one of these bums becomes a starter in the NFL.  I even graduated from PSU, but you are telling me Tony Hunt was better than Michael Bush?  They just don’t get  it when it comes to drafting a big running back.  Thank God the offensive line is the best in the game, because Christ, was that draft painful to watch.

And just to show everyone that I am not the only one wondering about what the patriots are doing lately, read this latest article about patriots craziness.

First, big shout out to the Redskins blog that pointed out that the fight between my father and I is absurd.  I agree, Donovan McNabb is at the very least a top five quarterback in this league.  In the whacky world of salary caps in the nfl, the so called huge salary for Donovan nows looks pretty normal to the point of just average.  The philadelphia eagles have pretty much solidified their team for the upcoming draft, so I expect just about anyone for Saturday’s picks.

Moving on, let’s talk about the draft before I go and bash the Washington nationals, er, redskins.  Leading up to this draft, I have noticed how unspectacular the talent seems to be this year.  I mean in the way that not one of the draftees have any personality at all.  The best tackle and a top five pick Joe Thomas is going fishing.  The top pick, Jamarcus russell, is more of a work in progress.  I wish Calvin Johnson would start talking some stuff about how if he doesn’t go number 1 overall he will make those teams pay dearly.  I guess we don’t have any deon sanders types this year.  sigh.  Mel Kiper and I are going to be spending lots of time this weekend together.  I hope he throws some zingers at teams that suck..which brings me to the topic we are all dying to read about…

The washington redskins.  Ok, lets break down this god awful team by salary cap only.  Daniel snyder has to be the worst GM/president who will throw big money at every piece of crap player on the market.  Then, you have joe gibbs.  The NFL past this guy by in the 1990’s.  The days of poor drafting and bad cap management will leave redskins fans suffering for the next 10 years.  I was going to go into the money aspect, but I decided that the truth would hurt too much.  My predication for the upcoming season for washington is 5-11.  This is not a repeat, just the way I see this awful team.