Given the amount of important players they have on the free agency, is gonna be interesting how they manage that situation.
Here are their FAs and their minimum salary for 2013:
BAL 2013 Cap salary : $15.7 mill
QB
Joe Flacco - $715,000
RB
Anthony Allen - $630,000
Damien Berry - $630,000
Bobby Rainey - $630,000
TE
Ed ****son (RFA) - $715,000
Dennis Pitta (RFA) - $715,000
Billy Bajema - $840,000
OT
Ramon Harewood (RFA) - $630,000
Bryant McKinnie - $940,000
C
Morgan Cox (RFA) - $715,000
DE
Arthur Jones (RFA) - $715,000
Ryan McBean - $715,000
DT
Bryan Hall (RFA) - $630,000
Ma'ake Kemoeatu - $940,000
LB
Josh Bynes - $630,000
Albert McClellan - $630,000
Ricky Brown - $840,000
Dannell Ellerbe - $715,000
Paul Kruger - $715,000
CB
Cary Williams - $715,000
Chris Johnson - $715,000
S
Emanuel Cook (RFA) - $715,000
Sean Considine - $840,000
James Ihedigbo - $715,000
Ed Reed - $940,000
Retiring
LB Ray Lewis
C Matt Birk (not sure actually, many rumors around this one)
These are only base minimum salaries, and do not include signing bonuses, roster bonuses or any other incentives.
Ravens GM face a serious problem this offseason:
- How can you keep Flacco, who will probably be one of the highest paid players in the NFL next year, plus signing Ellerbe, Kruger, Pitta, ****son, Reed, Williams and McKinnie, all of them being key for this team to make a succesful SB run this year?
- If you can't keep them, where will you find a cheap replacement?
My answer to the original question is no. With Flacco getting somewhere around 16-18 mill a year, there is no cap for a balanced team. Reed and Williams will probably go, and they won't keep Pitta, Ellerbe and Kruger happy with cheap contracts.
Here are their FAs and their minimum salary for 2013:
BAL 2013 Cap salary : $15.7 mill
QB
Joe Flacco - $715,000
RB
Anthony Allen - $630,000
Damien Berry - $630,000
Bobby Rainey - $630,000
TE
Ed ****son (RFA) - $715,000
Dennis Pitta (RFA) - $715,000
Billy Bajema - $840,000
OT
Ramon Harewood (RFA) - $630,000
Bryant McKinnie - $940,000
C
Morgan Cox (RFA) - $715,000
DE
Arthur Jones (RFA) - $715,000
Ryan McBean - $715,000
DT
Bryan Hall (RFA) - $630,000
Ma'ake Kemoeatu - $940,000
LB
Josh Bynes - $630,000
Albert McClellan - $630,000
Ricky Brown - $840,000
Dannell Ellerbe - $715,000
Paul Kruger - $715,000
CB
Cary Williams - $715,000
Chris Johnson - $715,000
S
Emanuel Cook (RFA) - $715,000
Sean Considine - $840,000
James Ihedigbo - $715,000
Ed Reed - $940,000
Retiring
LB Ray Lewis
C Matt Birk (not sure actually, many rumors around this one)
These are only base minimum salaries, and do not include signing bonuses, roster bonuses or any other incentives.
Ravens GM face a serious problem this offseason:
- How can you keep Flacco, who will probably be one of the highest paid players in the NFL next year, plus signing Ellerbe, Kruger, Pitta, ****son, Reed, Williams and McKinnie, all of them being key for this team to make a succesful SB run this year?
- If you can't keep them, where will you find a cheap replacement?
My answer to the original question is no. With Flacco getting somewhere around 16-18 mill a year, there is no cap for a balanced team. Reed and Williams will probably go, and they won't keep Pitta, Ellerbe and Kruger happy with cheap contracts.