2006 Offseason - Salary Cap Spreadsheet

[JeffGollin]

So...cutting through all the techno-stuff, how much will we have to spend on FA's without Russell Davis and Reggie Wells.

How much did we have to spend before Davis and Wells' departure were considered?

How much do we figure to have to spend (guesstimating what we think the Cards had (or have) budgeted for each in order to re-sign them)?

 

[joeshmo]

So...cutting through all the techno-stuff, how much will we have to spend on FA's without Russell Davis and Reggie Wells.

How much did we have to spend before Davis and Wells' departure were considered?

How much do we figure to have to spend (guesstimating what we think the Cards had (or have) budgeted for each in order to re-sign them)?

Without Wells tender offer we have 5-7 Mill left to spend on FA's, instead of the 4-6 Mill they talked about earlier. Not sure if Davis contract offer was included in those projections by the Cards or not.

 

[joeshmo]

Updated with the 3 new FA's.

Still dont have some of the RFA's and EFA's on the list as we still dont have confrimation on all of them yet, and we might not until they sign their tenders. But the ones that are missing will have minimal cap impact no more then a Mill.

I will post all detials of the FA contracts a little later. I left those numbers on my work computer.

By All indications the Cards want to keep 3 Mill left when the season starts for injuries and mid season signings. I am fine with 3 Mill and not fine with anything 5 Mill or more.

Anyways with the Wells tender offer from the Bills I am going to project that the Cards will spend about a little more the 2 Mill more on FA's.

 

[john h]

The bottom line is that we aren't "so flush" to go willy nilly into FA......no more than two premier FA ( of the caliber of say, Bentley and Edgerrin) likely.

I would be thrilled if we were to sign two premier FA now. I would be thrilled if we sign one.

 

[40yearfan]

I would be thrilled if we were to sign two premier FA now. I would be thrilled if we sign one.

Edge don't count?

 

[Falsehope]

L. Davis

Joe - You indicate the L Davis base salary is $7,169,000, but @ the nflpa site it is listed as $9,169,000? Hope your number is correct.

 

[joeshmo]

Joe - You indicate the L Davis base salary is $7,169,000, but @ the nflpa site it is listed as $9,169,000? Hope your number is correct.

It is a glitch on their system, of which the data entry and IT guys at NFLPA already know about.

 

[joeshmo]

Finally got the updated numbers for the new CBA Veteran minimum amounts. which means anyone on our team that was or is making the vet minimum base salary had a boost 40K to their pay. Along with a few other house keeping items, that took away about 1.2 Mill from what is left to spend.

I added Wells bonus, Which will only be 600K next year but the 2 Mill roster bonus counts all this year which is why it looks so high. Dont know the base salary yet so i will add it when it is known.

And with the base salaries going up it should also raise our rookie cap some as well since any rookie from round 2 on will most likely make the base. I will adjust that when it comes time so use the 4 mill amount as a best case scenerio rookie cap amount. Same goes for the PS amount as that should go up slightly as well.

Finally EFA's now make 425 K. And we tendered some, dont know who yet until they sign their offers and since the Cards dont release that info. All we know is that most of them were tendered, which will mean are EFA's not even included on the list will be apart of the top 53 men on the roster which is a big change to what I was original thinking pre new CBA. It is a pretty big jump in pay.

So with that in mind the 5.3 Mill is a best case scenerio estimate which is the opposite of what I usually try to do. We probably have less then 4.3 Mill with all things included.

 

[HookemCards]

Ok, I've done a little work on the my own to try to figure out our current cap number. I used alot of what Joe has, but also added a few things.

Note) Wells salary is an estimate. It could very easily be backloaded which would reduce his number this year.

To figure cap hit for cutting players multiply years left on contract by bonus amount and then subtract this number from 2006 cap hit. If you get a positive number it is a cap savings, if you get a negative number it shows a larger cap hit

Ex) Marcel Shipp hit is 1,862,000 (Salary + bonus). He has 1 year left X 437,000 bonus. Caphit (new) = Caphit (old) - (years x bonus), or 1,862,000 - 437,000 = 1,425,000 savings.
Ex) Antrell Rolle hit is 3,050,000 (Salary + bonus). He has 5 years left X 2,700,000 bonus. Caphit (new) = Caphit (old) - (years X bonus), or 3,050,000 - 13,500,000 = -10,450,000 caphit.

I figure 2.8 million in available capspace, but there probably will be significant cuts (Shipp, Griffith, Hodgins, for example). Also we could restructure Big and clear a couple million easily. I also think we should try to extend Dansby 5 years if we can. Not a whole lot to work with, the James, Wells, and Bigs contracts ate us up this year.

 

[Skkorpion]

Thanks. I was wondering what the savings would be from cutting Bryant Johnson. It's not much.

Carlyle Holiday and LeRon McCoy are both faster than Bryant and Bryant is nothing more than an average pssession WR.

 

[RedBirdBlitz]

That's great......

Regardless of who makes what, I think its great that you guys are hardcore enough to search this stuff. Its interesting to see the numbers laid out like that.

