The Redskins are about $20 million over a projected $94.5 million salary cap, and have restructured the deals of at least seven players to create more cap room in the event an extension to the labor agreement between the league and its players is not reached. In many of those deals, which are void should an extension of the collective bargaining agreement take place, players were granted free agency earlier than their original contract stipulated, sources said, and Arrington wished to gain that status now, rather than after the 2007 or 2008 season. Arrington's deal is not contingent on the CBA negotiations in any regard..Since that first game, the season has been anything but predictable. Take the NFC East, for example. Many people predicted a similar finish to what was seen last year.

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