Trotter and salary cap

Related to the Skins roster whacking of J. Trotter. Could there be a starker contrast between two teams' approaches to the salary cap.

Say what you want about Andy Reid and Joe Banner, but they have been flawless when it has come to managing the salary cap. They have not had to release a player or renegotiate a single contract to clear cap space. The way the Trotter talks imploded may not have been handled well, but you've got to give Big Red props for refusing to overpay or to overvalue Trotter's talent.

For that, you should look at the Skins where Danny Snyder throws money at anyone who's played in a pro bowl and where the salary cap day of reckoning is looming closer every day. We'll have to save for another day the post/analysis of the new Joe Gibb's "short term plan (four years max) to get the team to the playoffs, recertify me as a football genius, and let some boob (the 21st century version of Richie Petibon) try to clean up the mess after I go back to my NASCAR garage" blueprint.