By looking up and totaling the 2018 salary cap numbers for each member of the 2014 Super Bowl winning roster, I calculated that the 37 players still drawing NFL paychecks of some sort have salary cap hits totaling $208,446,106, which is 117.6% of the $177,000,000 salary cap.
Player 2018 Cap Hit (Sportrac)
Jimmy Garoppolo $37,000,000
Tom Brady* $22,000,000
Chandler Jones $15,500,000
Jamie Collins $12,150,000
Devin McCourty $11,935,000
Rob Gronkowski*+ $11,781,250
Logan Ryan $11,166,666
Nate Solder $10,000,000
Dont'a Hightower $8,523,435
Danny Amendola $6,000,000
Malcolm Butler $6,000,000
Marcus Cannon $5,768,750
Josh Kline $5,750,000
Stephen Gostkowski* $5,000,000
Patrick Chung $3,800,000
Duron Harmon $3,750,000
Julian Edelman $3,303,921
Tavon Wilson $2,893,750
James White $2,437,500
Cameron Fleming $2,375,000
Brandon LaFell $2,312,500
Matt Slater* $2,025,000
Nate Ebner $2,025,000
LeGarrette Blount $2,000,000
Ryan Allen $2,000,000
Michael Hoomanawanui $1,933,334
James Develin $1,675,000
Shane Vereen $1,050,000
Dominique Easley $850,000
Brandon Bolden $790,000
Jordan Devey $720,000
Tim Wright $705,000
Zach Moore $705,000
Chris Jones $630,000
Deontae Skinner $630,000
Sealver Siliga $630,000
Stevan Ridley $630,000
Aaron Dobson
Akeem Ayers
Alan Branch
Alfonzo Dennard
Brandon Browner
Brian Tyms
Bryan Stork
Casey Walker
Chris Barker
Chris White
Dan Connolly
Danny Aiken
Darius Fleming
Darrelle Revis*+
Don Jones
Ja'Gared Davis
Jerod Mayo
Joe Vellano
Jonas Gray
Jonathan Casillas
Josh Boyce
Kenbrell Thompkins
Kyle Arrington
Michael Buchanan
Rob Ninkovich
Ryan Wendell
Sebastian Vollmer
Steve Maneri
Vince Wilfork
$208,446,106 2018 Total Cap Hit
$177,200,000 2018 Cap Space
117.6% Percent Used
Some of the guys near the end are undoubtedly dead money and not active.
But it puts into perspective why we couldn't keep everyone.
I think Salary Cap Hit is the most appropriate number on the Sportrac tables to look at, but I could be wrong.
Player 2018 Cap Hit (Sportrac)
Jimmy Garoppolo $37,000,000
Tom Brady* $22,000,000
Chandler Jones $15,500,000
Jamie Collins $12,150,000
Devin McCourty $11,935,000
Rob Gronkowski*+ $11,781,250
Logan Ryan $11,166,666
Nate Solder $10,000,000
Dont'a Hightower $8,523,435
Danny Amendola $6,000,000
Malcolm Butler $6,000,000
Marcus Cannon $5,768,750
Josh Kline $5,750,000
Stephen Gostkowski* $5,000,000
Patrick Chung $3,800,000
Duron Harmon $3,750,000
Julian Edelman $3,303,921
Tavon Wilson $2,893,750
James White $2,437,500
Cameron Fleming $2,375,000
Brandon LaFell $2,312,500
Matt Slater* $2,025,000
Nate Ebner $2,025,000
LeGarrette Blount $2,000,000
Ryan Allen $2,000,000
Michael Hoomanawanui $1,933,334
James Develin $1,675,000
Shane Vereen $1,050,000
Dominique Easley $850,000
Brandon Bolden $790,000
Jordan Devey $720,000
Tim Wright $705,000
Zach Moore $705,000
Chris Jones $630,000
Deontae Skinner $630,000
Sealver Siliga $630,000
Stevan Ridley $630,000
Aaron Dobson
Akeem Ayers
Alan Branch
Alfonzo Dennard
Brandon Browner
Brian Tyms
Bryan Stork
Casey Walker
Chris Barker
Chris White
Dan Connolly
Danny Aiken
Darius Fleming
Darrelle Revis*+
Don Jones
Ja'Gared Davis
Jerod Mayo
Joe Vellano
Jonas Gray
Jonathan Casillas
Josh Boyce
Kenbrell Thompkins
Kyle Arrington
Michael Buchanan
Rob Ninkovich
Ryan Wendell
Sebastian Vollmer
Steve Maneri
Vince Wilfork
$208,446,106 2018 Total Cap Hit
$177,200,000 2018 Cap Space
117.6% Percent Used
Some of the guys near the end are undoubtedly dead money and not active.
But it puts into perspective why we couldn't keep everyone.
I think Salary Cap Hit is the most appropriate number on the Sportrac tables to look at, but I could be wrong.