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Disclaimer: I will preface my reply by stating it has less than zero chance of ever being endorsed by the NFLPA.Instead of squabbling over actual $$ amounts, I think these clowns ought to be negotiating for their percentage of the salary cap pie. And the total compensation for the entire team - including all players, all backups, and frankly all coaches too - should be variable depending on the team's record that year. Every loss chips away some portion of the salary cap for that season.
I have actually pondered what would a overall percentage type salary cap would look like. The one below is something I threw together just now, using an old Bucky Brooks' opinion (click here for his NFL.com article) of each position's value I remembered reading before, along with examples of percentages I straddled each position with.
I left wiggle room for front offices to account for backups, dead money, extra acquisitions, etc.
It is far from perfect or realistic. I decided to post it for discussion purposes only.