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We are $6M over the projected 2017 cap.
Many positions will needed to be filled including WR2, CB1, CB2, SS.
People want to resign Mo but he will probably cost more than $10M / year.
A premium DE is needed.
Martin needs to be resigned, but probably during the 2017 season so would probably push his cap impact into 2018.
Cap games in the range of $20M-$30M per year is pretty typical.
We expect to be picking late in the draft due to 5-1 record.
Money is going have to come from somewhere.
As a start, we can assume TSmith will be restructured again to clear about $8M in space. Hopefully TFred's contract can be restructured in the same fashion. Assuming these, may be $15M or more will be cleared in space.
Now the painful part. Listed below are 2017 salaries. The first number is the 2017 base salary and the parenthesized one is the dead cap.
So who are the players who are not performing up to expectations of their contract and are their replacements in place?
Here is my list:
1. Romo (dont shoot the messenger) - Replacement: Dak
2. Crawford - Replacement: Collins, Irving
3. Free - Replacement: Green who seems to be injury-prone, so need to draft swing tackle
4. Hanna - Replacement: Swaim
So the easier cuts are Hanna and Crawford, assuming June 1 rule, would clear about $3.5M.
Of course they could restructure instead given lack of performance.
Who else do we have left that have replacements in place - Only Romo and Free.
Curious what cap experts think about restructuring for Romo, Dez, TFred contracts etc. Though this would probably assume Romo and Witten salaries are gone pretty soon...
Tony Romo QB $14,000,000 $5,000,000 - - - $5,700,000 - ($19,600,000) $24,700,000 15.91
Dez Bryant WR $13,000,000 $4,000,000 - - - - - ($25,000,000) $17,000,000 10.95
Tyron Smith LT $10,000,000 $2,000,000 - - - $3,800,000 - ($17,200,000) $15,800,000 10.18
Travis Frederick C $14,221,000 $650,000 - - - - - ($16,821,000) $14,871,000 9.58
Jason Witten TE $7,400,000 - - - - $4,862,000 - ($4,862,000) $12,262,000 7.90
Sean Lee OLB $7,000,000 $2,000,000 - - - $1,450,000 - ($5,400,000) $10,450,000 6.73
Tyrone Crawford DT $7,250,000 $2,000,000 - - - $1,100,000 - ($10,400,000) $10,350,000 6.67
Doug Free RT $5,000,000 $1,500,000 - - - $1,000,000 - ($2,500,000) $7,500,000 4.83
Ezekiel Elliott RB $1,584,379 $4,087,516 - - - - - ($20,418,824) $5,671,895 3.65
Orlando Scandrick CB $3,000,000 $600,000 - - - $1,681,021 - ($6,162,042) $5,281,021 3.40
Cedric Thornton DE $3,000,000 $1,250,000 - - - - - ($3,750,000) $4,250,000 2.74
Dan Bailey K $3,200,000 $800,000 - - - - - ($1,600,000) $4,000,000 2.58
Cole Beasley WR $3,000,000 $1,000,000 - - - - - ($2,000,000) $4,000,000 2.58
James Hanna TE $2,250,000 $750,000 - - - - - ($1,500,000) $3,000,000 1.93
Zack Martin G $1,642,882 $1,210,509 - - - - - ($2,853,391) $2,853,391 1.84
Benson Mayowa OLB $1,500,000 $1,100,000 - - - - - ($2,200,000) $2,600,000 1.67
Many positions will needed to be filled including WR2, CB1, CB2, SS.
People want to resign Mo but he will probably cost more than $10M / year.
A premium DE is needed.
Martin needs to be resigned, but probably during the 2017 season so would probably push his cap impact into 2018.
Cap games in the range of $20M-$30M per year is pretty typical.
We expect to be picking late in the draft due to 5-1 record.
Money is going have to come from somewhere.
As a start, we can assume TSmith will be restructured again to clear about $8M in space. Hopefully TFred's contract can be restructured in the same fashion. Assuming these, may be $15M or more will be cleared in space.
Now the painful part. Listed below are 2017 salaries. The first number is the 2017 base salary and the parenthesized one is the dead cap.
So who are the players who are not performing up to expectations of their contract and are their replacements in place?
Here is my list:
1. Romo (dont shoot the messenger) - Replacement: Dak
2. Crawford - Replacement: Collins, Irving
3. Free - Replacement: Green who seems to be injury-prone, so need to draft swing tackle
4. Hanna - Replacement: Swaim
So the easier cuts are Hanna and Crawford, assuming June 1 rule, would clear about $3.5M.
Of course they could restructure instead given lack of performance.
Who else do we have left that have replacements in place - Only Romo and Free.
Curious what cap experts think about restructuring for Romo, Dez, TFred contracts etc. Though this would probably assume Romo and Witten salaries are gone pretty soon...
Tony Romo QB $14,000,000 $5,000,000 - - - $5,700,000 - ($19,600,000) $24,700,000 15.91
Dez Bryant WR $13,000,000 $4,000,000 - - - - - ($25,000,000) $17,000,000 10.95
Tyron Smith LT $10,000,000 $2,000,000 - - - $3,800,000 - ($17,200,000) $15,800,000 10.18
Travis Frederick C $14,221,000 $650,000 - - - - - ($16,821,000) $14,871,000 9.58
Jason Witten TE $7,400,000 - - - - $4,862,000 - ($4,862,000) $12,262,000 7.90
Sean Lee OLB $7,000,000 $2,000,000 - - - $1,450,000 - ($5,400,000) $10,450,000 6.73
Tyrone Crawford DT $7,250,000 $2,000,000 - - - $1,100,000 - ($10,400,000) $10,350,000 6.67
Doug Free RT $5,000,000 $1,500,000 - - - $1,000,000 - ($2,500,000) $7,500,000 4.83
Ezekiel Elliott RB $1,584,379 $4,087,516 - - - - - ($20,418,824) $5,671,895 3.65
Orlando Scandrick CB $3,000,000 $600,000 - - - $1,681,021 - ($6,162,042) $5,281,021 3.40
Cedric Thornton DE $3,000,000 $1,250,000 - - - - - ($3,750,000) $4,250,000 2.74
Dan Bailey K $3,200,000 $800,000 - - - - - ($1,600,000) $4,000,000 2.58
Cole Beasley WR $3,000,000 $1,000,000 - - - - - ($2,000,000) $4,000,000 2.58
James Hanna TE $2,250,000 $750,000 - - - - - ($1,500,000) $3,000,000 1.93
Zack Martin G $1,642,882 $1,210,509 - - - - - ($2,853,391) $2,853,391 1.84
Benson Mayowa OLB $1,500,000 $1,100,000 - - - - - ($2,200,000) $2,600,000 1.67
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