{"id":41994,"date":"2022-06-23T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T23:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=41994"},"modified":"2022-06-23T19:18:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T23:18:49","slug":"patriots-get-draft-picks-strange-thornton-and-zappe-all-under-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/06\/23\/patriots-get-draft-picks-strange-thornton-and-zappe-all-under-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Get Draft Picks Strange, Thornton, and Zappe All Under Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriots reportedly got their final three draft picks under contract, with Cole Strange, Tyquan Thornton, and Bailey Zappe each signing their rookie deals heading into the start of next month&#8217;s training camp.<\/p>\n<p>While this is obviously good news, the next question is how the team was able to get their final selections signed given how close to the salary cap they&#8217;ve been.\u00a0 At last check, according to salary cap expert Miguel Benzan, the club had been sitting with just $142k of space available.\u00a0 The team needed to free up an additional $1.75 million in order to get this done, which right now is a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>There were no players cut or traded, which means the team did something internally with another contract (or multiple deals) in order to get all three signed.\u00a0 Benzan has a few thoughts, which included converting several salaries to get this done.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By my calculations, the Patriots need to create $1.75M in cap space in order to sign Strange, Thornton, and Zappe today. 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