2007 Offseason Cap Spreadsheet and Rules

[joeshmo]

Updated - March 1st, 2007

You all knew it was coming.

First post will be nothing but info on newer rules, the more misunderstood rules, and players that are not under contract next season.

Cap will be $109,000,000

Some new CBA rules and tender amounts (including a new 2nd round RFA tender and a few other new rules) -

RFA definition - Any Veteran player with three or more Accrued Seasons, but less than five Accrued Seasons (or less than four Accrued Seasons in any Capped Year), shall, at the expiration of his last Player Contract during such
period, become a Restricted Free Agent. Any such player shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any such player, subject to the restrictions of compansation and right of first refusal.

Accrued season definition -

For the purposes of calculating Accrued Seasons under this Agreement, a player shall receive one Accrued Season for each season during which he was on, or should have been on, full pay status for a total of six or more regular season games, but which, irrespective of the player’s pay status, shall not include games for which the player was on: (i) the Exempt Commissioner Permission List, (ii) the Reserve PUP List as a result of a nonfootball injury, or (iii) a Club’s Practice or Development Squad

RFA's with only 3 Accrued Seasons -

Highest RFA tender amount - $2,350,000 - Compensation - 1st & 3rd Rounder
1st rounder RFA tender amount - $1,850,000 - Compensation - 1st Rounder
2nd rounder RFA tender amount - $1,300,000 - Compensation - 2nd Rounder
Lowest RFA tender amount - $850,000 - Compensation - Round player was drafted in. If player wasnt drafted by the team giving the tender then all they get is the right of first refusal.

All of those amounts could be higher as the tender is those amounts or 110% of prior years salary which every is higher.

EFA's with less then 3 Accrued Seasons -

Tender amount - minimum yearly salary

Minimum Yearly salaries for the the 2007 season are as follows -

Zero Accrued Seasons - 285K
One Accrued Seasons - 360K
Two Accrued Seasons - 435K

See the next post for the Spreadsheet, (if you dont see it yet, it means I am still putting it up as you read this.)

 

[joeshmo]

UPDATED - June 16th, 2007

Name	        Pos.	Base	        Bonus	        Total
				
1	Matt Lienart	QB	$2,760,000	$5,250,000	$8,010,000
2	Edge James	RB	$5,250,000	$1,750,000	$7,000,000
3	Johnson, Al	OC	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$7,000,000
4	Larry Fitz	WR	$3,580,000	$2,700,000	$6,280,000
5	Chiki Okeafer	DE	$4,500,000	$900,000	$5,400,000
6	Antrel Rolle	CB	$2,430,000	$2,720,000	$5,150,000
7	Berry Bertrand	DE	$4,000,000	$1,000,000	$5,000,000
8	Kurt Warner	QB	$4,000,000	$1,000,000	$5,000,000
9	Adrian Wilson	S	$3,250,000	$900,000	$4,150,000
10	Anquan Boldin	WR	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$4,000,000
11	Holt, Terrance	FS	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$4,000,000
12	Hood, Roderick	CB	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,500,000
13	Oliver Ross	OL	$1,800,000	$700,000	$2,500,000
14	Shipp, Marcel	RB	$1,700,000	$500,000	$2,200,000
15	Reggie Wells 	G 	$1,000,000	$600,000	$1,600,000
16	Gandy, Mike	OL	$600,000	$833,333	$1,433,333
17	Karlos Dansby	LB	$894,000	$525,000	$1,419,000
18	Calvin Pace	DE	$811,250	$600,000	$1,411,250
19	Leckey, Nick	C/G	$1,300,000	$0      	$1,300,000
20	Neil Rackers  	K  	$800,000	$437,500	$1,237,500
21	Dockett, Darnel	DT	$510,000	$700,000	$1,210,000
22	Bryant Johnson	WR	$751,250	$370,000	$1,121,250
23	JJ Arrington	RB	$435,000	$525,000	$960,000
24	Smith, Terrelle	FB	$750,000	$200,000	$950,000
25	Deuce Lutui	OG	$360,000	$560,000	$920,000
26	Scott Player	P	$750,000	$50,000 	$800,000
27	Morey, Sean	WR	$650,000	$100,000	$750,000
28	Beisel, Monte	LB	$650,000	$100,000	$750,000
29	Cooper, Chris	DL	$650,000	$100,000	$750,000
30	Brown, Ralph	CB	$720,000	$0      	$720,000
31	Brandon Gorin	OT	$700,000	$0      	$700,000
32	Milligan, Hanik	S	$600,000	$100,000	$700,000
33	Eric Green	CB	$435,000	$200,000	$635,000
34	Frans., Aaron	DB	$435,000	$200,000	$635,000
35	Hayes, Gerald	LB	$600,000	$0      	$600,000
36	Tafoya, Joe	DE	$595,000	$0      	$595,000
37	Bailey, Rodney	DE	$595,000	$0      	$595,000
38	Nathan Hodel	LS	$595,000	$0      	$595,000
39	Kolodziej, Ross	DL	$595,000	$0      	$595,000
40	Daryl Blackstoc	OLB	$435,000	$155,000	$590,000
41	Leonard Pope	TE	$360,000	$215,000	$575,000
42	Elton Brown	OG	$435,000	$115,000	$550,000
43	Matt Ware	DB	$510,000	$0      	$510,000
44	Smith, Antonio	DE	$510,000	$0      	$510,000
45	Tim Euhus	TE	$510,000	$0      	$510,000
46	Mitchell, Qasim	OL	$510,000	$0      	$510,000
47	Gabe Watson	NT	$360,000	$120,000	$480,000
48	Ahmad Merritt	WR	$435,000	$0      	$435,000
49	Brandon Johnson	LB	$360,000	$65,000 	$425,000
50	Leron McCoy	WR	$385,000	$11,667 	$396,667
51	Jonathan Lewis	DT	$360,000	$30,000 	$390,000
52	A.J. Schable	FB	$360,000	$10,000 	$370,000
53	Hunter, Darrell	CB	$360,000	$0      	$360,000
54	Bronson, John	TE	$360,000	$0      	$360,000
55	Spurlo.,Micheal	WR	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
56	Watkins, Todd	WR	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
57	Wyatt, Justin	CB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
58	Lee, Greg	WR	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
59	Boyd, Shane	QB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
60	Shor, Alex	TE	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
61	Bienemann, Troy	TE	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
62	Bain, Travarous	CB	$285,000	$0       	$285,000
63	Smith, Michael	CB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
64	Gulley, Will	S	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
65	Keller, Brandon	S	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
66	Togafau, Pago 	LB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
67	Holloway, David	LB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
68	Blagman, Ray	DT	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
69	Korrodi, Toby	QB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
70	Trannon, Matt	WR	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
71	Blaylark, Steve	HB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
72	Vercher, Roshon FB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
73	Snow, Brandon	FB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
74	Castille, Tim	FB	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
75	Schmitt, Ricky	K/P	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
76	Vallejo, Elliot	OT	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
77	Downing, Tim	OG	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
78	Hameister, Jon	OG	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
79	Johnson, Brian	OG	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
80	Sendlein, Lyle	OC	$285,000	$0      	$285,000
81	Levi Brown	OT	?       	?       	?
82	Alan Branch	DT	?       	?       	?
83	Buster Davis	LB	?       	?       	?
84	Steve Breaston	WR	?       	?       	?
85	Ben Patrick	TE	?       	?       	?
					
