rd26
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I have been wanting to take a look at the cap situation down the road after the TFred signing, and see just how many more guys we could afford to sign / re-sign. 2018 seemed like a good year to take a peek. The numbers are all from spotrac and meant to get a rough estimate only.
I'm going to assume the cap increases 10mm per season. I am also going to assume we restructure 20mm next season and in 2018. That gives us an extra 12mm to spend and is pretty much in line with what we have been doing. That puts our cap at 187mm. I'll use a rookie pool of 5mm for 2 classes and a league minimum of 700k.
Offense:
Under contract 11 players (85.62mm)
7 new draftees (5mm)
6 min salaries (4.2mm)
Total: 24 players at 94.82mm
QB: Romo, Dak (26mm)
RB: EE, Jackson (7.45)
WR: Dez, Beas (20.75)
TE: Hanna, Swaim (4.22)
OL: Smith, Fred, Chaz ( 27.2)
Gone for now: Morris, McFadden, Dunbar, TWil, Butler, Written, Escobar, Martin, Collins, Free, Leary.
Defense:
Under contract 16 players at 43.2mm
7 new draftees (5mm)
1 min salary (700k)
Total: 24 players at 48.9mm
DE: Mawoya, Puff, Tapper, Russell (6.63)
DT: Crawford, Thornton, Collins ( 15.15)
LB: Lee, Smith, Wilson, NZ (11.22)
CB: OScan, Brown (4.86)
S: Jones, Heath, Frazier (5.34)
Gone for now: DLaw, Irving, McClains, Hitchens, Durant, Mo, Carr, Church, Wilcox
Special Teams:
Under contract: Bailey at 4.2mm
2 min salaries (1.4mm)
Total: 3 players at 5.6mm
Gone for now: Jones, Frenchy
Grand total: 149.32mm. That leaves a tad over 37mm to round out the roster. I'll let you GMs play with it from here, but I will throw out one hypothetical.
Let's say we sign Martin and Collins. I'll say 17mm gets used up here, after knocking off 2 min salaries. The first season will be cheaper, but I'm just going to assume that money gets used up on some short term vets to fill holes at wr, te, swing tackle, etc.
On defense, that would leave 20mm to cover a ton of holes. 12 mm for DLaw, 6mm for Mo, Carr, or another CB, 2mm for any safety with a pulse, and our money is all gone. The same applies on this side of the ball. We have a few mil to fill holes short term, but no more room for long term high dollar contracts. The offense could / should be very good, assuming good QB play of course, but man does the D look like crap. Even if we draft well it's pretty sad.
By my middle school math, anything else you add of significance requires the subtraction of a similar contract.
I have been wanting to take a look at the cap situation down the road after the TFred signing, and see just how many more guys we could afford to sign / re-sign. 2018 seemed like a good year to take a peek. The numbers are all from spotrac and meant to get a rough estimate only.
I'm going to assume the cap increases 10mm per season. I am also going to assume we restructure 20mm next season and in 2018. That gives us an extra 12mm to spend and is pretty much in line with what we have been doing. That puts our cap at 187mm. I'll use a rookie pool of 5mm for 2 classes and a league minimum of 700k.
Offense:
Under contract 11 players (85.62mm)
7 new draftees (5mm)
6 min salaries (4.2mm)
Total: 24 players at 94.82mm
QB: Romo, Dak (26mm)
RB: EE, Jackson (7.45)
WR: Dez, Beas (20.75)
TE: Hanna, Swaim (4.22)
OL: Smith, Fred, Chaz ( 27.2)
Gone for now: Morris, McFadden, Dunbar, TWil, Butler, Written, Escobar, Martin, Collins, Free, Leary.
Defense:
Under contract 16 players at 43.2mm
7 new draftees (5mm)
1 min salary (700k)
Total: 24 players at 48.9mm
DE: Mawoya, Puff, Tapper, Russell (6.63)
DT: Crawford, Thornton, Collins ( 15.15)
LB: Lee, Smith, Wilson, NZ (11.22)
CB: OScan, Brown (4.86)
S: Jones, Heath, Frazier (5.34)
Gone for now: DLaw, Irving, McClains, Hitchens, Durant, Mo, Carr, Church, Wilcox
Special Teams:
Under contract: Bailey at 4.2mm
2 min salaries (1.4mm)
Total: 3 players at 5.6mm
Gone for now: Jones, Frenchy
Grand total: 149.32mm. That leaves a tad over 37mm to round out the roster. I'll let you GMs play with it from here, but I will throw out one hypothetical.
Let's say we sign Martin and Collins. I'll say 17mm gets used up here, after knocking off 2 min salaries. The first season will be cheaper, but I'm just going to assume that money gets used up on some short term vets to fill holes at wr, te, swing tackle, etc.
On defense, that would leave 20mm to cover a ton of holes. 12 mm for DLaw, 6mm for Mo, Carr, or another CB, 2mm for any safety with a pulse, and our money is all gone. The same applies on this side of the ball. We have a few mil to fill holes short term, but no more room for long term high dollar contracts. The offense could / should be very good, assuming good QB play of course, but man does the D look like crap. Even if we draft well it's pretty sad.
By my middle school math, anything else you add of significance requires the subtraction of a similar contract.
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