Cowboys Salary Cap Update

[AdamJT13]

Here is the official breakdown as of today --


Team salary cap: $81,063,895
Total cap used: $74,457,772
CAP ROOM: $6,606,123
Dead money net total: $9,490,324


Current Players
Larry Allen $5,558,333
La'Roi Glover $4,703,600
Dexter Coakley $3,972,666
Darren Woodson $3,553,200
Terence Newman $3,327,487
Flozell Adams $3,074,000
Keyshawn Johnson $3,004,000
Greg Ellis $2,854,000
Roy Williams $2,438,919
Dat Nguyen $2,212,333
Eddie George $2,200,000
Terry Glenn $2,024,000
Marcellus Wiley $1,788,900
Alshermond Singleton $1,779,000
Dan Campbell $1,561,000
Jeff Robinson $1,316,100
Vinny Testaverde $1,100,000
Richie Anderson $1,080,666
Al Johnson $764,000
Gennaro DiNapoli $714,000
Tony Dixon $714,000
Eric Ogbogu $710,000
Andre Gurode $662,678
Randal Williams $634,000
Matt Lehr $632,000
Lynn Scott $632,000
Leonardo Carson $557,294
Julius Jones $556,665
Antonio Bryant $522,285
Jacob Rogers $515,000
Dedric Ward $480,000
Jason Witten $476,500
Chad Eaton $455,000
Daleroy Stewart $402,750
Ralph Hunter $397,142
Tyson Walter $394,607
Bradie James $392,000
Kenyon Coleman $384,000
Billy Cundiff $384,000
Kurt Vollers $384,000
Darian Barnes $383,800
Bruce Thornton $326,875
Tony Romo $314,000
Keith O'Neil $311,500
Erik Bickerstaff $309,000
Jemeel Powell $309,000
Scott Shanle $309,000
Torrin Tucker $309,000
Keith Davis $307,000
Stephen Peterman $297,500
Nathan Jones $243,833
Patrick Crayton $242,583
Jacques Reeves $241,166
Mat McBriar $234,000
Reshard Lee $233,800
Kalen Thornton $231,666
Drew Henson $230,000
Ben Noll $230,000

Practice Squad
Ryan Fowler $73,950
Steve Cargile $73,950
Terrance Copper $73,950
Tom Crowder $73,950
Sean Ryan $73,950
Jermaine Brooks $73,950
Ran Carthon $73,950
Lenny Williams $73,950

Dead Money
Joey Galloway $5,357,142
Ryan Young $1,333,334
Chad Hutchinson $886,714
Quincy Carter $563,000
Toby Gowin $400,000
Donald Mitchell $229,000
Jamar Martin $199,716
Michael Wiley (grievance decided) $136,240
Tony McGee $133,333
Sean Ryan $40,750
Zuriel Smith $27,066
Ryan Fowler $20,000
Tango McCauley $20,000
Charles Alston $16,667
DeMingo Graham $14,000
Cedric Hilliard $12,000
Ryan Wingrove $9,000
Reshard Lee $8,334
Aaron Boone $6,667
Shaun Smith $6,667
Lousaka Polite $5,833
Tom Crowder $5,000
Torrin Tucker $5,000
Darrell Wright $5,000
Landon Trusty $4,350
Darrell Lee $4,166
Jermaine Brooks $4,000
Jamal Brooks $4,000
Aveion Cason $4,000
Andrew Davison $4,000
Cedric James $4,000
James Newson $4,000
Shaun Smith $4,000
Markus Steele $4,000
James Whalen $4,000
Javiar Collins $4,000
Willie Blade $3,800
Don McGee $3,334
Terrance Copper $3,333
Darrick Sanders $3,333
Josh Boies $3,200
Steve Cargile $2,500
Brandon Middleton $2,000
Jonathan Ruffin $2,000
Dave Volk $2,000
Troy Hambrick $1,700
Kevin Emanuel $1,666
Jonathan Martin $1,334
Aaron Martin $1,000
Derrius Monroe (grievance decided) $29,855 credit


We have the third-most cap room in the NFL, behind New Orleans ($9.88 million) and Jacksonville ($8.69 million). The Eagles are fourth ($6.27 million) and the Cardinals fifth ($5.67 million). The Giants have the least ($205,667), followed by Tennessee ($375,382) and San Francisco ($543,428).