DEAD CAP SPACE - $2,000,000
DEAD CAP SPACE FOR 2008 - $1,850,000
					
TOTAL CAP LEFT = $8,216,000
					
ESTIMATED AMOUNT TO BE USED ON ROOKIES - $3,000,000
ESTIMATED AMOUNT TO BE USED ON PS - $1,000,000
ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR INJURED RESERVE - $2,000,000
					
TOTAL CAP AFTER ESTIMATED DEDUCTIONS = $2,216,000

 

[joeshmo]

Now, no one can ever be 100% correct, especially when it comes to cap economics.

So if you think you see an error let me know and I will look into it.

 

[Zeno]

Oliver Ross OL $2,800,000 $700,000 $3,500,000

That is just stealing.

 

[Redsz]

Joe, you are my hero. There are so many guys who have the biggest numbers that might not even be with the team when it is all said and done (Pace, Ross, Johnson).

 

[red desert]

As an unrestricted FA Shipp is outta here. And I don't blame him.

 

[ajcardfan]

Oliver Ross OL $2,800,000 $700,000 $3,500,000

That is just stealing.

I think we can count on that 2.8 mil salary coming off the cap.

 

[Goldfield]

Yea Ross should be cut...

 

[abomb]

Thanks Joe. I was thinking of this today.

I also found this, via Philly Daily News;

Alex Marvez, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, compiled a list of the projected '07 cap space for the NFL's 32 clubs. The Eagles are 25th on the list, just $12.4 million under the league's '07 cap of $109 million.

Nineteen of the league's teams will have at least $21 million in cap space. The San Francisco 49ers top the list with $42.1 million in projected space, followed by Buffalo ($39.7), Arizona ($36.7), Tennessee ($36.0) and Cleveland ($33.3).

The Cowboys are 19th on the list, with $21.5 million in projected space. The Giants are 21st with $15.7 million and the Redskins are 31st, ahead of only Pittsburgh, at $951,000. How will Dan Snyder ever get through the month of March?

 

[Stout]

As an unrestricted FA Shipp is outta here. And I don't blame him.

Why do you say that? He's a backup that's an okay goaline back. He's not going to start anywhere, and he's not going to have a role bigger than what he has here. Why not stay?

 

[Goodyear Card]

I think we can count on that 2.8 mil salary coming off the cap.

We might have to eat the rest of his bonus on this years salary cap, so we won't save all of the $2.8 million.

