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Originally Posted by The Quest for Six
It's been reported by Todd Archer that 2015,16 and 17 is going to be an issue with the cap for Dallas...you can restructure contracts but at some point you're going to have to pay the piper with regards to the Cap.
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Originally Posted by The Quest for Six
It's been reported by Todd Archer that 2015,16 and 17 is going to be an issue with the cap for Dallas...you can restructure contracts but at some point you're going to have to pay the piper with regards to the Cap.
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There are only 18 players currently under contract in 2015.
There are only 9 players currently under contract in 2016.
And there are only 3 players currently under contract in 2017.
Dallas will extend Tony Romo in the near future and others will follow down the line.
So money will be added.
But the team is going to get rid of a few bad contracts every year, too.
Doug Free's contract is 7th ($43.2M) on the team in total value and his head is on the chopping block.
Jay Ratliff's is 6th ($48.6M) and he may only last another year or two.
Miles Austin's is 3rd ($54.1M) and this could be his last year.
Gerald Sensabaugh's is 9th (25M) and he may only last one more year.
Marcus Spears' is 10th ($19.2M) and I expect him to get cut soon.
Nate Livings' is 11th ($18.7M) and Mackenzy Bernadeau's is 16th ($11.5M), both can be tossed in 2014 or anytime thereafter.
It balances out.
Romo will get $35M guaranteed (a combination of signing bonus and base salaries) or thereabouts in his extension and end up with an estimated 2013 cap number around $8 to $10M.
The 2013 base salaries of Free ($7M), Dan Connor ($3M), Marcus Spears ($2M), and Lawrence Vickers ($1.2M) equal $13.2M in real dollars Jerry Jones can instead invest in his quarterback and other players.
In 2014, it will be some combination of Austin ($5.5M), Livings ($3.4M), Bernadeau ($2.25M), Ratliff ($5.5M) and Sensabaugh ($4M) while also saving another $11M on Free and Spears.
That's up to $31.65M in real money that can be used elsewhere.
Rinse and repeat in 2015.