C'mon, Bronco, you were...ahem...quite annoying with your predictions of grandeur.
Seriously, though, your team had a hell of a season, and that $26 mil shouldn't be too hard to overcome. I know Trevor Pryce won't be back...that's gotta be, what, $6 Mil all by itself, right?
Just a few high caps and possible fixes.
Rod Smith 3.0 Mill (restruct)
Stephen Alexander 1.1 Mill (With Jeb, Duke I say cut the guy)
Jake Plummer 4.3 Mill ( Restruct)
Mike Anderson 2.5 Mill (It's been fun but not at 2.5 Mill Cut em)
Courtney Brown 1.4 Mill (resonable, may restruct)
Eb. Ekuban 3.0 Mill (see ya)
Trevor Pyrce 6.5 Mill (WHAT! goddbye former Bronco)
John Englberger 1.7 Mill ( emmm he could be a starter in 06 Restruct)
Champ Bailey 5.5 Mill (I like ya Champ, but you got to restruct that some)
So you can see that the bulk of the team is low contracts. The major money guys are easy cuts.
Jake/Rod/Champ are sure to restructure their deals.
The money is going to come from Nalen being released (6 mill- sorry folks its just economics), Warren's deal voiding out (6 mill), Trevor getting on the first bus out of town (9 mill).
Lynch comes in just under 3 mill too. We know he will rework