Cowboys salary cap ceiling is actually $172.6M - a look at where FA leaves them

[KD Drummond]

Hey all-

I thought some of you might appreciate this look into the salary cap. The NFL adjusted all 32 team's cap space from the previously noted 2016 rollovers. I took that and examined the cap impacts from six of the eight signings (doesn't include McFadden and Cooper).

Dallas should have somewhere between $6.5M and $7M left before those two deals and before the Free and Romo actions.

Take a look.Cheers!

http://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/201...-brice-butler-darren-mcfadden-damontre-moore/

 

[Stash]

Hey all-

I thought some of you might appreciate this look into the salary cap. The NFL adjusted all 32 team's cap space from the previously noted 2016 rollovers. I took that and examined the cap impacts from six of the eight signings (doesn't include McFadden and Cooper).

Dallas should have somewhere between $6.5M and $7M left before those two deals and before the Free and Romo actions.

Take a look.Cheers!

http://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/201...-brice-butler-darren-mcfadden-damontre-moore/

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!

 

[MrPhil]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!

^this^

 

[Killerinstinct]

Free Retiring. Cut Morris, Cut Wilber and maybe Cut Hanna. I don't know where he is healthwise. That is why I say maybe.

IF need be something can be done with Witten. Extend him but do so in a way he can still retire without killing the cap.

 

[Nightman]

Hey all-

I thought some of you might appreciate this look into the salary cap. The NFL adjusted all 32 team's cap space from the previously noted 2016 rollovers. I took that and examined the cap impacts from six of the eight signings (doesn't include McFadden and Cooper).

Dallas should have somewhere between $6.5M and $7M left before those two deals and before the Free and Romo actions.

Take a look.Cheers!

http://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/201...-brice-butler-darren-mcfadden-damontre-moore/

Thanks.......we knew DAL got the 3.2m adjustment last week they just never tell us why

The LTBE are the usual sources and also DAL had a lot of money tied up with suspended and injured players last year......Rolando McClain missed all of camp to go with his suspensions and DMcFadden had 500k in roster bonuses he probably didn't hit.......RGregort also had 2 suspensions and probably had to give some siginng bonus back

All in before DMcFadden I had DAL right around 11m under counting Free's savings

 

[CashMan]

Free Retiring. Cut Morris, Cut Wilber and maybe Cut Hanna. I don't know where he is healthwise. That is why I say maybe.

IF need be something can be done with Witten. Extend him but do so in a way he can still retire without killing the cap.

Why would you cut a TE? Considering other than Witten, they really don't have a healthy TE that has played TE at the NFL level.

 

[Alexander]

Why would you cut a TE? Considering other than Witten, they really don't have a healthy TE that has played TE at the NFL level.

If Hanna is not fully healthy, he earns way too much to keep around.

 

[Nightman]

Why would you cut a TE? Considering other than Witten, they really don't have a healthy TE that has played TE at the NFL level.

Witten
Swaim
Gathers
Draft

No room for Hanna coming off micro-surgery

 

[gmoney112]

Thanks.......we knew DAL got the 3.2m adjustment last week they just never tell us why

The LTBE are the usual sources and also DAL had a lot of money tied up with suspended and injured players last year......Rolando McClain missed all of camp to go with his suspensions and DMcFadden had 500k in roster bonuses he probably didn't hit.......RGregort also had 2 suspensions and probably had to give some siginng bonus back

All in before DMcFadden I had DAL right around 11m under counting Free's savings

Yeah, I estimated around 16 mill after Tony. Now this is interesting. If they sign another FA, does that negate Carrs comp pick or does it have to be closer to salary?

 

[CashMan]

Witten
Swaim
Gathers
Draft

No room for Hanna coming off micro-surgery

Swaim just hurt himself, Gathers has not taken an NFL snap.

 

[CashMan]

If Hanna is not fully healthy, he earns way too much to keep around.

When healthy, he plays the HB and TE positions.

 

[Killerinstinct]

Why would you cut a TE? Considering other than Witten, they really don't have a healthy TE that has played TE at the NFL level.

It sounds like Swaim will be here for Training camp and I suspect we will grab a cheap option late in the draft. Plus we have the Rico experiment going on.

 

[Nightman]

Yeah, I estimated around 16 mill after Tony. Now this is interesting. If they sign another FA, does that negate Carrs comp pick or does it have to be closer to salary?

they cancel out on whatever tier they are signed for ....ie a 6th cancels a 6th unless the losses = gains

we are at 9 losses and 3 signed so we have 2 free cheapo signings(under 5m AAV)

 

[gmoney112]

they cancel out on whatever tier they are signed for ....ie a 6th cancels a 6th unless the losses = gains

we are at 9 losses and 3 signed so we have 2 free cheapo signings(under 5m AAV)

Ah okay cool thanks. Yeah we're definitely not done yet then. I wonder what they'll target.

 

[Nightman]

Swaim just hurt himself, Gathers has not taken an NFL snap.

Swaim is back for TC and Gathers was signed to play

Hanna is a JAG and has had 2 knee surgeries......if you want to pay that 2.2m that is on you

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Swaim just hurt himself, Gathers has not taken an NFL snap.

Unfortunately he tore his meniscus such that it is bone on bone and there is no full recovery from that. Microfracture covers the area with scar tissue not cartilage and results seldom good.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Swaim is back for TC and Gathers was signed to play

Hanna is a JAG and has had 2 knee surgeries......if you want to pay that 2.2m that is on you

Gathers was a late 3rd day pick. I have no idea how he has progressed but with Swaim hurt again we should draft a TE once more.

 

[NEODOG]

Witten
Swaim
Gathers
Draft

No room for Hanna coming off micro-surgery

Hanna is going to make you eat those words.....

 

[TheCount]

Free Retiring. Cut Morris, Cut Wilber and maybe Cut Hanna. I don't know where he is healthwise. That is why I say maybe.

IF need be something can be done with Witten. Extend him but do so in a way he can still retire without killing the cap.

Why cut Wilber?

 

[Killerinstinct]

Why cut Wilber?

His salary exceeds his contributions and he lost out in the SAM competition to Wilson.