Lorenzo Alexander to the Cards

Alexander signed a 3 year deal with the Cards yesterday.  Too bad as he was the special teams captain and a good locker room guy that had been with the Skins for several years.  Liked the guy because he did everything that was asked of him.  He was an O lineman, D lineman, LB and special teamer.  He also was willing to give the Skins a home town discount.  The fact of the matter was that at 29 years of age and coming off of his first Pro Bowl season, he was looking to cash in and the Skins just didn't have the money. 

I'm happy for him and a bit disappointed for the us but he wasn't critical to the Skins success so it's fine. 

Meanwhile, the Skins continue to restructure contracts including Moss, Carriker, Meriweather and others to try and get some cap relief.  It looks more and more like we won't be able to go after Fred Davis which kind of stinks but we didn't have him for much of the last two years so it's not a huge change for us.  Will need to get as much cap space as possible to sign a FA or two in our secondary and our draft picks.  The good news is that there are a number of FA DBs and the draft is deep in DBs so we should be able to get some help.  I'm sure the Skins are waiting for the market to dip and be patient with the DBs and then try and pick someone up on the cheap. 

It's a tough situation and we got to get through this season with hopefully a decent roster.  Next offseason will be much better for us although I'm sure we will want to extend RG3 and he will likely be the highest paid player in the league. That will be interesting as we see what is happeing to the Ravens.  Flacco cashes in but at the expense of the entire team as the Ravens are purging and have already lost Boldin and five defensive starters from last season and perhaps will lose Ed Reed.  Gotta love the cap.