Twitter: FA cuts next week could be a massacre

[Carson]

But will solid veteran players be willing to sign for half their normal value to be on a team?

If the alternative is no money, I’m sure they will

 

[John813]

Here is a link to the 2020 draft picks and their 1st year cap hits:

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/draft/2020/

Here is what the picks we have in this year's draft were paid in from last year's draft (1st year cap hit):

Pick #10 - $3.58M
Pick #44 - $1.35M
Pick #66 - $0.89M
Pick #75 - $0.87M
Pick #99 - $0.82M
Pick #107 - $0.81M
Pick #115 - $0.80M

So you are already up to $9.12M through Round 4.

One thing to remember is the cap is determined by the top 51 contracts on the team.

When each drafted player is signed they knock down one current player off the top 51.

So for example, Dallas currently has Francis Bernard at #51 with a cap hit of 780k.
When the 10th pick signs his deal, he'll boot Bernard out of the top 51 and the net charge would be from you example cap hits of 3.58mil - 0.78mil = 2.8mil effective cap hit

And so forth unless a pickee has a smaller cap hit than the new #51 roster player.

 

[Carson]

One thing to remember is the cap is determined by the top 51 contracts on the team.

When each drafted player is signed they knock down one current player off the top 51.

So for example, Dallas currently has Francis Bernard at #51 with a cap hit of 780k.
When the 10th pick signs his deal, he'll boot Bernard out of the top 51 and the net charge would be from you example cap hits of 3.58mil - 0.78mil = 2.8mil effective cap hit

And so forth unless a pickee has a smaller cap hit than the new #51 roster player.

Appreciate this knowledge for us less educated on the subject!