I think he got so much because Snyder is an idiot. The NFL will have a salary cap going forward. If they don’t, the NFL will FAIL big time. Look no further than the MLB and NHL for examples of failing leagues with zero cap. The NBA’s soft cap forced 15 teams to take out loans in order to finish the season. The Pacers were one of those teams.

Also, if the NFL moves forward witohut a cap, it will lose fans. I will be one of them.

But yes, I think he’s banking on it being uncapped. But they HAD to have done the deal as if there will be a cap. I’ll work on the numbers, but for that contract to work, his hit would be over 20 million pretty easily. Not to mention, Hall’s contract is pretty much the same as Kelvin’s.

Hall’s contract is going to hit for around 8-10 million. I have to see at least some numbers to be able to see the impact. I’m pretty sure the reason why there’s “13 months” for his money is because the 32 was split between roster and signing bonuses. But with the new rules, they can only do so much. Alot of that has to accelerate. And his salary can’t increase more than 30% per year so his base salary from this year has to be decently sized. And they can’t have a small number and a big bonus because of the Deion Sanders rule.

I just don’t see how a team that was in worse shape capwise than the Colts could afford this. They restructured quite a few contracts, but like I said, I believe they did this under the old rules. The Colts could have done the same thing with a few of their players, but there’s limitations the Colts know first hand about. When they had the Special Master ruling in 2006 about Marvin and Peyton’s contract, it was pretty chaotic. And that was only two players. But the ‘skins just did at least 4 players, released a couple, but I still don’t see how that adds up to around 3 million over to probably around 30 million under. And they’re talking about signing Canty and Dockery.

And you’re right, Snyder is an idiot. I’ve been around DC and still live in Virginia since he became their owner. He does this every year and it never works. Not to mention the defense isn’t even the problem. Not even close.

I actually think an uncapped league would benefit the Colts. Basically the teams that have the best ability to draft will be power houses. It won’t be the teams with the most money, it’ll be the teams that can scout talent. The rookie contracts go from 4 years to 6 years. Well, for most positions 6 years are the best years of their career. I’d rather have a 20-28 year old RB in his prime than a 28-30 year old. Same with most positions. It’d also be significantly less expensive.

Ask Al Davis, Dan Snyder, and Jerry Jones how that’s paid off for them lately.

I think people are blowing the salary cap issue out of the water here. The thing the salary cap does best is bring a little more parity into the NFL, but ultimately it’s up to the team’s FO to make good, smart decisions about players that makes their teams good. The Lions, Cowboys, Redskins, Cardinals until this year that is, and all of the other horribly run franchises in the NFL would still be horrible without a salary cap.