Great stuff for fans to know. Dont see that in those crummy Raiders Fan Forums.....

 

[joeshmo]

James -

2006: 3.25 Mill Base + 6.25 Mill Bonus = 9.5 Mill.
2007: 5.25 Mill Base + 1.75 Mill Bonus = 7 Mill.
2008: 5.00 Mill Base + 1.75 Mill Bonus = 6.75 Mill.
2009: 5.00 Mill Base + 1.75 Mill Bonus = 6.75 Mill.

Clancy -

2006: 1.5 Mill Base + 500K Bonus = 2 Mill.
2007: 1.5 Mill Base + 500K Bonus = 2 Mill.
2008: 1.5 Mill Base + 500K Bonus = 2 Mill.
2009: 1.6 Mill Base + 500K Bonus = 2.1 Mill.

Brown -

2006: 2 Mill Base + 737,500 Bonus = 2,737,000
2007: 2.35 Mill Base + 737,500 Bonus = 3,087,500 Mill.
2008: 2.35 Mill Base + 737,500 Bonus = 3,087,500 Mill.
2009: 2.35 Mill Base + 737,500 Bonus = 3,087,500 Mill.

Wells -

2006 - 750K Base + 2.6 Mill. Bonus = 3.35 Mill.
2007 - 1 Mill Base + 600K Bonus = 1.6 Mill.
2008 - 1.1 Mill Base + 600K Bonus = 1.7 Mill.
2009 - 2.3 Mill Base + 600K Bonus = 2.9 Mill.
2010 - 2.4 Mill Base + 600K Bonus = 3.0 Mill.

NOTES -

We had to or forced to bite the bullet with James to get him here and forced to bite the bullet with Wells as well which was unexpected, having to pay upfront for both, which hindered some of our FA plans without a doubt. But the contract we matched for Wells wasnt anywhere near the 16-18 Mill that was being thrown around. The total was only 12.5. And his first years base salary is way lower then I was expecting considering I thought Buffalo was going to make it hard for us to match. After this year Edge and Wells contracts are down right cheap.

Also I raised the amount of the rookie cap since it wil go up due to the new CBA. Also keep in mind that the PS amount will go up as well and Antonio Smiths Tender offer has not been signed so his contract isnt on the spreadsheet yet.

So the amount left to spend is still a very optimistic estimate, so keep that in mind.

 

[AntSports Steve]

The actual Rookie cap is now published at about $4.1M for the Cards. The spreadsheet has $4.5M. But, since the top rookies, when signed, push some bottom earners off, the actual cap hit for signing rookies should probably be set to around $3.5M for cap calulations purposes.

Right now, looking at the spreadsheet, the Cards still are about $4.5M under when considering the actual rookie pool.

Any reasonable FS or OT left in free agency?

 

[BACH]

The actual Rookie cap is now published at about $4.1M for the Cards. The spreadsheet has $4.5M. But, since the top rookies, when signed, push some bottom earners off, the actual cap hit for signing rookies should probably be set to around $3.5M for cap calulations purposes.

Right now, looking at the spreadsheet, the Cards still are about $4.5M under when considering the actual rookie pool.

Any reasonable FS or OT left in free agency?

Ahmed Plummer is probably the best remaining FA at those two positions. He has started at both CB and FS.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I believe the rookie pool is 4.1m, so where do we stand now?

 

[joeshmo]

I believe the rookie pool is 4.1m, so where do we stand now?

I will have a complete update, today or tommorow with all of our UDFA's and a few other street FA's we signed. As well as the rookie cap.

Off the top of my head after all of that we are hovering around the 4 Mill. Mark.

 

[az jam]

I will have a complete update, today or tommorow with all of our UDFA's and a few other street FA's we signed. As well as the rookie cap.

Off the top of my head after all of that we are hovering around the 4 Mill. Mark.

Which is probably where we want to be going into the season as we may need to pick up some players due to injuries. Also have some money to extend contracts (for bonuses) for some of our players like Dansby, Dockett, etc. We could also pick up a vet or two for minnimum salary if Denny feels we need some experience or depth.

 

[joeshmo]

Updated

 

[AntSports Steve]

I still believe a team should always try to maxize their dollars and never leave any unspent. I don't think there are any really good canidates for extention this year.

Max out to the cap with one or two more average vets for depth. Then if we need money, redo L.Davis's contract to save money this year and lock him up for the future.

 

[spanky1]

Updated

joeshmo,

You have our rookie cap at $3.5MM.....isn't it $4.1MM

 

[joeshmo]

joeshmo,

You have our rookie cap at $3.5MM.....isn't it $4.1MM

I addressed that in the same post of the spreadsheet.

But I will put it here as well.

"Rookie cap is $4,100,100. But taken down to 3.5 Mill since the lower round guys to begin with will not be in the top 53 salaries."

Without a doubt the 6th and 7th round guys will not be in the top 53 salaries. Most likely the 5th rounder as well so the 3.5 number should be even lower. But I will leave it at 3.5.