The first announcements of any season are, of course, the retirements. With several older players on the possible list, I’m watching anxiously…
– in his twilight anyway, we didn’t re-sign him, though we’d have give it some thought. He hangs them up after a prolific career as an all-purpose back and former league MVP.
– this one just kills us, I worked out a new deal with him for this year, only to see him walk anyway and force us to eat some $4m in cap space. Ouch – serious loss.
We have another serious problem on our hands, too. RG Joseph Shaffer blew out a knee last year, and spent the season on IR. Shame, but that’s life. He still sits on our roster, and he’s listed as out for 29 weeks. Trouble is, since he is hurt, we cannot release him – and this is the “baloon” year in his contract, meaning that he’s going to hit us for $2.9 million in cap space this season, while he contributes nothing )not even affinity). Ouch.
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Front Office Football 2004
Chesapeake Chili Dogs Roster, Contract View
Player # Pos Start OnTm EndCnt Exp Cap Cost Save if Rls
Ross, Harry 2 QB 2008 2010 6 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Chesley, Bobby 9 QB 2006 2010 11 $2,210,000 $1,590,000
Biddle, Ernest 5 QB 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Criswell, Courtney 24 RB 2008 2010 7 $750,000 $750,000
Lee, Lewis 33 RB 2005 2010 5 $570,000 $570,000
Fraser, Floyd 37 RB 2008 2010 2 $430,000 $400,000
Emerson, Charles 42 FB 2005 2009 5 $710,000 $700,000
Rego, Clyde 88 TE 2006 2010 12 $1,040,000 $830,000
Lannon, Clay 82 TE 2005 2010 6 $650,000 $650,000
Lorz, Ralph 89 TE 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Berkey, Justin 81 FL 2002 2011 11 $2,850,000 $1,990,000
Newbury, Joey 83 FL 2008 UFA 8 $0 $0
Meneses, Marcus 87 FL 2003 UFA 9 $0 $0
Madison, Jake 84 FL 2008 UFA 5 $0 $0
Castellano, Jimmy 80 SE 2006 2011 10 $1,500,000 $1,200,000
Worcester, Dave 85 SE 2008 2010 2 $430,000 $400,000
Houtz, John 52 C 2003 2010 11 $900,000 $900,000
Turnbull, Winston 54 C 2008 2009 2 $400,000 $350,000
Lambeau, Wendell 68 C 2008 2009 2 $340,000 $330,000
Cid, James 61 LG 2008 2010 14 $800,000 $800,000
Brandon, Marvin 60 LG 2008 2009 2 $360,000 $330,000
Schmit, Gus 66 LG 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
**Shaffer, Joseph 77 RG 2007 2009 14 $2,900,000 $2,900,000
Foreman, K.C. 69 RG 2008 ---- 4 $0 $0
Castillo, Tank 65 RG 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Olechowski, Bennie 63 RG 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Tilton, Stanley 79 LT 2005 2012 5 $3,500,000 $2,500,000
Boyd, Lenny 70 LT 2006 2009 4 $610,000 $610,000
Gourdine, Derek 62 LT 2004 UFA 6 $0 $0
Embry, Donovan 6 P 2006 ---- 4 $0 $0
Everhart, David 19 K 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Hall, Alvin 98 LDE 2003 2011 9 $9,280,000 $6,200,000
Kleinsasser, Cornelius 90 LDE 2002 2010 7 $900,000 $800,000
Morici, Steven 78 LDE 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Kershner, Miles 72 RDE 2008 2010 13 $860,000 $800,000
Santos, Martin 96 LDT 2003 2010 11 $2,450,000 $880,000
Shah, Gabe 71 LDT 2007 ---- 3 $0 $0
**Bradham, Eugene 93 RDT 2003 2010 11 $3,010,000 $1,050,000
Cutting, Bennie 74 RDT 2008 ---- 3 $0 $0
Flowers, Damon 73 NT 2008 2009 2 $330,000 $330,000
Dennis, D.J. 57 SILB 2004 2009 6 $680,000 $680,000
Watkins, Steven 95 WILB 2003 2011 11 $1,960,000 $1,370,000
Rice, Blake 59 MLB 2008 2010 7 $570,000 $570,000
Wiseman, Lewis 99 MLB 2008 2010 6 $570,000 $570,000
Kuykendall, Travis 56 SLB 2006 2012 4 $3,240,000 $1,780,000
Galvan, John 58 SLB 2003 2010 8 $1,530,000 $910,000
Shepard, Andre 51 SLB 2008 2010 7 $570,000 $570,000
Berosik, Earl 94 SLB 2008 ---- 3 $0 $0
Stephens, Grady 97 SLB 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
Harrold, Urso 91 WLB 2007 2010 12 $800,000 $800,000
Hoffman, Perry 50 WLB 2008 ---- 1 $0 $0
Raab, John 39 LCB 2007 2009 13 $2,600,000 $2,600,000
Birkland, Henry 26 LCB 2008 2010 12 $800,000 $800,000
Padgett, Herman 31 LCB 2008 2010 2 $680,000 $440,000
McWilliams, Steven 25 LCB 2008 ---- 1 $0 $0
Nave, Ferdy 34 RCB 2006 2009 9 $3,650,000 $3,500,000
Scanlon, Billy Joe 35 RCB 2007 2010 3 $2,280,000 $1,330,000
Plata, David 40 SS 2008 2012 13 $3,700,000 $2,500,000
Carr, Mark 36 SS 2003 2011 11 $2,820,000 $2,250,000
Kettler, Chappy 49 FS 2003 2010 9 $940,000 $910,000
McCartney, Jeff 21 FS 2008 ---- 2 $0 $0
$$ - player is in starting lineup, ## - player is inactive.
Players Under Contract: 41
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 41
Salary Cap: $85,800,000
Cap Room: $7,130,000
Maximum for New Player: $2,810,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $11,000,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0Front Office Football 2004
Cap Room Required Next Year: $66,700,000
$11 million in dead cap space, plus two zombies on the roster eating up another $6m – I usually plan better than this, but alas, things didn’t pan out quite as I had hoped.
I have documented my woes and misgivings at the various roster groups already – that’s a matter of public record already. Now, we will have to work things out for the year ahead, and cross our fingers for good news in the draft pool, where we will have the #8 overall pick.
Oh, dear. What have we done?