What Can Redskins Do to Clear More Salary-Cap Space for 2015 Offseason?

January 7, 2015   ·   Matthew Brown   ·   Jump to comments

The Washington Redskins need a lot of help with their roster as they transition from the team Mike Shanahan assembled to the team Jay Gruden feels he needs. With the offseason the only thing in their future, it is high time the Redskins start looking at trimming the fat where they can.
With just over $15 million in cap space according to Over The Cap, the Redskins will need to make some moves to improve their spending potential for the 2015 offseason.
There is a very simple way for the Redskins to double their cap room, and that is by cutting Stephen Bowen, Barry Cofield, Chris Chester, Tracy Porter, DeAngelo Hall and Logan Paulsen.
Without getting into the intricacies of dead money, cutting those six players opens up an extra $20 million in cap space for the 2015 offseason.
Why those six? Chester has been disappointing over the past two seasons. Porter, Hall, Bowen and Cofield were not healthy for the 2014 season. And Paulsen, once Washington's best blocking tight ...

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