Hawks Have Room

To keep making moves, if they want. According to Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports, the expanded cap has provided an usual amount of wiggle room.

This article, written yesterday, shows the Hawks with 9.1 million in cap space, as of last Thursday. If we assume that Julius Jones is counting approximately 2.5, that still leaves a tasty, 6.6 mil.

It is possible that the Hawks could clear 10 mil more simply by re-upping long term with Trufant and then the inevitable June 1st release of Shaun. While they wouldn't realize the savings from releasing 37 until 6/1, that money could be allocated for rookie contracts. In other words, the Hawks can spend 6 million now if they want, and even more if they can redo Trufant.

It appears that the team doesn't have much interest in DJ Hackett. Maybe it is the Wa Post's report that he doesn't practice hard.

My best bet is that the next two signings are Ellis Wymns, and his needed versatility on the D line, and a back up linebacker, maybe Caleb Miller. These are the biggest depth needs right now, and at this point, depth is all that is available.

Also note Arizona's cap space....the have the least amount, however it looks like they finally got a deal done with Larry Fitzgerald this morning. Lets hope it too late for them to do anything substantial

UPDATE-- Jones' cap hit appears to only be 1.7 mil, Also John Clayton is on KJR saying the Hawks only have 3.2 million in space. So hard to determine the truth in these matters. When I factored that only the top 50 salaries count into my spreadsheet, the team appears to be at 6 mil under. Clayton is hard to disagree with though.