Free agency in the NFL is always filled with fool’s gold. Sometimes a team strikes real gold, but It’s well established that many high profile free agent signings don’t live up to the billing of their contract. Some of these signings also have long lasting effects via the compensatory draft pick system. As the league […]
The following table displays the likelihood of each player with a salary cap number of $2 million or more remaining under contract for 2016, as calculated by Expected Contract Value 2.0. Pay cuts and retirements are considered releases for purposes of Expected Contract Value. Players subject to 5th year team options of rookie contracts are not […]
Current Estimated 2016 Cap Space: $35.4 million Expected 2016 Cap Space: $60.0 million Estimated Rookie Cap: $10.569 million
Since this is the first year I have set out to project the NFL’s compensatory draft picks (via a program built using OTC’s data), I anticipated that there would be mistakes along the way as part of simply learning more of the process. I have already issued a couple corrections as I have learned more, […]
Updates January 19 (11:39 AM ET): The projections have been altered to include CJ Wilson (originally missed as a qualifying player), and to change a cutoff point between the 5th round and 6th round. Subtracted information has been struck out and updated information bolded. February 4: Added UFAs originally missed that were signed between April […]
[adsenseyu1] Key Additions: Donte Whitner ($7M per year),Karlos Dansby ($6M), Andrew Hawkins ($3.4M), Ben Tate ($3.1M), Jim Dray ($1.9M), Paul McQuistan ($1.5M), Nate Burleson ($1M) Key Re-Signings: Alex Mack ($8.4M per year) Key Losses: TJ Ward (Broncos), Shawn Lauvao (Redskins) Major Cuts: D’Qwell Jackson ($5.2M cap savings), Jason Campbell ($3.3M), Davone Bess ($3M), Brandon Weeden […]
[adsenseyu1] All it took was one Adam Schefter tweet for DeMaurice Smith and the players to breathe a sigh of relief. The salary cap has officially been set at $133 million for the 2014 league year—a $10 million increase from 2013. By 2016 the cap is projected be as high as $150 million. I’m skeptical […]