Since free agency began last Saturday at midnight, the Redskins have signed Antwaan Randle El to a long term, multimillion dollar contract to be a third receiver, traded for receiver Brandon Lloyd, and signed safety Adam Archuleta and linebacker Andre Carter. This for a team that was already expected to be well over the 2006 salary cap. "I guess this is on me because I admittedly wasn't really paying attention all that much at the CBA meetings last week," said Snyder. "I just figured we were going towards an uncapped year, and while the owners were apparently negotiating and voting on stuff, I was just sitting at the table daydreaming about all the money I was going to spend on free agents with no salary cap to hold me back."
Snyder said he is going to speak with commissioner Paul Tagliabue to see if there is any way he can renege the contracts of Washington's new acquisitions. "I'm hoping he'll hear me out and realize that I made a big mistake and cut me some slack on this," said Snyder. "Trust me - I wouldn't have overpaid all these guys had I known there was still a salary cap. I'm not a total moron." In hopes of reigning in costs to somehow find a way to stay under the salary cap, Snyder has instructed all team representatives to cut off negotiations with free agents. "We had six-year, $60 million deals on the table to both Deion Sanders and Bruce Smith - I thought they could provide some veteran leadership to the team - but we're going to have to hold off on those until I find out what's going on," said Snyder.
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