Current Cap Space per OverTheCap

[John813]

Maybe, depends if they value the cap space.

There's really no point to them having him on the roster.

It's odd what's going on over there. Maybe a culture change, but they cut Tua, Hill, Chubb etc but then sign Willis to a cheap deal but still adding him in the hopes he could repeat his Packers days.

At first I thought they were going full tank, but Willis could be like Fitzpatrick and squeeze out a few wins knocking them from a top 3 pick

 

[big dog cowboy]

The cap is not and has not been holding us back from making moves.

This has been true for many years.

 

[Coogiguy03]

This has been true for many years.

the cap is a myth

 

[zrinkill]

NFL owners create salary cap to protect their own money

NFL owners pretend to be hampered by cap they created and could change at any time.

NFL owners convince fans that players are the ones who are selfish

NFL owners convince fans that they should blame players if they do not take team friendly deals

NFL owners get more money and laugh

Jerry Jones goes from 950 million in 1997 to 14.8 billion today, after 27 years of failure.

And dumb fans still blame the players salaries.

 

[DAL1180]

NFL owners create salary cap to protect their own money

NFL owners pretend to be hampered by cap they created and could change at any time.

NFL owners convince fans that players are the ones who are selfish

NFL owners convince fans that they should blame players if they do not take team friendly deals

NFL owners get more money and laugh

Jerry Jones goes from 950 million in 1997 to 14.8 billion today, after 27 years of failure.

And dumb fans still blame the players salaries.

Yes I do. Every player thinks they should be the highest paid at the position. So they get their way like spoiled children. Then before they play a down someone else get more. And they immediately start plotting fake injuries, holdout and hold-ins rather than honor the contract that they signed. Any of which would be enough for 90 % of people to never work again

 

[zrinkill]

Yes I do

All i need to hear.

 

[kramskoi]

Just checked OverTheCap and it looks like they have all the adjustments up to date. They are showing us $20m under the cap. That is including the adjustments from Gary and the trade of Osa. It doesn't have Hennessey but his deal won't have any effect, and it doesn't have the new corner....which will take about $4-4.5m of the space we have.

They still have not touched Q. Williams deal, DaRon Bland's deal, or Jake Ferguson's deal. If they restructured those, it would bring up to $28 more in cap space.

And if they decide to extend multi year deals to Pickens, Aubrey, and Bass they could pick up to another $28m in cap.

The cap is not and has not been holding us back from making moves. Hopefully, we still aren't finished.

Not sure they will want to touch Bland's contract given his injury. They would probably be fine if they didn't...as long as they take care of Pickens and Aubrey. So around 40 - 50 million if Pickens plays on the tag. Maybe 50 - 60 million if he's extended.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Yes I do. Every player thinks they should be the highest paid at the position. So they get their way like spoiled children. Then before they play a down someone else get more. And they immediately start plotting fake injuries, holdout and hold-ins rather than honor the contract that they signed. Any of which would be enough for 90 % of people to never work again

Lol I think you just made @zrinkill 's point for him.

 

[CowboyStar88]

There were a couple of whiners this week about the cap. It was over the top crying about it. One whiner even said we could lose draft picks. Where are they at?

 

[Shannon1]

There were a couple of whiners this week about the cap. It was over the top crying about it. One whiner even said we could lose draft picks. Where are they at?
[/Yes, NFL teams can lose draft picks as a penalty for being over the salary cap, particularly if they fail to become compliant by the start of the new league year in March. In addition to losing picks, teams over the cap may face heavy fines (up to
$

5
million), have player contracts voided by the

 

[Shannon1]

Yes, NFL teams can lose draft picks as a penalty for being over the salary cap, particularly if they fail to become compliant by the start of the new league year in March. In addition to losing picks, teams over the cap may face heavy fines (up to
$

5
million), have player contracts voided by the

 

[CowboyStar88]

Yes, NFL teams can lose draft picks as a penalty for being over the salary cap, particularly if they fail to become compliant by the start of the new league year in March. In addition to losing picks, teams over the cap may face heavy fines (up to
$

5
million), have player contracts voided by the

They didn’t lose any picks. They were under the cap. lol

 

[Creeper]

CAP management is not looking at this year alone. All these restructures pushing money into the future just creates a problem for another year. The Cowboys historically have not gone overboard with restructures. They tend to do only what they need to do. And they usually don't need to do much in free agency because they tend not to sign expensive players.

The Cowboys also have to account for signing draft picks. OTC has them at an effective CAP of about $12 million after accounting for the draft class. The Cowboys may restructure another player to make more room but they will undoubtedly save some room during the season just in case something comes up.

 

[IMGumby]

Don't forget cap space to sign draft picks. Looks like about $6.6M is currently needed.

