Originally Posted By: Hankster
Originally Posted By: STRIKE ZONE
Ouch........That hurts the wallet. hope he proves he is in the top 5 after our "D" goes to [Bleeeeep!] in a couple years do to cap room. The way I see it...we have this season and next as our best chance to get back and win it all. fun times.

Shorty's cap hit this year will be $5.5 million and $18.5 million next year. That leaves the Fawks around $19 million under the cap next year. They still have to seal Wagner up for probably between $9-10 million. Okung, Sweezy, Mebane, Irvin and Kearse are FAs next year and dangling.

Wagner sent out a tweet when Shorty signed that said, "Can't keep everyone".

It's really nice to be in the position the Hawks are in....other teams dream to have to make tough decisions on highly talented players on their rosters..it's called depth. This will be Irvins last year, Frank Clark will replace him.
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