Never too early to look ahead to 2007 season

[Revelstoke]

From John Clayton at ESPN.com

St. Louis Rams
Cap room: $22.9 million
The Rams came out of 2006 with a respectable 8-8 record under first-year coach Scott Linehan. The Rams still have a dangerous offense. Marc Bulger is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFC. Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce are aging a little but they are a dangerous one-two punch at receiver. Steven Jackson is one of the league's most dangerous running backs. Those are the positives keeping the team afloat. The problems are many. The offensive line remains a concern. It struggled again last season. The defense improved through free agency and the draft but it needs more athletes. What makes things worse is that the ***** and Cardinals could be ready to pass the Rams in the NFC West, and St. Louis hasn't caught up to the Seahawks. The Rams could suffer a big loss if Kevin Curtis leaves. He's a dangerous receiver who is entering his prime. The Rams' 13 other free agents are mostly backups and key role players. The Rams have plenty of room to upgrade their roster. They may cut guard Adam Timmerman and linebacker Dexter Coakley, but there aren't any cap issues.

Link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...ohn&id=2758756

[AvengerRam]

Strange that Clayton has the Rams at $22M and change in cap room. Every other estimate I've seen has them at $30M or more.

[ramsanddodgers]

Here is what I found on askthecommish.com

Keep in mind that these numbers remain tentative -- and are changing on a daily basis. These "unofficial" figures are approximate as of January 3 , 2007.


Projected 2007 NFL Salary Cap Space for Each Team

Rank Team $ Under the Cap
1 San Francisco ***** $42.1 M

2 Buffalo Bills $39.7 M

3 Arizona Cardinals $36.7 M

4 Tennessee Titans $36 M

5 Cleveland Browns $33.305 M

6 St. Louis Rams $31.98 M

7 Minnesota Vikings $31.5 M

8 Jacksonville Jaguars $31 M

9 Cincinnati Bengals $28.8 M

10 NY Jets $28.455 M

11 Green Bay Packers $28.36 M

12 New England Patriots $26.98 M

13 Chicago Bears $26.9 M

14 New Orleans Saints $26 M

15 San Diego Chargers $24.6 M

16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $23.985 M

17 Detroit Lions $23.8 M

18 Seattle Seahawks $21.9 M

19 Dallas Cowboys $21.5 M

20 Houston Texans $19.8 M

21 Miami Dolphins $17.8 M

22 NY Giants $15.7 M

23 Oakland Raiders $14.105 M

24 Philadelphia Eagles $12.4 M

25 Atlanta Falcons $11.5 M

26 Denver Broncos $7.6 M

27 Kansas City Chiefs $7 M

28 Baltimore Ravens $5.7 M

29 Indianapolis Colts $4.9 M

30 Pittsburgh Steelers $1.44 M

31 Carolina Panthers $-3.1

32 Washington Redskins $-2.388 M

RnD

GO RAMS!!

[BigGameMN]

Hmmm I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to Clayton. I've grown to like his reporting and tend to trust him.

[BigDaddyPace]

The OLine is young, hungry, and getting better by the game. They are not as concern big of a concern as he says. Holt had an off year but he is still the man. The problem with the Rams.........Run D, Run D, Run D. Bottom line. We'd have two more wins this year if the Run D wasn't so awful.

[RamsFan16]

$31 million was the cap before the Rams resigned Little.

[AvengerRam]

There's no way Little counts as $9M against this year's cap.

[laram0]

Carolina and Washington are in the negative category. Some cap casualties coming?

[txramsfan]

Well, with all that cap room I wonder if we could get some of Cartman's beefcake and beef up the DT's and LB's for next season.