How can you say that? We have been AT or OVER the salary cap for many years.
Now people, PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING. If your one of those who think we should let Nate go so we can use the money to get "quality" lineman then do this.
1. Find what FA's will be available this year and next (NOT RFA's)
2. Find ANY quality lineman that WONT be re-signed by their team
3. Realize that in the next 2 years their will probably only be about 2-3 good lineman to bid for.
AND WE ARE PROBABLY NOT A TEAM A PLAYER WANTS TO COME TO! We are a bad team and WE HAVE A HISTORY OF LETTING PLAYERS GO WHEN THEY WANT MORE MONEY! Why would a FA want to go to a team that lets go of every player who wants a pay raise? (Winfield, P. Williams, T. Washington, Moulds, now Clements ... etc)
So before you say we could use Clement's money towards other players again, please do the 3 steps above and realize how foolish it sounds.