 

[Kwyn]

Just checked OverTheCap and it looks like they have all the adjustments up to date. They are showing us $20m under the cap. That is including the adjustments from Gary and the trade of Osa. It doesn't have Hennessey but his deal won't have any effect, and it doesn't have the new corner....which will take about $4-4.5m of the space we have.

They still have not touched Q. Williams deal, DaRon Bland's deal, or Jake Ferguson's deal. If they restructured those, it would bring up to $28 more in cap space.

And if they decide to extend multi year deals to Pickens, Aubrey, and Bass they could pick up to another $28m in cap.

The cap is not and has not been holding us back from making moves. Hopefully, we still aren't finished.

The two restructures and trades of the last two days have given us $20m.

We now need about $16m for our draft class after the trade to #122. That number will come down to around $10m with the 51 rule threshold but will bounce back up unless draft picks get cut in training camp

The point is that the well is almost dry. We are now almost completely leveraged into future seasons.

There is a limited number of contracts they can restructure.

Other than Quennin there’s Bland and Ferguson, and the latter two should not be restructured because we don’t want them after their current deals. Beyond that it’s much smaller contracts.

The problem is extending players means you are stuck with them as dead money if you ever ditch them

Eight of our ten biggest contracts have already been restructured this off season.

Here are the six biggest dead money hits we are counting against our cap this year.

There are another ten or so smaller ones

Name	Cap Number
Zack Martin	$16,462,942
Osa Odighizuwa	$16,000,000
Trevon Diggs	$5,882,356
Mazi Smith	$1,663,581
Donovan Wilson	$1,650,000
Solomon Thomas	$750,000
TOTAL	$42,744,17

 

[Kwyn]

It doesn’t but their net add to the cap will be around 8m.

It depends on who gets pushed below the 51 and don’t forget that the top 51 only is the threshold in the offseason.

when they get to training camp, the entire roster counts which will add back in another $4-$5m

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

It depends on who gets pushed below the 51 and don’t forget that the top 51 only is the threshold in the offseason.

when they get to training camp, the entire roster counts which will add back in another $4-$5m

Isn't it only the active roster of 53 in the season? Should only be another million or two because they will be bottom contracts.

Will getting a third rounder make the net hit another $2m over the projected amount from before? Wouldn't trade downs also make the amount go up?

I do agree that the only deal they are likely to touch if needed is Williams. He is likely here for several years. Bland with his injury history wouldn't be a great move.

ANd still the possibility of adding room with Aubrey and maybe even Bass by extending them. At this point, the best additions would likely be in trade with deals that could be restructured.

 

[Kwyn]

Isn't it only the active roster of 53 in the season? Should only be another million or two because they will be bottom contracts.

Will getting a third rounder make the net hit another $2m over the projected amount from before? Wouldn't trade downs also make the amount go up?

I do agree that the only deal they are likely to touch if needed is Williams. He is likely here for several years. Bland with his injury history wouldn't be a great move.

ANd still the possibility of adding room with Aubrey and maybe even Bass by extending them. At this point, the best additions would likely be in trade with deals that could be restructured.

Isn't it only the active roster of 53 in the season? Should only be another million or two because they will be bottom contracts.

Once the season starts, everything counts. Injured reserve, dead cap, practice squad, etc

Will getting a third rounder make the net hit another $2m over the projected amount from before? Wouldn't trade downs also make the amount go up

Yes, thereabouts. The higher the pick, the greater the impact

 

[IMGumby]

We now need about $16m for our draft class after the trade to #122. That number will come down to around $10m with the 51 rule threshold but will bounce back up unless draft picks get cut in training camp

You are forgetting that the 8 new rookie contracts in most cases will replace an existing contract from the bottom 8 contracts of the top 51 that count against the cap. The current picks for the Cowboys are 12, 20, 92, 152, 177, 180, and 218. The sum of these 8 picks using the Spotrac's rookie wage scale is $14,437,165. Currently the bottom 8 players in the top 51 for cap purposes make a combined $8,438,266. This only leaves about $6 million required to sign the rookies. (It will actually be a bit higher as some rookie contracts will be less than the lowest paid player currently in the top 51 at $1M)

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cba/rookie-scale

 

[Kwyn]

You are forgetting that the 8 new rookie contracts in most cases will replace an existing contract from the bottom 8 contracts of the top 51 that count against the cap. The current picks for the Cowboys are 12, 20, 92, 152, 177, 180, and 218. The sum of these 8 picks using the Spotrac's rookie wage scale is $14,437,165. Currently the bottom 8 players in the top 51 for cap purposes make a combined $8,438,266. This only leaves about $6 million required to sign the rookies. (It will actually be a bit higher as some rookie contracts will be less than the lowest paid player currently in the top 51 at $1M)

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cba/rookie-scale

I believe it will be closer to $10m, you say $6m “or a little more”. It’s a minimal amount

My point was that people continue to overlook those millions and they just, in their minds, see that as more millions to go out and sign some backup