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Now, here are are the cap figures listed above, only this time sorted in alphabetical order, for the sake of convenience:
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•The Giants are going to need to make a move or two to get fully under the cap by the time the regular season begins.
•Since the Top 51 rules apply, everything is fine now, but this won't last.
•This is just speculation on my part, but it makes TOO MUCH sense to cut Chris Snee the day after June 1st and gain $7,875,000 in cap room ($4,750,000 in cap savings sans dead money, and then another $3,125,000 in cap credit due to the leftover dead money amount of $6,250,000 being spread out over two years).
•I'd cut Snee, and either sign or threaten to sign the still available--and pretty damned good--Brandon Moore to play his position for a 2 year deal with a cap hit in 2013 and 2014 of around $1.5 to $1.75 M, unless of course Snee would be amenable to agreeing to that deal himself after being released after June 1st.
•The Giants could still keep Snee after cutting him by using free agent RG Brandon Moore as leverage against Snee after potentially cutting him after June 1st to convince Snee to agree to a new deal with the more team friendly cap figures listed above.
•If Snee doesn't like those terms, then he could try his luck elsewhere; Moore, while not as good as Snee, would still be more than adequate at filling in the RG spot should push come to shove.
•This move would give the Giants the room they need under the cap to not only give Victor Cruz the contract that he wants, but give the Giants the room that they need to operate under the cap for the rest of the offseason, going past the Top 51 rule and into the regular season without having to restructure deals for any more of their players to create added room, like Antrel Rolle, Justin Tuck, or Steve Weatherford, off the top of my head of viable restructuring candidates.
It will be interesting to see how these numbers change in about a week, since the post June 1st cuts are coming up pretty soon, which will free up more cap room for some teams. I'll post about that pretty soon with respect to the Giants and the other teams around the league.
•Since the Top 51 rules apply, everything is fine now, but this won't last.
•This is just speculation on my part, but it makes TOO MUCH sense to cut Chris Snee the day after June 1st and gain $7,875,000 in cap room ($4,750,000 in cap savings sans dead money, and then another $3,125,000 in cap credit due to the leftover dead money amount of $6,250,000 being spread out over two years).
•I'd cut Snee, and either sign or threaten to sign the still available--and pretty damned good--Brandon Moore to play his position for a 2 year deal with a cap hit in 2013 and 2014 of around $1.5 to $1.75 M, unless of course Snee would be amenable to agreeing to that deal himself after being released after June 1st.
•The Giants could still keep Snee after cutting him by using free agent RG Brandon Moore as leverage against Snee after potentially cutting him after June 1st to convince Snee to agree to a new deal with the more team friendly cap figures listed above.
•If Snee doesn't like those terms, then he could try his luck elsewhere; Moore, while not as good as Snee, would still be more than adequate at filling in the RG spot should push come to shove.
•This move would give the Giants the room they need under the cap to not only give Victor Cruz the contract that he wants, but give the Giants the room that they need to operate under the cap for the rest of the offseason, going past the Top 51 rule and into the regular season without having to restructure deals for any more of their players to create added room, like Antrel Rolle, Justin Tuck, or Steve Weatherford, off the top of my head of viable restructuring candidates.
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It will be interesting to see how these numbers change in about a week, since the post June 1st cuts are coming up pretty soon, which will free up more cap room for some teams. I'll post about that pretty soon with respect to the Giants and the other teams around the league.
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