Mods may want to move this, but there were some posts in the "I can't stand it" thread regarding denver's 2015 cap and our 2015 cap. I decided to do a little research and ended up doing way more than I meant to. Some of you might find this interesting/useful. Note these numbers are approximate and rounded.
Denver has about 108.5 million in contracts for next year among 38 players. I have them resigning 8 players for 41.5 million, and the minimum for 5 guys to get them to 51 (2.5 million). They will also have about 1 million in cap space. This brings them to a total of 153.5 million. They are about 10 million below their cap which would bring them down to 143.5 million.
The eight guys are: D Thomas (13m), J Thomas (8m), C Harris (7m), Knighton (5.5m), Moore (2.5m), Franklin (2.5m), Irving (1.5m), Marshall(1.5m).
The pats have about 131.6m in contracts for 2015 among 42 players. I have them resigning 6 guys for a total of 20m, and 3 guys to get them to 51 at the league min (about 1.5m). They have 4.7m in dead money on the books for 2015. This brings us to a toal of 157.8m. Miguel has us about 9m below the cap, so rolling that over would bring us down to 148.8m. From there, I think a restructure of Revis is going to happen (down at least 10m) and probably either a cut or restructure of amendola to save 2m. This would bring the pats down to 136.8m.
The six patriots are DMC (8m), Ghost (4m), Wendell (2.5m), Cannon (2m), Vereen/Ridley (only 1) 2m, Cannon (2m), and Chung (1.5m).
So while this is all obviously rough estimates, it does point towards the pats being in a better cap situation this offseason than Denver (by about 6-7 million).
I know that there are also NLTBA incentives to factor in, but that is probably hard to predict for both sides so I called it a wash.
If anyone has more exact or better info please let me know and I can edit this post. If I missed anyone NE or Den is likely to resign for 1.5m or more please let me know. I just went through Denver's starters to see who was a FA.
Denver has about 108.5 million in contracts for next year among 38 players. I have them resigning 8 players for 41.5 million, and the minimum for 5 guys to get them to 51 (2.5 million). They will also have about 1 million in cap space. This brings them to a total of 153.5 million. They are about 10 million below their cap which would bring them down to 143.5 million.
The eight guys are: D Thomas (13m), J Thomas (8m), C Harris (7m), Knighton (5.5m), Moore (2.5m), Franklin (2.5m), Irving (1.5m), Marshall(1.5m).
The pats have about 131.6m in contracts for 2015 among 42 players. I have them resigning 6 guys for a total of 20m, and 3 guys to get them to 51 at the league min (about 1.5m). They have 4.7m in dead money on the books for 2015. This brings us to a toal of 157.8m. Miguel has us about 9m below the cap, so rolling that over would bring us down to 148.8m. From there, I think a restructure of Revis is going to happen (down at least 10m) and probably either a cut or restructure of amendola to save 2m. This would bring the pats down to 136.8m.
The six patriots are DMC (8m), Ghost (4m), Wendell (2.5m), Cannon (2m), Vereen/Ridley (only 1) 2m, Cannon (2m), and Chung (1.5m).
So while this is all obviously rough estimates, it does point towards the pats being in a better cap situation this offseason than Denver (by about 6-7 million).
I know that there are also NLTBA incentives to factor in, but that is probably hard to predict for both sides so I called it a wash.
If anyone has more exact or better info please let me know and I can edit this post. If I missed anyone NE or Den is likely to resign for 1.5m or more please let me know. I just went through Denver's starters to see who was a FA.