JKool

Billy,

Maybe you should tell the Titans how \"the cap can always be made to work in the short run\".

The simple fact of the matter is that that is not the case. The cap is a very real problem for us right now. The only way it can be \"made to work\" is if (1) Howard signs with us for much much less than he wants AND doesn\'t get paid his tender amount of 7.8 mil, or (2) we restructure enough OTHER contracts to free up another 3 mil (that should make us pretty popular).

Now, (2) is possible, but I don\'t think it is any where near as simple as you make it sound. Furthermore, it won\'t be better for us next year when those contracts, like Bentley\'s, are up next year and we still have Howard - we only have one franchise tag after all. Trade Howard now or risk losing more players and getting nothing for him.

I\'m still on board for the player for player trade, BUT we do need to move Howard.

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