Patriots; rookie cap allotment
 

The Pats can spend no more than $4,617,429 on their 2006 draft picks.

As it stands right now, only the 3 Day 1 picks will displace someone from the Top 51 list so the net impact of signing the 10 draft picks will be much less than $4,617,429 since only the prorated signing bonus amount for the seven Day 2 picks will hit the cap.

Good to know. I still expect Donnie Edwards to be suiting up for the Pats this year.

If that happens it would sure up our only ? on defense, IMO. The only ?'s remaining would be the WR position (hopefully Caldwell and Jackson get it done) and Place Kicker. Other then that this team is as solid as you can ask for (well, maybe Ty Law).

With 17M under the cap and 4.62M max allocated to rookies and 6.66M allocated to Seymour. What are the minimum and maximum amounts available to spend in FA?
(I mean is the min salary cap 93M? so we have between ?dollars and ?dollars to invest in FA?)

My only uneasiness is with LB. I am comfortable with the DBs we have now... Ty Law would be nice, but not necessary.

I think we are fine at WR, especially given the TEs we have.

I don't think we are worse off than the average team at K. We had to know that no one was going to give us the warm fuzzy like Adam, but we got a good rookie kicker and a decent vet kicker. We are fine.

Do you mean the 3 Day 1 picks will replace 3 of the Top 51? Or ONE of the 3 will replace one of the 51

I meant the 3 Day 1 picks but it is likely by mid-July that it will be only two (Maroney and Jackson).

That is the gross amount. The net is likely to be in the $1.5 to $2 million range.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2434786

talks about the rookie cap allotments for the entire NFL.

Miguel - wondering if, in this new cap era and all, you have a feel for what Chad Jackson's contract will be for, and might want to expand on these other issues

Correct me if I'm wrong but:

1. The rookie signing cap affects this year's contracts only - teams can stretch out the remainder of the contracts in later years regardless of this year's cap.

2. By drafting Jackson in the 2nd round rather than the 1st, the Patriots are not bound by the 4 year limit on his rookie contract (I'm guessing they try to get Jackson to sign a 6 year deal, no?)

3. Assuming Jackson works out as a #2 WR (and that's always a question with rookies) - what is Jackson's cap hit and contract looking like compared to say, David Givens.

My ultimate point here is that, assuming Jackson is as good as BB & Co. believe, we've got a MONSTER net cap savings over the next 5-6 years ... and that savings can go to address other needs and help keep the dynasty going.