2008 Offseason Cap Spreadsheet

[joeshmo]

#1 - I included every single bonus that I could think of, Including rosters bonuses that have yet to be earned and a few others that I was not sure if they reached their escalator yet or not(havent been able to get a straight answer on what they had to do to get their escalator so I just included them anyways).

#3 - For those wondering about when players contracts end check out this thanks to Darren Urban.

http://azcardinals.com/nm_files/RosterChart2007.pdf

#5 - See post after this Spreadsheet for RFA and EFA rules along with a list of UFA's and RFA's.

#	Name	Pos.	Base	Bonus	Total
1	Larry Fitz      WR	$00,000,500 	$0,000,000 	$7,643,334
2	Karlos Dansby	LB	$8,065,000 	$0          	$8,065,000 
3	Gandy, Mike	OL	$3,500,000 	$3,300,000 	$6,800,000 
4	Edge James	RB	$5,000,000 	$1,750,000 	$6,750,000 
5	Chiki Okeafer	DE	$4,500,000 	$900,000 	$5,400,000 
6	Berry Bertrand	DE	$1,000,000 	$1,000,000 	$2,000,000 
7	Kurt Warner	QB	$4,000,000 	$1,000,000 	$5,000,000 
8	Adrian Wilson	S	$4,000,000 	$910,000 	$4,910,000 
9	Matt Leinart	QB	$735,000 	$3,848,333 	$4,583,333 
10	Anquan Boldin	WR	$2,500,000 	$1,250,000 	$3,750,000 
11	Docket, Darnell	DT	$3,250,000 	$700,000 	$3,950,000 
12	Johnson, Al	OC	$3,500,000 	$0          	$3,500,000 
13	Antrel Rolle	CB	$1,210,000 	$2,266,667 	$3,476,667 
14	Levi Brown	OT	$370,002 	$3,016,667 	$3,386,669 
15	Hood, Roderick	CB	$2,500,000 	$500,000 	$3,000,000 
16	Shipp, Marcel	RB	$1,750,000 	$0          	$1,750,000 
17	Alan Branch	DT	$370,000 	$1,325,000 	$1,695,000 
18	Hayes, Gerald	LB	$1,500,000 	$0          	$1,500,000 
19	Neil Rackers  	K  	$800,000 	$437,500 	$1,237,500 
20	Reggie Wells 	G 	$1,100,000 	$0          	$1,100,000 
21	Smith, Terrelle	FB	$850,000 	$200,000 	$1,050,000 
22	JJ Arrington	RB	$520,000 	$525,000 	$1,045,000 
23	Deuce Lutui	OG	$445,000 	$560,000 	$1,005,000 
24	Fransisco,Aaron	DB	$800,000 	$200,000 	$1,000,000 
25	Morey, Sean	WR	$850,000 	$100,000 	$950,000 
26	Beisel, Monte	LB	$900,000 	$0          	$900,000 
27	Leonard Pope	TE	$445,000 	$215,000 	$660,000 
28	Gabe Watson	NT	$445,000 	$115,833 	$560,833 
29	Steve Breaston	WR	$370,000 	$70,000   	$440,000 
30	Minter, DeMario	CB	$370,000 	$0          	$370,000 
31	Castille, Tim	FB	$370,000 	$0          	$370,000 
32	Sendlein, Lyle	OC	$370,000 	$0          	$370,000 
33	Ben Patrick	TE	$370,000 	$0          	$370,000 
34	Bain, Travarous	CB	$295,000 	$0          	$295,000 
35	Holloway, David	LB	$295,000 	$0          	$295,000 
36	Vallejo, Elliot	OT	$295,000 	$0          	$295,000 
37	Baylark, Steve	RB	$295,000 	$0          	$295,000 
38	Shor, Alex	TE	$295,000 	$0          	$295,000 
39	Cornelius,Jemal	WR	$295,000 	$0          	$295,000 
40	Dirk Johnson	P	$605,000	$0      	$605,000
41	Travis Laboy	LB	$750,000	$1,500,000	$2,250,000
42	Jerame Tuman	TE	$730,000	$0      	$730,000
43	Antonio Smith	DE	$2,017,000	$0      	$2,017,000
44	Elton Brown	OG	$927,000	$0      	$927,000
45	Eric Green	CB	$2,017,000	$0      	$2,017,000
46	Rector, Jamaica	WR	$445,000	$0      	$445,000
47	Michael Adams	CB	$295,000	$0      	$295,000
48	Bienemann, Troy	TE	$370,000	$0      	$370,000


	DEAD CAP SPACE				$2,800,000 
					
					
					
				
Cap space left ($116,000,000 max)		$11,749,116

 

[joeshmo]

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(updated Feb 16) -

Highest RFA tender amount - $2,562,000 - Compensation - 1st & 3rd Rounder
1st rounder RFA tender amount - $2,017,000 - Compensation - 1st Rounder
2nd rounder RFA tender amount - $1,470,000 - Compensation - 2nd Rounder
Lowest RFA tender amount - $970,000 - 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

UFA's -

QB - Hasselbeck
QB - Rattay
WR - Johnson
OG - Vincent
DE - Bailey
DE - Tafoya
LB - Pace
LB - Dansby
DB - Brown
DB - Celestin
P - Berger
LS - Hodel

RFA -

CB - Green
OL - Brown
WR - Urban
WR - Merrit
LB - Blackstock
DE - Smith

EFA's -

Anyone else I didnt mention. Dont feel like typing it out.

