[MIJB#19]

General Manager Notes
Yes!

You wonder why I'm so happy? Well, we acquired free agent cornerback Winford Endicott. Not that he's a big name player, but the guy is an excellent zone defender and with the zone defense being or main scheme, he will be a welcome addition. He'll be taking over Johnnie Stidham's spot a s starter, making Stidham the nickelback in 2007 and the dimeback position out in the open between Myron Stevens and Desmond Craig. For secondary leader Carlos Mitchem, chances on playing time keep getting slimmer and slimmer.

Today we're getting ready for the first pre-season game against the Frederick Red Menace. Although we announced our expected starting line-ups for the regular season, we'll be playing with different names, probably.

We still need to say goodbye to 5 players and 4 of those names are know. Cornerback Danny Person will be traded to the Anaheim Matterhorns, sooner or later, but salary cap woes could make it a tricky situation. Of the other names of casualties, one will be safety Darnell Majors, a man to man expert and run defender, but sadly not enough zone defense skills to stay around. Also listed as soon to be gone is guard Eric Dietrich, who we acquired through trade in the 2006 off-season and who could be a starter somewhere in the future. Dietrich was perfect in the 2 games he saw action last season, though.

Most prominent casualty will be defensive tackle Stanley Jacke. Jacke hasn't played a game since the 2004 season, but he's still got the potential to be a good backup in the IHOF someday. He made the 2005 and 2006 rosters with luck and injury. But after drafting Shaun Shiroma and Andrew Rasmussen, Jacke's roster spot is no longer, we say goodbye to a loyal guy, who never caused problems. We wish we could have given him a new home, but had no such luck...

Doing the math, that leaves us with one last player to deal. Well, we're working the phones to trade a running back soon. It's not Randy Harris, but the others are all open for trade, in my opinion. We hope to give one a new home before the first pre-season game, so this trade will account for our last post camp release.

Oh, for the numbers geeks around, we currently have no less than 20.36M of dead cap space for 2007 and 11.35M lost cap room for 2008, projecting us 11M over the cap in 2008. For 2009, we are projected to be 3M over the cap, with no lost cap room. Go us...