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***AndyJohnson*** · 07-21-2011, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The Scrizz

The best part of the whole Jets fiasco is that they have a bottom 10 QB with a 17M + cap hit.

Granted it will be fairly easy to shed a good junk of that this season because so much is salary but the Jets are in a tough position. They can save cap cutting a few guys, restructure Sanchize, and sign Harris long-term.

But as Andy correctly notes, they have about half a team right now. They can either try to build some depth with actual NFL caliber players or put all of their eggs in a few baskets like Holmes and Cro.

I don't see how they can come out of this even as good as they were last year. And they have been remarkably lucky injury-wise lately too which is how they get by with zero depth.

In the end I think all of those other teams with a ton of cap room will make their decision for them and drive up the prices on Holmes and Cromartie. I see them resigning Edwards. They can have him.

Really, having them extend Sanchez or just convert his salary to signing bonus is good for the Patriots. They increase their future commitment to him which means they are stuck with him, and they are in such awful cap shape (as much because of all the holes they have to fill as the lack of space they have) that freeing it up for this year wont be close to enough to solve the problems.
As the cap noose tightens and the commitment to Sanchez increases, the fate of the team becomes more and more in Sanchez hands, which will go a long way toward eliminating them from contention for anything.

***Miguel*** · 07-21-2011, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerSchooled

Like I said, I'm just not sure how teams go about significantly changing yearly cap hits on individual contracts.

http://www.patscap.com/restructure.txt

HomerSchooled · 07-21-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Miguel

http://www.patscap.com/restructure.txt

Cool. Sorry I missed it.

HomerSchooled · 07-21-2011, 08:15 PM

Anyway, to expand on my initial question of who-might-go-where, I think Chicago just became my favorite to win the Asomugha auction. With tons of cap space in a huge market, no great corners outside of Charles Tillman, and a desperation to outshine Green Bay, it looks to me like a match made in heaven.

***AndyJohnson*** · 07-21-2011, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerSchooled

Anyway, to expand on my initial question of who-might-go-where, I think Chicago just became my favorite to win the Asomugha auction. With tons of cap space in a huge market, no great corners outside of Charles Tillman, and a desperation to outshine Green Bay, it looks to me like a match made in heaven.

Cap space is only half the equation. The number, and quality of players under contract is the other half.
If Mankins, Brady, Wilfork and Mayo were unsigned, the Pats would have over 40 mill of cap space and appear to be a team that would be a major FA player.

HomerSchooled · 07-22-2011, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

Cap space is only half the equation. The number, and quality of players under contract is the other half.
If Mankins, Brady, Wilfork and Mayo were unsigned, the Pats would have over 40 mill of cap space and appear to be a team that would be a major FA player.

Totally agree, and I had factored that into my thinking. I just failed to mention it. My bad. The Bears only have a couple of their own FAs they'd care to resign, and none would really break. That being said, they may have greater needs than corner. I just feel like they'll want to make a splash.

VJCPatriot · 07-22-2011, 08:48 AM

Dallas 18.9m over the cap!

Well someone had to say it -- Demarcus Ware come on down to New England!! ^_^

Hahaha, we can dream right?

BTW did anyone know that Miles Austin made 17m in 2010? That was even more than Romo and Ware combined! I'm thinking most of this must have been signing bonus.
http://www.sportscity.com/NFL/Dallas-Cowboys-Salaries

Sicilian · 07-22-2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

90% does not mean 90% every year. There is some type of 3 year average. I think any team can be as far under 90% as they want this year and have 2 years to make up the difference.

Well, yes and no... they still can't exceed the cap in subsequent years, so they can't be SO far under the floor this year that they can't mathematically make it up. For example, if the cap is $120m and the floor is $100m (or $300m over 3 years for hypotheticals), they will need to spend at LEAST $60m this year, or even right at the cap they'll fall short of the floor.

VJCPatriot · 07-22-2011, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sicilian

Well, yes and no... they still can't exceed the cap in subsequent years, so they can't be SO far under the floor this year that they can't mathematically make it up. For example, if the cap is $120m and the floor is $100m (or $300m over 3 years for hypotheticals), they will need to spend at LEAST $60m this year, or even right at the cap they'll fall short of the floor.

The numbers for the cap floor that I've heard are 99% for 2011 and 95% for 2012 onwards. Correct me if I'm wrong.

***Rob0729*** · 07-22-2011, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by VJCPatriot

Dallas 18.9m over the cap!

Well someone had to say it -- Demarcus Ware come on down to New England!! ^_^

Hahaha, we can dream right?

BTW did anyone know that Miles Austin made 17m in 2010? That was even more than Romo and Ware combined! I'm thinking most of this must have been signing bonus.
Dallas-Cowboys Salaries | Dallas-Cowboys Player Salaries | 2010 Dallas-Cowboys Salary

They are already rumored to be dumping some decent players (Terrance Newman, Marion Barber, Roy Williams, Marco Columbo, etc.).