 

[ThunderCard]

Awesome !! Out of that list cut Bertrand Berry, Marcel Ship, Terrance Holt, and Oliver Ross. Restructure Fitz and sign Karlos Dansby, and Calvin Pace to long term deals.

 

[joeshmo]

My own opinions to start this thing off -

1. Priority #1 is to get Fitz extended. His 10 Mill or so bonuses really hurt us. Although we still have enough to get some nice things done this offseason, if we are smart with the contract structures this offseason.

2. Putting the 8 Mill or so franchise tag on Dansby will lower our possibilites, not shut it down but lower it. Priority #2.

3. Holt is on there and will most likely get cut giving us 3.5 Mill more, which will more then pay for the draft picks especially picking at #16. So don't even worry about taking our draft cap away from the current cap space available because it is already accounted for.

4. There are some guys that are making way to much money on this team. Ross, Shipp, Berry, James(hate to say it), Terrelle Smith, and even Gandy becuase of his big roster bonus to be due.

 

[Skkorpion]

Awesome.

 

[football karma]

Its shocking that Marcel Shipp is the 18th highest cap figure on the team

I like the guy, but that is too high.

 

[joeshmo]

I tried to get this done before this weekend because I am going to be out of town for a little over a month training for a new job. So although I put it up earlier then I thought I was going to I will not have the time to update it like I want to from now till about a week into free agency.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Great work Joe, best cap spreadsheet available.

 

[Duckjake]

Its shocking that Marcel Shipp is the 18th highest cap figure on the team

I like the guy, but that is too high.

Probably got up there just from longevity. He and AWilson have the longest tenure with the team.

Interesting that of the top 13, eight are guys the Cards signed as free agents.

 

[Assface]

As much as I've criticized Wells, he's quite a bargain.

$10.4M tied up in Okeafor and Berry. That needs to change. As much as I like what both players have brought to the team $5M each is too much.

Ross $3,500,000 and Gandy $6,800,000 ...... Those contracts need to be eliminated/redone.

 

[Goodyear Card]

thanks Joeshmo for all of your great work. This should keep us busy for the next three months.

Gandy's contract really stands out. $6.8M He needs to be cut before that roster bonus is due. I guess we can re-sign but is not worth $6.8M

 

[az jam]

Thanks Joeshmo for the excellent work. Can we make this a sticky for the next several months? We certainly will be referring to it.

 

[sundevil04]

Go

Great work Joe thanks for all your work.

P.S. What is the cap this year in the NFL, I think I've heard 112M????

nevermind I found it...116M
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[sundevil04]

Go

Below are the moves I'd like to see made with estimated cap implications (let me know if you see those differently) listed.

NAME BASE BONUS TOTAL
Larry Fitz $14,592,500 $2,700,000 $17,292,500
re-work save-10mil
Edge James $5,000,000 $1,750,000 $6,750,000
Cut Save- 3.25mil
Berry Bertrand $4,000,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000
Cut Save- 4mil
Holt, Terrance $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $3,500,000
Cut Save- 3.5 mil
Oliver Ross $2,800,000 $700,000 $3,500,000
Cut/re-work Save- 2.1mil
Shipp, Marcel $1,750,000 $500,000 $2,250,000
Cut Save-1.25mil
Gandy, Mike $3,500,000 $3,300,000 $6,800,000
cut/re-work Save-3mil


With the moves listed above we'd save 28.1 mil on top of the 14.5 we have available. Being 42.6 mil under the cap, lets assume Dansby and Pace cost 10 mil next year...we'd be 32.6mil under the capand 30 mil under after rookies; things are shaping up better than I thought! If this is the case I'd keep Edge on the roster to split carries with someone. Dare I say...nice work Rod!
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[DoTheDew]

I wonder if James would take a restructure to stay here? I doubt it.

 

[DoTheDew]

Below are the moves I'd like to see made with estimated cap implications (let me know if you see those differently) listed.