[Yeagermeister]

Over 9 mil in dead money.....ouch

[blindzebra]

Here is the official breakdown as of today --


Team salary cap: $81,063,895
Total cap used: $74,457,772
CAP ROOM: $6,606,123
Dead money net total: $9,490,324


Current Players
Larry Allen $5,558,333
La'Roi Glover $4,703,600
Dexter Coakley $3,972,666
Darren Woodson $3,553,200
Terence Newman $3,327,487
Flozell Adams $3,074,000
Keyshawn Johnson $3,004,000
Greg Ellis $2,854,000
Roy Williams $2,438,919
Dat Nguyen $2,212,333
Eddie George $2,200,000
Terry Glenn $2,024,000
Marcellus Wiley $1,788,900
Alshermond Singleton $1,779,000
Dan Campbell $1,561,000
Jeff Robinson $1,316,100
Vinny Testaverde $1,100,000
Richie Anderson $1,080,666
Al Johnson $764,000
Gennaro DiNapoli $714,000
Tony Dixon $714,000
Eric Ogbogu $710,000
Andre Gurode $662,678
Randal Williams $634,000
Matt Lehr $632,000
Lynn Scott $632,000
Leonardo Carson $557,294
Julius Jones $556,665
Antonio Bryant $522,285
Jacob Rogers $515,000
Dedric Ward $480,000
Jason Witten $476,500
Chad Eaton $455,000
Daleroy Stewart $402,750
Ralph Hunter $397,142
Tyson Walter $394,607
Bradie James $392,000
Kenyon Coleman $384,000
Billy Cundiff $384,000
Kurt Vollers $384,000
Darian Barnes $383,800
Bruce Thornton $326,875
Tony Romo $314,000
Keith O'Neil $311,500
Erik Bickerstaff $309,000
Jemeel Powell $309,000
Scott Shanle $309,000
Torrin Tucker $309,000
Keith Davis $307,000
Stephen Peterman $297,500
Nathan Jones $243,833
Patrick Crayton $242,583
Jacques Reeves $241,166
Mat McBriar $234,000
Reshard Lee $233,800
Kalen Thornton $231,666
Drew Henson $230,000
Ben Noll $230,000

Practice Squad
Ryan Fowler $73,950
Steve Cargile $73,950
Terrance Copper $73,950
Tom Crowder $73,950
Sean Ryan $73,950
Jermaine Brooks $73,950
Ran Carthon $73,950
Lenny Williams $73,950

Dead Money
Joey Galloway $5,357,142
Ryan Young $1,333,334
Chad Hutchinson $886,714
Quincy Carter $563,000
Toby Gowin $400,000
Donald Mitchell $229,000
Jamar Martin $199,716
Michael Wiley (grievance decided) $136,240
Tony McGee $133,333
Sean Ryan $40,750
Zuriel Smith $27,066
Ryan Fowler $20,000
Tango McCauley $20,000
Charles Alston $16,667
DeMingo Graham $14,000
Cedric Hilliard $12,000
Ryan Wingrove $9,000
Reshard Lee $8,334
Aaron Boone $6,667
Shaun Smith $6,667
Lousaka Polite $5,833
Tom Crowder $5,000
Torrin Tucker $5,000
Darrell Wright $5,000
Landon Trusty $4,350
Darrell Lee $4,166
Jermaine Brooks $4,000
Jamal Brooks $4,000
Aveion Cason $4,000
Andrew Davison $4,000
Cedric James $4,000
James Newson $4,000
Shaun Smith $4,000
Markus Steele $4,000
James Whalen $4,000
Javiar Collins $4,000
Willie Blade $3,800
Don McGee $3,334
Terrance Copper $3,333
Darrick Sanders $3,333
Josh Boies $3,200
Steve Cargile $2,500
Brandon Middleton $2,000
Jonathan Ruffin $2,000
Dave Volk $2,000
Troy Hambrick $1,700
Kevin Emanuel $1,666
Jonathan Martin $1,334
Aaron Martin $1,000
Derrius Monroe (grievance decided) $29,855 credit


We have the third-most cap room in the NFL, behind New Orleans ($9.88 million) and Jacksonville ($8.69 million). The Eagles are fourth ($6.27 million) and the Cardinals fifth ($5.67 million). The Giants have the least ($205,667), followed by Tennessee ($375,382) and San Francisco ($543,428).

What kind of impact will Vinny starting have, I believe he has around 4 million in incentives?

[Yeagermeister]

Why is Reshard Lee listed under dead money also?

[Nors]

What kind of impact will Vinny starting have, I believe he has around 4 million in incentives?

hits next year if achieved -

Now all we need is a RCB and a FS!
Cap looking good

[Reef Engineer]

I'm curious - why would guys still on the team have dead money associated with them? For example, Torrin Tucker has a dead money charge of $5,000. I can see a guy like ReShard Lee that had been let go last year so he might potentially have a dead money charge even though he's back on the team but how come guys like Tucker, Copper, etc have a dead money charge? :confused:

[jterrell]

Why is Reshard Lee listed under dead money also?
He was cut last year.
Thos eminimal dead money amounts are the undrafted free agents miminal signing bonus hits that have been cut over the past 2 years. .

