FanSpeak offseason simulator

[RamziD]

Well, this was a fun exercise on an otherwise lazy Saturday afternoon. Got away with just restructuring Romo only. Picked up some DL help in FA and the draft. Rolando McClain was not re-signed, but Dawson drafted in the 1st to play WILL (with Lee at MIKE and Durant at SAM).

DALLAS COWBOYS
Change Team >>
Salary Cap: 145,000,000
Player Salaries: 129,613,145
Dead Money: 7,963,183

Carryover: 3,260,740
Reserved for Draft Picks: 5,000,000
Cap Space Remaining: 5,684,412

ROSTER

SIGNED PLAYERS
Name Position Cap Hit

DeMarco Murray RB 4,900,000
Tyler Clutts FB 1,000,000
Dez Bryant WR 7,562,500
Dwayne Harris WR 1,000,000
Doug Free T 3,000,000
Tony Hills T 750,000
Stephen Paea DT 3,420,000
Pernell McPhee OLB 4,725,000
Justin Durant OLB 1,800,000
C.J. Spillman S 700,000
Brandon Carr CB 3,200,000
REST OF ROSTER
Name Position Cap Hit

Barry Church S 3,250,000
Tyrone Crawford DE 828,813
James Hanna TE 686,213
LP Ladouceur LS 1,120,000
Joseph Randle RB 632,220
Kyle Wilber OLB 769,805
Jason Witten TE 8,512,000
Ben Gardner DE 449,793
Jack Crawford DE 660,000
Terrance Williams WR 779,868
JJ Wilcox S 751,517
Gavin Escobar TE 1,148,317
Travis Frederick C 1,873,644
Sean Lee ILB 5,450,000
Jeff Heath S 585,668
Cole Beasley WR 2,250,000
Zack Martin G 2,038,136
Amobi Okoye DT 870,000
Dan Bailey K 2,500,000
Mackenzy Bernadeau G 2,824,168
Ronald Leary G 570,000
Morris Claiborne CB 5,175,069
Tony Romo QB 14,973,000
Orlando Scandrick CB 4,351,250
Chris Jones P 1,550,000
Jeremy Mincey DE 1,750,000
Terrell McClain DT 1,100,000
Brandon Weeden QB 660,000
Tyron Smith T 13,039,000
Demarcus Lawrence OLB 1,251,511
Anthony Hitchens ILB 618,716
Devin Street WR 560,493
Dustin Vaughan QB 510,000
Tyler Patmon CB 510,000
CUT
Name Position

DeVonte Holloman ILB
Kenneth Boatright DE
Lance Dunbar RB
Donald Hawkins T
Sterling Moore S
Brandon Carr CB
Dekoda Watson OLB
Henry Melton DT
Chris Whaley DT
Keith Smith S
Josh Brent DT
RESTRUCTURED
Tony Romo QB
SIGNED
DeMarco Murray RB
Tyler Clutts FB
Dez Bryant WR
Dwayne Harris WR
Doug Free T
Tony Hills T
Stephen Paea DT
Pernell McPhee OLB
Justin Durant OLB
C.J. Spillman S
Brandon Carr CB
DRAFT
1) Paul Dawson, OLB, UCLA
2) Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest
3) Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State
4) Marcus Hardison, DT, Arizona State
5) Austin Shepherd, OG/OT, Alabama

ROSTER

QB: Romo, Weeden, Vaughan
RB: Murray, Randle, Williams
FB: Clutts
OL: T. Smith, Leary, Frederick, Martin, Free, Bernadeau, Hills, Shepherd
TE: Witten, Escobar, Hanna
WR: Bryant, Williams, Beasley, Harris, Street

DE: Lawrence, McPhee, Mincey, J. Crawford, Gardner, P. Smith
DT: T. Crawford, Paea, McClain, Coleman, Okoye, Hardison
LB: Lee, Durant, Dawson, Hitchens, Lawrence, Wilber
CB: Scandrick, Carr, Claiborne, Johnson, Patmon
S: Church, Wilcox, Heath, Spillman

K: Bailey
P: Jones
LS: Ladouceur

 

[xwalker]

Well, this was a fun exercise on an otherwise lazy Saturday afternoon. Got away with just restructuring Romo only. Picked up some DL help in FA and the draft. Rolando McClain was not re-signed, but Dawson drafted in the 1st to play WILL (with Lee at MIKE and Durant at SAM).

DALLAS COWBOYS
Change Team >>
Salary Cap: 145,000,000
Player Salaries: 129,613,145
Dead Money: 7,963,183

Carryover: 3,260,740
Reserved for Draft Picks: 5,000,000
Cap Space Remaining: 5,684,412

ROSTER

SIGNED PLAYERS
Name Position Cap Hit

DeMarco Murray RB 4,900,000
Tyler Clutts FB 1,000,000
Dez Bryant WR 7,562,500
Dwayne Harris WR 1,000,000
Doug Free T 3,000,000
Tony Hills T 750,000
Stephen Paea DT 3,420,000
Pernell McPhee OLB 4,725,000
Justin Durant OLB 1,800,000
C.J. Spillman S 700,000
Brandon Carr CB 3,200,000
REST OF ROSTER
Name Position Cap Hit

