Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

I ask this question to Miguel and the other cap number experts. The Patriots had $6,032,711 in their rookie pool. With 9 of them signed, how much is left to sign the other three, (Chung/Ingram/McKenzie)?
I remember that the Eagles several years ago ran out of money and had to release a DLineman (Brock?) who later signed with Indy..I don't expect the Pats to make such a faux pas but I wonder if they could get creative with McKenzie if need be and could that be why they were alleged to be trying to push Ingram's bonus to 2010????

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

If I calculated/read/estimated this correctly

Rookie cap pool -New England - $6,032,711
2009 cap number (Thanks Miguel)
2.34 - S, Patrick Chung, Oregon - ??
2.40 - DT, Ron Brace, Boston College $754,000
2.41 - CB, Darius Butler, Connecticut – $750,000
2.58 - OT, Sebastien Vollmer, Houston - $560,000
3.83 - WR, Brandon Tate $498,750
3.97 - LB, Tyrone McKenzie, South Florida (462,500)est’d-*future
4.123 - G, Rich Ohrnberger, $422,750.
5.170 - OT, George Bussey, Louiville - $(348,000) est’d **
6.198 - LS, Jacob Ingram, Hawaii - ($334,250) est’d *** future
6.207 - DT, Myron Pryor, $329,750
7.232 - WR, Julian Edelman, Kent State $322,175.
7.234 - DT, Darryl Richard, $322,000.
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subtotal $5,104,175 out of $6,032,711

leaving a 2009 cap number of $928,536.00 for Chung




*McKenzie estimate based on Beckum picked two slots later Signed (4-years, $2.43M: $620K signing bonus) cap of $462,500(310+152.5)
**Assuming Ingram gets 4 yrs 1.87million with a $97K signing bonus for a cap number of $334,250 (310K +24,250)
***Assuming Bussey got 4-years, $1.92M; $152,300 signing bonus based on the pick signed after him cap number of $348,000 (310+ 38)



I could be totally off the wall...and probably am....
As I write this Reiss is reporting that he is in Foxborough (Foxboro??) so they have an agreement but no numbers have been released...

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

You might be wrong.

IIRC the cap number for the rookie cap is actually calculated differently than the cap number for the regular salary cap, but I don't recall the exact differences. So while I think your numbers are wrong. I don't know the correct numbers.

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

The difference you're thinking of, I think, is that it includes all first-year salary cap hits for drafted rookies, and bonuses only for rookie UDFAs.

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

If you are correct than we are missing the UDFA who have bonuses. They are not on the list.

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

IIRC Brian Hoyer got a $16K signing bonus but I don't know of any others...

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

Most UDFAs get about $5K or so as a signing bonus.

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

either way is right

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

It was Foxboro when I grew up in Milton/Canton many years ago....I didn't know if three Lombardis made them snobby..........enough to add the 'ugh'

Re: Pats rookie pool- How much is left???
 

While it was "Foxboro Stadium," the official name of the town itself has, IIRC, always been Foxborough.