Chefs in a world of hurt....

With no eleventh hour CBA in sight, the Chefs are screwed. They are one of the top 3 teams over the salary cap. Carl has stated at least 6 players will have to restructure their contracts to get under the cap. We don't want to just get under the cap. We want to have room to sign all the bargains that should be available. Facing the possibility of an uncapped year, we should really be looking to sign players to 3-4 year contracts and lock in our costs.

But alas, we are way over the cap and thus going to be scraping by to make it.

So, one might wonder why teams like the Eagles and others are successful on the field while being under the cap. Good question. The key is that they draft well. Finding good draft picks or unsigned free agents make a huge difference. And I'm not talking about first round picks. The key is finding mid-round picks that can contribute quickly at bargain rates.

More so than baseball (players take too long to develop) and basketball (only 2 rounds), football finances are driven by the draft. If you suck, you either get really good at signing cheap free agents or you really hurt against the cap.

Herm better be a really good coach or else it will be a long year. (yeah, yeah JD, i know his track record with the Jets.)