Want to know why Parcells took the Miami job?

The Dolphins and Falcons have similar teams. Ronnie Brown, Jason Taylor, and Zach Thomas equate to Roddy White, John Abraham, and Keith Brooking. Miami will be picking a little higher in the draft, but with salary cap ramifications there's not much difference between picking 1st and 4th. But there's one staggering difference between the two teams' outlooks for next season:

Team	Signed Players	2008 cap room
1. Tennessee	39	$40.85 million
2. San Diego	44	$33.03 million
3. Jacksonville	43	$32.69 million
4. Buffalo	49	$32.05 million
5. New Orleans	39	$31.69 million
6. Cincinnati	48	$31.45 million
7. San Francisco	48	$30.91 million
8. Cleveland	42	$30.31 million
9. Arizona	34	$30.27 million
10.N.Y. Jets	45	$27.72 million
11.Oakland	40	$25.98 million
12.Tampa Bay	48	$25.90 million
13.Miami	48	$25.56 million
14.N.Y. Giants	49	$24.47 million
15.Detroit	42	$23.50 million
16.Houston	43	$22.91 million
17.Dallas	40	$20.61 million
18.Kansas City	44	$20.27 million
19.Chicago	52	$19.80 million
20.Pittsburgh	43	$18.61 million
21.Green Bay	48	$18.37 million
22.Philadelphia	49	$17.17 million
23.Denver	49	$16.77 million
24.Minnesota	49	$14.88 million
25.New England	41	$10.93 million
26.St. Louis	45	$9.61 million
27.Seattle	44	$9.55 million
28.Indianapolis	48	$8.49 million
29.Carolina	35	$6.05 million
30.Atlanta	52	$5.79 million
31.Baltimore	42	$5.00 million
32.Washington	45	-$20.72 million

The Falcons have the third least cap room of any team for next season, the Dolphins have the 13th most. (Salary cap information from Peter King's 12/10 MMQB Column) Atlanta will get some cap relief from Michael Vick's contract, possibly an enormous amount of relief, but he knows he'll have $25 in cap room to sign free agents and draft picks in Miami.

Other conclusions to draw from teams' cap room situations: Albert Haynesworth will definitely be franchised and the Redskins roster could look a lot different next season.