 

[az jam]

Super job Joe, many thanks. Your cap spreadsheet is one of the many things that make this board special.

 

[ajcardfan]

We might have to eat the rest of his bonus on this years salary cap, so we won't save all of the $2.8 million.

You are correct. Grand total off the cap would be 1.4 million.

 

[daytripper]

Super job Joe, many thanks. Your cap spreadsheet is one of the many things that make this board special.

Ditto!

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Does Hayes' extension come into play next year or is he just set to make 600k and that's it?

 

[ajcardfan]

Does Hayes' extension come into play next year or is he just set to make 600k and that's it?

We included all of his bonus onto the past season's cap. I think his salary does go up in future seasons, I'm not sure how much though.

 

[joeshmo]

Does Hayes' extension come into play next year or is he just set to make 600k and that's it?

Hayes was signed before the deadline in 2006 so we had the option of including his whole bonus as part of the 10.7 Mill capspace we had left in 2006. Which means for the life of his contract only his base salary will be included in cap calulations. For Dockett only part of his bonus was added to the 2006 remaining cap space and the other part will be spread out over the life of his contract.

 

[Rats]

Thanks Joe. I was thinking of this today.

I also found this, via Philly Daily News;

Alex Marvez, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, compiled a list of the projected '07 cap space for the NFL's 32 clubs. The Eagles are 25th on the list, just $12.4 million under the league's '07 cap of $109 million.

Nineteen of the league's teams will have at least $21 million in cap space. The San Francisco 49ers top the list with $42.1 million in projected space, followed by Buffalo ($39.7), Arizona ($36.7), Tennessee ($36.0) and Cleveland ($33.3).

The Cowboys are 19th on the list, with $21.5 million in projected space. The Giants are 21st with $15.7 million and the Redskins are 31st, ahead of only Pittsburgh, at $951,000. How will Dan Snyder ever get through the month of March?

This shows how UFA will be tougher for a new coach and especially the Cardinals. They may be in rebuilding mode and with everyone having huge caproom and no cap problems the players will not move as much and teams will sign there own. It shows how manageing the cap the way we have the last few years really was for naught. We have been able to extend our own guys with the cap space but if we want to truly get better fast on the defensive side of the ball we need players like the top FA Cb to want to come here and with this much money available we would be way down there list. We are after all the Cardinals. I would have rather spent on the one or two guys Graves said we weren't away and had them help us win 3 to 4 more games each of the last couple of years but as usual it is not about winning with the Bidwills and the Cardinals. Thanks for the Spreadsheet Joe. It is really great.

 

[Duckjake]

It may be less as I dont have a handle on Matts incentive for this
season.

I heard on the radio back in November that Leinart will be due a rather large bonus for meeting the number of games played incentive. Do incentive payments count against the cap in the year they are paid or earned?

 

[CardEd]

I didn't see Monte Beisel on any of the lists. I assume he's a UFA. I thought he played well in repalcement of Hayes. Anyone know his status?

 

[joeshmo]

I didn't see Monte Beisel on any of the lists. I assume he's a UFA.

You are correct. I just missed him on my list.

 

[kerouac9]

Are these the salaries and bonuses for the 2006 season, or what we're on the hook for for 2007? I'm sure you said it somewhere in your first couple posts; I just missed it.

I'd just like to reiterate that I, for one, am really appreciative of all the work that has to go into a project like this. Figuring the ramifications of all of these contracts and everything, even with some history and inside sources, has to take up a ton of time.

 

[joeshmo]

Are these the salaries and bonuses for the 2006 season, or what we're on the hook for for 2007?

On the hook for 2007

 

[kerouac9]

THE LIST OF OUR UFA's -

Tate, Robert CB
Macklin, David CB
Liwienski, Chris G
Darling, James MLB
Huff, Orlando OLB
Griffith, Robert FS
Shipp, Marcel RB
Milligan, Hanik S
Davis, Leonard T
Wakefield, Fred TE
Walters, Troy WR
Brewer, Jack S

Of these guys, I really hope that Rod takes some initiative and retains Macklin, Griffith, Milligan and either Biesel or Darling. Who knows how bad Darling's injury actually was, but it would be a poor decision to go into free agency with a new coach who may not be hired until early February and a large portion of your training camp roster to hire. Macklin deserves the opportunity to compete for the starting job again, and Griffith made a lot of plays for this team. We need help at backup linebacker, and Darling or Beisel present good depth at the position.

It goes without saying that Leonard Davis needs the Franchise tag affixed to him. We'll have plenty of opportunity to negotiate with other FA OTs and players even if we "only" have $28 million under the cap.

 

[CardinalChris]

Now, no one can ever be 100% correct, especially when it comes to cap economics.

So if you think you see an error let me know and I will look into it.

Any way we can see years left for players like Ross that it may be interesting to consider the $ is still well spent, or getting to where players may be released for cap savings. We have SEVERAL spots they will try to address (OT, OG, OLB, CB and FS).