Redskins working to get under the salary cap, need to trim $3 million to get under

The 2013 salary cap is set at $123 million and the Washington Redskins need to comply by March 12th. After being slammed by penalties for spending too much in an uncapped year (2010), the Redskins are scrambling to find the loose change. According to Mike Jones of the Washington Post, the Redskins have one week to make it happen. ‘The NFL notified its 32 teams Thursday night that the salary cap for the 2013 season is set at $123 million. For the Redskins, the figure is expected to be reduced by $18 million, the amount docked by the league as the second half of a two-year, $36 million penalty for how the team structured contracts during the uncapped 2010 season. After factoring in the penalty, Washington is believed to be $3 million over the cap.’ var switchTo5x=true; stLight.options({publisher:''});