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Gaffney got a 1 year, $2million deal. But that only counts about 1.69 against the cap because of the top 51 rule.
My guess is that Aiken and Webster got vet min deals, but we'll have to see what they got. And they could count as little as 120K in additional space if that is the case.
So, for us cap novices, does this mean we're in the ball park of having somewhere in the neighborhood of $6 million left to add players?
How much cap space do you usually chew up to sign the number 7 pick in the draft? I assume a significant amount of this.
Schefter reported Webster's deal was 1 yr and $2.2 mil
For the un-cap educated (me), what is the top-51 rule exactly?
Schefter reported Webster's deal was 1 yr and $2.2 mil
From March until the the 1st cut down of training camp, teams are allowed to carry a maximum of 80 players. However, only the players with the highest 51 salaries count against the salary cap.
This is what forced the Patriots hand in 2003 with Lawyer Milloy. The Pats had over 2 million in salary cap tied up on the IR. The only player that the Pats hadn't already re-negotiated the contract of who could help with that was Milloy. So the Pats had to either get him to negotiate an extension or be cut to free up the amount of money they needed. He chose to be cut.
http://content.usatoday.com/sports/.../playerdetail.aspx?lname=peterson&player=4579How much cap space do you usually chew up to sign the number 7 pick in the draft? I assume a significant amount of this.
The Patriots had other ways to free up the money. They decided lowering Milloy's salary was the best option.
Well. That's a debatable issue. See, its not good business to cut players who had already re-negotiated. I can remember, distinctly, that Ted Johnson, Tom Brady and Ty Law had already had their contracts changed to free up cap space. Lawyer Milloy was the only one that they could get it from in one fell swoop. Yes, the Pats could have cut other players, but they would have had to cut 2 or 3 to get enough cap space cleared.
http://content.usatoday.com/sports/...tail.aspx?year=2003&team=19&order=Salary+desc
Look at Ty Law's salary.
I can remember the Pats having nearly that in people waived and moved to the IR at the end of camp. It might have even been MORE than that. I don't remember 100%.I just remember that the only real option was Milloy restructuring his deal or being cut.
There's no such word as irregardless.