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A couple of brief observations.
First, The thing I notice the most when I read posts that give team's estimated cap figures is how wildly different they all are. In this case here, Miguel is attributed with giving the Pats a cap number of $113MM, while the ESPN link that was given has them at $103MM. While I would put my money on Miguel, I can't help but wonder why these numbers are so different all the time, yet they all are reported as if they were set in stone accurate. (except for Miguel who has more disclaimers on his page than my health insurance
Secondly, IMHO trying to judge a team's cap situation requires TWO figures. Besides the actual dollar figure, you need to know how many players are under contract. In other words, A team who has is within $5MM of the cap, but has 45 players under contract is better off that a team who is $10MM under the cap but has only 32 under contract.Unless you know how many players that cap number represents, the dollar figure is kind of meaningless.
From what I understand the Pats have about 45 players under contract, and are about $10-13MM under the estimated cap. The Jets on the other hand are currently over the proposed number and only have around 35 players under contract. Please correct me if I'm drastically wrong in those estimates.
Per Miguel the Pats currently hae 75 players signed or tendered and we will only lose one tender if the RFA rules change back to normal. The JETS will lose several of their tendered players including starters. They hope to sign back two of them as FA, they can't afford to sign them all.