Category Archive: Salary cap

May 14

The Benefits of Starting the Young QB

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Yesterday Brian Costello of the NY Post had a piece discussing starting rookie Geno Smith over battered starter Mark Sanchez and focusing instead on Smith and the future. It’s a great piece with an interesting comparison between Sanchez and the Mets Oliver Perez, but it also got me to think about reasons why teams in a situation like the Jets should start a rookie quarterback.

We all know that the NFL is a QB driven league. For the most part teams with above average QB play are the teams going to the playoffs. In my opinion 8 teams that made … Read the rest

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May 08

The Cowboys and Paycut Options for Doug Free

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We’ve touched on the Dallas Cowboys and their cap woes many times and also on the reasons why RT Doug Free remains on the Cowboys, but since he is back in the news I just wanted to add some thoughts.

According to Mike Fisher the Cowboys are asking Free to take a salary reduction from $7 million to somewhere between $3.0 and $3.5 million. The number makes sense as it’s the same salary that is being received by fellow castoff Tyson Clabo, just recently signed by the Miami Dolphins. The question is would Free agree to take such a … Read the rest

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May 08

The Chiefs and Branden Albert

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Sometimes when I write about the salary cap and roster moves Ill use a phrase like “noose around the neck” in regards to a players (rare) control over a situation. Such is the case right now regarding T Branden Albert and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Make no mistake about it. The Chiefs never intended to have Albert on their team this season. The Chiefs were remaking their franchise this past offseason and Albert didn’t really fit in their plans. The team had the number 1 pick in the draft which they were going to spend on a Tackle and were … Read the rest

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May 08

Explaining the Minimum Salary Benefit

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Imagine for a minute that you are an NFL GM who knows that cap dollars are limited when building a roster. On one hand you can sign a veteran who is likely on the downside of his career, perhaps well on the downside, for around $1 million or instead sign a relatively unproven young player for around $500,000. The young player has more upside and can play special teams but could also be a total flop. In many cases the deciding factor is simply money. The $500,000 gamble on the older player still being capable isn’t really worth the time … Read the rest

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May 01

Potential Costs of Justin Blackmon’s Suspension

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Today the league announced the suspension of WR Justin Blackmon of the Jacksonville Jaguars for the first four games of the 2013 NFL season for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. The effects of the suspension may be very far reaching.

Unlike most first rounders the Jaguars essentially deferred his full signing bonus due to Blackmons poor reputation when he was drafted. In order to accomplish this and still remain within the 25% rules for rookies the Jaguars fully guaranteed large roster bonuses from 2013 thru 2015 that were treated as signing bonuses for salary cap purposes but not paid … Read the rest

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Apr 29

Thoughts on the Aaron Rodgers Extension

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Full details were released today on the Aaron Rodgers extension and while we happened to guess the structure correct in our Twitter musings lets give full credit here to Aaron Wilson of Scout.com who confirmed the guess with his breakdown of the contract. There is really no need for me to rehash the contract details as you can simply click to read those, but what I wanted to touch on was the impact of this contract. When the story came out that Rodgers received a $110 million dollar extension my first thought was that it was a win for … Read the rest

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Apr 28

The Financial Impacts of the Draft Day Trades

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With the draft complete I thought it might be an interesting thing to look at the financial implications of all the trades made by teams leading during the draft. Not surprisingly the Packers gained the most dollars of the teams listed by having a net gain of 3 players in the draft which will add nearly $6 million in total contract value to the club. That said they are a team that maneuvers the bottom of the draft and they only added around $300,000 in real cap commitments via signing bonus money.

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