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I dont see how we can franchise peppers


Highlandfire

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The math just doesn't add up. We have 9 million in cap room. We can cut jakes cap number down to say 6 mill which frees up 5 mill that puts us at 14 million.

With the cuts of lucas etc that frees up say 3 million more which puts us at 17 million. It will take 17 million just to franchise peppers let alone re sign gross. In addition we need about 4 more million in cap room come the draft.

I hate to say it but I think this front office has put us in really bad pickle which is going to allow a franchise top notch player (either Gross or Peppers) to walk.

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im not sure exactly how it works but im pretty sure that we dont take the cap hit unless he signs an agreement saying that he will play with us and we will pay him x amount of dollars as a franchise player. and if we do trade him to another tream it cant become official until he reaches a deal with that team. i could be totally wrong and someone please correct me if i am but im pretty sure it works some way close to that

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im not sure exactly how it works but im pretty sure that we dont take the cap hit unless he signs an agreement saying that he will play with us and we will pay him x amount of dollars as a franchise player. and if we do trade him to another tream it cant become official until he reaches a deal with that team. i could be totally wrong and someone please correct me if i am but im pretty sure it works some way close to that

once it's offered its on the books until the player either gets traded or the offer is rescinded by the club.

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Gantt's answer...

http://www.heraldonline.com/665?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aded44479-eff0-4fb5-98bf-9edb9d130913Post%3af092b0f7-978e-4610-9871-cb968b24a9d1&sid=pluck.heraldonline.com

As we wrote this weekend, one of their first moves will clear up over $8 million in immediate space, giving them plenty of room for the $16.683 million franchise tag on Julius Peppers if that's the way they want to go. They'll gain that room by guaranteeing the $10 million roster bonus for CB Chris Gamble, which they planned to do anyway.
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Ah there is the way. I wasn't sure we were going to gurantee any salary's which frees up a ton of room. With simple cuts and restructures there was no way.

The best thing we can hope for is the following...

Get Gross signed

Make those moves that are listed by Gantt.

Franchise and trade peppers ASAP.

We get the cap room back as soon as Peppers is gone so we could still be somewhat active in free agency if we wanted to be.

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The math just doesn't add up. We have 9 million in cap room. We can cut jakes cap number down to say 6 mill which frees up 5 mill that puts us at 14 million.

With the cuts of lucas etc that frees up say 3 million more which puts us at 17 million. It will take 17 million just to franchise peppers let alone re sign gross. In addition we need about 4 more million in cap room come the draft.

I hate to say it but I think this front office has put us in really bad pickle which is going to allow a franchise top notch player (either Gross or Peppers) to walk.

f it came down to either one,I'd rather see Peppers walk!:(
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