Worm Guts wrote:Kind of, but mainly I'm wondering if the Vikings figured something out or if there's some factor that I'm missing. Like maybe the Vikings have more cap space because they've drafted terribly and spend less on their own players. I don't know.
Rick Spielman was a genius at structuring deals. He set it up so the cap hits would be spready evenly over time. Like, Allen and Winfield's huge cap hit years would be together, then Berrian and Williams would be together. They never get a huge cap bill for all their big ticket players at the same time. It's sort of the opposite of what Washington and the Jets have done--if it winds up that 2010 is capped, the Jets are positioned to be something like $30M over it and that's before they figure out who's playing QB.
It helps that none of the players the Vikes drafted have required big-ticket extensions, certainly at the big-ticket positions (LT, QB, DE). You take the good with the bad...
