2009 Cap

[Keith]

Originally Posted by papabear

Keith- Wouldn't it make sense to sign Mario to a long term extension...maybe after this year, to spread out the cap hit?

Well, cap hit may be irrelevant after this year. And an extension would mean more up front bonus money (probably in excess of the base salary). I think to avoid some uncapped year rules in '09/'10, they would probably wait until early 2011 or so to do this.