NAME BASE BONUS TOTAL
Larry Fitz $14,592,500 $2,700,000 $17,292,500
re-work save-10mil
Edge James $5,000,000 $1,750,000 $6,750,000
Cut Save- 3.25mil
Berry Bertrand $4,000,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000
Cut Save- 4mil
Holt, Terrance $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $3,500,000
Cut Save- 3.5 mil
Oliver Ross $2,800,000 $700,000 $3,500,000
Cut/re-work Save- 2.1mil
Shipp, Marcel $1,750,000 $500,000 $2,250,000
Cut Save-1.25mil
Gandy, Mike $3,500,000 $3,300,000 $6,800,000
cut/re-work Save-3mil


With the moves listed above we'd save 28.1 mil on top of the 14.5 we have available. Being 42.6 mil under the cap, lets assume Dansby and Pace cost 10 mil next year...we'd be 32.6mil under the capand 30 mil under after rookies; things are shaping up better than I thought! If this is the case I'd keep Edge on the roster to split carries with someone. Dare I say...nice work Rod!

Wouldn't Holt only be a 0.5 Mill savings if those numbers are right?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Wouldn't Holt only be a 0.5 Mill savings if those numbers are right?

Holt has a Roster bonus due Feb 1st. It won't count against the cap, if he is cut by then.

 

[joeshmo]

Holt has a Roster bonus due Feb 1st. It won't count against the cap, if he is cut by then.

Correct that 1.5 is a roster bonus due later on. He hasnt earned it yet. Thus we are not on the hook for it if he is cut before the bonus is due.

 

[sundevil04]

Go

Correct that 1.5 is a roster bonus due later on. He hasnt earned it yet. Thus we are not on the hook for it if he is cut before the bonus is due.

Kudos to Mr. Graves for the foresight, is it the same situation with Gandy and other players signed last offseason?
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[Skkorpion]

ay ya ya ya yay, sundevil, please don't bring support for Rod Graves to the table any more. It's a thread killer.

 

[joeshmo]

The franchise numbers came out this week. Cornerbacks $9.465 million in guarantees. Here are the rest of the positions for franchise numbers -- defensive ends $8.879 million, defensive tackle $6.363 million, linebacker $8.065 million, offensive line $7.455 million, kickers $2.541 million, quarterbacks $10.73 million, running backs $6.538 million, safeties $4.396 million, tight end $4.522 million and wide receivers $7.848 million.

From John Claytons blog

 

[DoTheDew]

Weird question. If a player plays a duel positions, say TE and WR, and a team wanted to screw him out of some money, could they switch him to just a TE at the end of the season knowing they were going to franchise him, pay him TE money and then switch him back to WR when the season starts?

 

[joeshmo]

Weird question. If a player plays a duel positions, say TE and WR, and a team wanted to screw him out of some money, could they switch him to just a TE at the end of the season knowing they were going to franchise him, pay him TE money and then switch him back to WR when the season starts?

It would be up to the league office in an arbitration process. It happened to Redding last year for the Lions who was playing both DT and DE. League ruled that Redding should be paid as a DE since he primaraly played DE before that season and played about half DE that season.

 

[DaisyCutter]

The franchise numbers came out this week. Cornerbacks $9.465 million in guarantees. Here are the rest of the positions for franchise numbers -- defensive ends $8.879 million, defensive tackle $6.363 million, linebacker $8.065 million, offensive line $7.455 million, kickers $2.541 million, quarterbacks $10.73 million, running backs $6.538 million, safeties $4.396 million, tight end $4.522 million and wide receivers $7.848 million.

From John Claytons blog

Joe--you should check out Somer's blog for today. It marks the difference between the "exclusive rights" franchise tag number (which I think is the one above) and the "non-exclusive designation." It's an interesting point, because if the Cards give the exclusive rights number, the 2008 top-five average is the one that will be used for Dansby's salary (should he not get an extension). That would include whatever salary that Lance Briggs gets whenever he signs a new deal or DeMarrio Williams (perhaps) if he gets a big contract.

 

[joeshmo]

Joe--you should check out Somer's blog for today. It marks the difference between the "exclusive rights" franchise tag number (which I think is the one above) and the "non-exclusive designation." It's an interesting point, because if the Cards give the exclusive rights number, the 2008 top-five average is the one that will be used for Dansby's salary (should he not get an extension). That would include whatever salary that Lance Briggs gets whenever he signs a new deal or DeMarrio Williams (perhaps) if he gets a big contract.

Those numbers are for the non exculsive rights designation. Sommers estimates were wrong. I think he was using estimates base on the 2006 non exculsive tag whihc would be a mistake since these things fluxuate way to often from year to year.

Top LB salaries in 2007 -

Lewis, Ray $ 9,428,571
Thomas, Zach $ 7,987,000
Brooking, Keith $ 7,942,226
Barnett, Nick $ 7,683,571
Bulluck, Keith $ 7,610,948

Equalls 8.13 Mill average then take out the bonuses those 5 LB received that dont count for franchise tag purposes such as the smaller workout bonuses and other really small bonuses such as that and the amount is 8.065 Mill.