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January 22, 2006 -- GOAL LINE STAND

Jets: salary plight isn't so bad

DESPITE the Jets being a whopping $26 million over the salary cap, GM Terry Bradway told The Post there's no reason to panic.

"Within the salary-cap system, there are obviously issues and decisions that have to be made every year, but I am very optimistic that we'll be able to keep all the players that we want to keep," Bradway said.

The salary cap is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks and fall somewhere between $92 and $95 million. The Jets' exact cap figure of $118.1 million obviously puts them in jeopardy of retaining any of their big-name players such as DE John Abraham, CB Ty Law and C Kevin Mawae.

"The worst thing you can be is a bad team with no cap space," one league source told The Post. "That's a double disaster."

The source related the Jets' situation to having an enormous credit-card bill.

"You can either pay it all off now or save some for later," he said. "If I were them, I'd do it all now and get it over with."

Bradway says no such drastic measures are needed.

"Relative to how we build a team, I don't think there's going to be anything that we're not able to do" he said. "I feel pretty confident that the salary cap will not be an issue for us going forward."

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How is $26-$30 mil over the cap being "overblown"?

Because a vasy amjority of it is roster bonuses that even if paid do not have an immediate cap impact. They can be spread throughout the contract or up to 4 years (dpending on if a CBA is in place). There will be cuts made and restructures. But after all of that the Jets should be in good shape.

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Because a vasy amjority of it is roster bonuses that even if paid do not have an immediate cap impact. They can be spread throughout the contract or up to 4 years (dpending on if a CBA is in place). There will be cuts made and restructures. But after all of that the Jets should be in good shape.

I understand all that.

But what is the Jets exact "roster bonus liability"?

And again, maybe one or two players will have restructured contracts, but the Jets will not have 10 players restructure. [-X

I think you are being a little overly optimistic on the Jets cap situation buddy. :wink:

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I understand all that.

But what is the Jets exact "roster bonus liability"?

And again, maybe one or two players will have restructured contracts, but the Jets will not have 10 players restructure. [-X

I think you are being a little overly optimistic on the Jets cap situation buddy. :wink:

Well I think it's a bit foolish to speculate at this point. Once the Jets make whatever moves they're going to make (cuts, restructuring, etc..) we'll know if the cap was a problem if they're unalbe to make upgrades or sign draft picks. Obviously they won't be able to go out and sign three or four marquee free agents but if they can fill some gaps and get their rooks in camp, there's no cap issue. Obviously its far from an ideal situation, but I dont think it's as crippling as some are making it out to be. Time will tell.

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