Barry Church S 3,250,000
Tyrone Crawford DE 828,813
James Hanna TE 686,213
LP Ladouceur LS 1,120,000
Joseph Randle RB 632,220
Kyle Wilber OLB 769,805
Jason Witten TE 8,512,000
Ben Gardner DE 449,793
Jack Crawford DE 660,000
Terrance Williams WR 779,868
JJ Wilcox S 751,517
Gavin Escobar TE 1,148,317
Travis Frederick C 1,873,644
Sean Lee ILB 5,450,000
Jeff Heath S 585,668
Cole Beasley WR 2,250,000
Zack Martin G 2,038,136
Amobi Okoye DT 870,000
Dan Bailey K 2,500,000
Mackenzy Bernadeau G 2,824,168
Ronald Leary G 570,000
Morris Claiborne CB 5,175,069
Tony Romo QB 14,973,000
Orlando Scandrick CB 4,351,250
Chris Jones P 1,550,000
Jeremy Mincey DE 1,750,000
Terrell McClain DT 1,100,000
Brandon Weeden QB 660,000
Tyron Smith T 13,039,000
Demarcus Lawrence OLB 1,251,511
Anthony Hitchens ILB 618,716
Devin Street WR 560,493
Dustin Vaughan QB 510,000
Tyler Patmon CB 510,000
CUT
Name Position

DeVonte Holloman ILB
Kenneth Boatright DE
Lance Dunbar RB
Donald Hawkins T
Sterling Moore S
Brandon Carr CB
Dekoda Watson OLB
Henry Melton DT
Chris Whaley DT
Keith Smith S
Josh Brent DT
RESTRUCTURED
Tony Romo QB
SIGNED
DeMarco Murray RB
Tyler Clutts FB
Dez Bryant WR
Dwayne Harris WR
Doug Free T
Tony Hills T
Stephen Paea DT
Pernell McPhee OLB
Justin Durant OLB
C.J. Spillman S
Brandon Carr CB
DRAFT
1) Paul Dawson, OLB, UCLA
2) Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest
3) Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State
4) Marcus Hardison, DT, Arizona State
5) Austin Shepherd, OG/OT, Alabama

ROSTER

QB: Romo, Weeden, Vaughan
RB: Murray, Randle, Williams
FB: Clutts
OL: T. Smith, Leary, Frederick, Martin, Free, Bernadeau, Hills, Shepherd
TE: Witten, Escobar, Hanna
WR: Bryant, Williams, Beasley, Harris, Street

DE: Lawrence, McPhee, Mincey, J. Crawford, Gardner, P. Smith
DT: T. Crawford, Paea, McClain, Coleman, Okoye, Hardison
LB: Lee, Durant, Dawson, Hitchens, Lawrence, Wilber
CB: Scandrick, Carr, Claiborne, Johnson, Patmon
S: Church, Wilcox, Heath, Spillman

K: Bailey
P: Jones
LS: Ladouceur

Is this supposed to be the off-season or the in-season roster.

I think I counted 50 players which would indicate off-season (only 51 count against the cap in the off-season) but if that's the case then you wouldn't be cutting players like Chris Whaley because they need 90 for training camp.

If it is in-season and those cuts would happen to get down to 53, then the practice squad should count against the cap.

 

[RamziD]

Is this supposed to be the off-season or the in-season roster.

I think I counted 50 players which would indicate off-season (only 51 count against the cap in the off-season) but if that's the case then you wouldn't be cutting players like Chris Whaley because they need 90 for training camp.

If it is in-season and those cuts would happen to get down to 53, then the practice squad should count against the cap.

It wouldn't let me include Davon Coleman, Ryan Williams, and Cam Lawrence whom we already signed. Their cap hit would not be that high so will still be under the cap. Those players plus the 5 draft picks (only did 5 so it would equal up to 53) constitute a 53 man roster. I know you can have more in the offseason, but I wanted to just do the 53. Not a perfect simulator, just a fun exercise to see who you can fit under the cap this year that you'd want to make it on to your final roster.

If you wanted to include practice squad guys, I'm sure you could and you would still be under the cap (what's the cap hit on average for a full PS?)

 

[xwalker]

It wouldn't let me include Davon Coleman, Ryan Williams, and Cam Lawrence whom we already signed. Their cap hit would not be that high so will still be under the cap. Those players plus the 5 draft picks (only did 5 so it would equal up to 53) constitute a 53 man roster. I know you can have more in the offseason, but I wanted to just do the 53. Not a perfect simulator, just a fun exercise to see who you can fit under the cap this year that you'd want to make it on to your final roster.

If you wanted to include practice squad guys, I'm sure you could and you would still be under the cap (what's the cap hit on average for a full PS?)

The PS is only 1.1M for the minimum, but sometimes they pay them more than minimum.

Between the PS, IR, PUP and bonuses paid to players that didn't make the team is adds up to a few million.

Your simulation was fine, I'm just pointing out that the simulators are not very realistic. The Cowboys could go all in and sign free agents to huge contracts and fit it under the 2015 cap; however, the 2015 cap is not the limiting factor. The thing that keeps them from going all in is the future year's caps which the simulator does not calculate.