Bill Johanesen
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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024. I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap. So, it is going up 8M for everybody. We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA. It would shock me. OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts? You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries. And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C. Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover. Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do. There are the obvious starter holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes] QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph There are back-up holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes] ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell) Plus RFA holes not on the books for 2024 ... [3 holes] NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel There are holes that should be created by responsible GM planning ... [3 holes] S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury ... And there are non-financial holes occupied by starters that need to be upgraded (not yet mentioned) ... QB Mullens, CB(s) And then there is dead money that is shaped like a hole but weighs the cap down like a lead balloon. So with the three cuts some are recommending, there are 10 (ten) vacant starting positions: QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph, S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury. There are also ten (10) vacant backup positions: ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell), NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel. That looks like 10 starters and 10 backups need to be signed. $50 million isn't going to do it unless it's bargain basement/street urchins. AND JJ's contract is backloaded into the years where we might be competitive and need cap. This is akin to Monopoly where someone who is low on money cashes in their hotels, houses, and property. They now have more money but have nothing to show for it. Top 51 minus minimum contract that is factored in.... Reed, Schlottman, Powell, Quessberry, etc. signings may not change the cap but a couple to a few million.... Example: A 3 million contract wouldn't actually be 3 million against the cap---minimum is 800k. So it would be 2.2 million cap increase. And apply the percentage of the 2023 to 2024 cap increase to those numbers. Actually to all the signings. Can't have it both ways. It is already figured in...all 51 contracts at least at league minimum....drop any of them for a FA Signing and 800k is factored in...not sure what you are trying to get at. Are you trying to make it look like they have less space to prove a point or do you want to show the facts? A $3 M FA signing that kicks off a min contract adds 2.2 M to the cap at worst depending on Signing Bonus, length of contract, etc..... Stop using the Top 51. Because that includes players like those on the Practice Squad. Those players and others will be replaced with new contracts. New contracts that are going to be negotiated with a 10% jump. And the more cuts you make, the more new contracts you will need to have with the 10% jump. Those are the 'facts'. You are showing smoke and mirrors, PS players, and cuts here and everywhere to look like they are fat, dumb, and happy. Deceiving at best. You (per Florio or whomever) are saying the cap is expected to be $250ish. So $8M of the NFL increase is not factored into Spotrac's beginning number, yes not the whole expected $25M.
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