[Reef Engineer]

Why is Reshard Lee listed under dead money also?

Ha - I started to ask the same thing - got a phone call - and then submitted the question and you came in under the radar ... I'm curious as well.

[AdamJT13]

He was cut last year.
Thos eminimal dead money amounts are the undrafted free agents miminal signing bonus hits that have been cut over the past 2 years. .

Correct. The dead money for the current players who were previously cut and re-signed is the hit for their previous contract(s).

[blindzebra]

hits next year if achieved -

Now all we need is a RCB and a FS!
Cap looking good

Adam said in another thread that all incentives hit in the contract year, UNLESS they put you over the cap and THEN they carry over. Sorry, but I'll wait for Adam to confirm it.

This came from a thread about Vinny's contract on 8/7.

Adam wrote, "NLTBE incentives hit the cap in the season they're earned, if the team has cap space. If not, they "overage" (anything that would put the team over the cap) is applied to the next season. So if he earns those incentives, we'll take the hit this season, assuming we have that room under the cap."

[Eddie]

The salary cap has increased significantly. It was $56 million back in 2000 when we carried Troy's $8 bill in dead money.

[MichaelWinicki]

Over 9 mil in dead money.....ouch


Think how much dead money there would have been if Larry Allen had retired or was traded...

[AdamJT13]

Adam said in another thread that all incentives hit in the contract year, UNLESS they put you over the cap and THEN they carry over.

That is correct. Here's the applicable portion of the CBA --

(ii) At the end of a season, if performance bonuses actually earned resulted in a Team’s paying Salary in excess of the Salary Cap, then the amount by which the Team exceeded the Salary Cap as a result of such actually paid performance bonuses shall be subtracted from the Team’s Salary Cap for the next League Year.

And here's the next paragraph, which is the loophole that allows teams to push cap room from one year into the next --

(iii) At the end of a season, if performance bonuses previously included in a Team’s Team Salary but not actually earned exceed performance bonuses actually earned but not previously included in Team Salary, an amount shall be added to the Team’s Salary Cap for the next League Year equaling the amount, if any, by which such overage exceeds the Team’s Room under the Salary Cap at the end of a season.

[blindzebra]

That is correct. Here's the applicable portion of the CBA --

(ii) At the end of a season, if performance bonuses actually earned resulted in a Team’s paying Salary in excess of the Salary Cap, then the amount by which the Team exceeded the Salary Cap as a result of such actually paid performance bonuses shall be subtracted from the Team’s Salary Cap for the next League Year.

And here's the next paragraph, which is the loophole that allows teams to push cap room from one year into the next --

(iii) At the end of a season, if performance bonuses previously included in a Team’s Team Salary but not actually earned exceed performance bonuses actually earned but not previously included in Team Salary, an amount shall be added to the Team’s Salary Cap for the next League Year equaling the amount, if any, by which such overage exceeds the Team’s Room under the Salary Cap at the end of a season.

So at this point, should Vinny stay healthy, we will have a good sized chunk of that cap room gone. I'd say we should add a few incentives and extend a few contracts with the extra cap space.

Thanks.

[mwmilsted]

Looking over the dead money allotment I don't see the cost of carrying
Bickerstaff and Peterman who are on IR for the year.

[TruBlueCowboy]

We have the third-most cap room in the NFL, behind New Orleans ($9.88 million) and Jacksonville ($8.69 million).

Yeah.... looks like we really couldn't have dished out the few bucks it would have taken to sign Mario Edwards or Bobby Taylor. :rolleyes: I understand dodging the more expensive Winfield but those other guys were cheap.

[AdamJT13]

Looking over the dead money allotment I don't see the cost of carrying
Bickerstaff and Peterman who are on IR for the year.

They're not dead money because they're among the current players listed, as are Woodson (PUP), DiNapoli (PUP) and Carson (suspended). That list includes everyone and everything that is counting against our cap right now.

[davey]

2.2 for Eddie George. Ouch.

Should have spent that on Bobby Taylor.

[LaTunaNostra]

2.2 for Eddie George. Ouch.

Should have spent that on Bobby Taylor.
At least EG has a shot at "starting".

Taylor isn't even on his first team depth chart.

Just another lucky has-been who benefited from the Bailey contract tickle-down.

[MaineBoy]

$ 9 million in dead money and Galloway accounts for over $ 5 million of that total...

Joey Galloway...the trade that just keeps on taking...and taking...and taking....

[TruBlueCowboy]

At least EG has a shot at "starting".

Taylor isn't even on his first team depth chart.

Just another lucky has-been who benefited from the Bailey contract tickle-down.

Yeah, but Bobby Taylor ain't exactly competing against Jameel Poweel and Pete Hunter in Seattle. Marcus Trufant and Ken Lucas are one of the best young corner duos in the league. Seattle only paid Taylor a $3 million signing bonus. We could have received a hometown discount and cut him next year if things didn't work out with little dead cap space damage. I think our young corners will get better as the season goes on but I would have preferred a little more of a safety net at one of the most important positions in football.

[boysfanindc]

Yeah, but Bobby Taylor ain't exactly competing against Jameel Poweel and Pete Hunter in Seattle. Marcus Trufant and Ken Lucas are one of the best young corner duos in the league. Seattle only paid Taylor a $3 million signing bonus. We could have received a hometown discount and cut him next year if things didn't work out with little dead cap space damage. I think our young corners will get better as the season goes on but I would have preferred a little more of a safety net at one of the most important positions in football.

Exactly, my point exactly!

[Hostile]

Adam, is this the last year of dead money for a large number of those players? In other words, might this hit be a LOT smaller next year and beyond?

Thanks again for posting this.

[MichaelWinicki]

Adam, is this the last year of dead money for a large number of those players? In other words, might this hit be a LOT smaller next year and beyond?

Thanks again for posting this.


Yes.



There you go Hos.

Let me know if you have any more difficult questions like "where rain comes from" or something like that.

[Hostile]

Yes.



There you go Hos.

Let me know if you have any more difficult questions like "where rain comes from" or something like that.
Where do babies come from?

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

At least EG has a shot at "starting".

Taylor isn't even on his first team depth chart.

Just another lucky has-been who benefited from the Bailey contract tickle-down.
Does this have anything to do with hazing? :D

[MichaelWinicki]

Where do babies come from?


LOL!

Uhhhhh... Barb, can you help me out with this please?

I hate trick questions.

[DStely8]

what was micheal wileys grievence?

[LaTunaNostra]

Yeah, but Bobby Taylor ain't exactly competing against Jameel Poweel and Pete Hunter in Seattle. Marcus Trufant and Ken Lucas are one of the best young corner duos in the league. Seattle only paid Taylor a $3 million signing bonus. We could have received a hometown discount and cut him next year if things didn't work out with little dead cap space damage. I think our young corners will get better as the season goes on but I would have preferred a little more of a safety net at one of the most important positions in football.
The way Bill put it just this week is you sign a guy in free agency and "you're stuck with him" for four or five years. It's not like these over-rated, over-paid corners are settling for a one year contract.

Taylor wanted to come to Dallas. Said so anyway. If the price and contract length had been feasible, he probably would have been looked at as security while Bill gets the young corners up to speed. What he ended up settling for in Seattle may not have been what he was asking at first.

Tho actually, I think I read there was no interest on Taylor at all in Dallas?

[AdamJT13]

what was micheal wileys grievence?

That we released him when he was still injured. He won the case, so we have that cap charge this season.

[KaiserSoze]

Yeah.... looks like we really couldn't have dished out the few bucks it would have taken to sign Mario Edwards or Bobby Taylor. :rolleyes: I understand dodging the more expensive Winfield but those other guys were cheap.

I don't think signing Mario Edwards was something we wanted to do. Hunter would have taken his job if he did not get injured.

[jumanji]

even with the signings of TO and Kearse still have that much cap room??? that is good drafting....impressive

[blindzebra]

even with the signings of TO and Kearse still have that much cap room??? that is good drafting....impressive

They back loaded the contracts, so the cap reaper will come for their slurge.

[TruBlueCowboy]

The way Bill put it just this week is you sign a guy in free agency and "you're stuck with him" for four or five years. It's not like these over-rated, over-paid corners are settling for a one year contract.

Taylor wanted to come to Dallas. Said so anyway. If the price and contract length had been feasible, he probably would have been looked at as security while Bill gets the young corners up to speed. What he ended up settling for in Seattle may not have been what he was asking at first.

Tho actually, I think I read there was no interest on Taylor at all in Dallas?

Yeah, but if Taylor took a $3 million bonus for Seattle, maybe the Cowboys could have gotten away with a $2.5 million bonus because he wanted to return home. Even if we cut him after his first year in a four-year contract, that's about $1.8 million for a cap hit. Peanuts in my mind. I think teams nowadays should sign a few key veterans with the full knowledge that they'll probably eat some of that contract. Small cap hits don't kill ya, it's the ones like Troy Aikman being forced to retire before his time or what almost happened with Larry Allen that take down the team. I just think the Cowboys should have gone for a little bit more depth at corner just to be safe, especially because they were in good cap shape.