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[Brooksey]

Not quite sure if they would release Peppers... and they have alot of holes on the defense. Alot of them.

If they have alot of holes why wouldn't they re-sign Melton and Wooton? I dont think Peppers is coming back, he disappeared like Ware but unlike Ware, Peppers played in all his games, he's 14 million a year at age 34. If he stays its a major pay cut.

 

[xwalker]

Crawford will be starting DT next yr. Wouldnt mind a DT in FA bu Dallas will have very little to spend. Only way i think they can free up money is but Cutting Free and keeping Parnell but still that only frees up like 2 mil. Dallas will need something like 6-7 mil to sign draft picks. This yr the team is going to be strapped. Dallas is in prime posistion to get rid of all this cap nonsense. Cut a couple of them contracts this yr is a start. in 2015 Dallas can sign Dez, Tyron, Carter with no worries.

By 2016 Dallas could be in posistion to be huge players in FA and will be players for the youngest group of FAs in the history of the league.Most of these players coming off their first rookie contracts of 4 yrs will be 25-27. Build from within. I know Dallas will have to sign some FAs to fill out a roster but i dont see them signing anybody until this first wave of FA comes and goes and sign cheaper guys closer to OTAs

The cap hits of the players drafted near 17th in each round of the 2013 draft total about 5M.

Draft picks replace the bottom 7 on the top 51 contracts. The bottom 7 of the top 51 that are under contract to the Cowboys in 2014 total 3.5M.

The difference 5M - 3.5M = 1.5M is the approximate cost to sign the 2014 draft picks.

They have 1.1M available after they restructure:
Romo
Carr
Witten
Lee

They gain more by either cutting or restructuring Ware and cutting Austin:

Ware Cut: 7.4M
Ware Restructured: 8.5M

Austin Cut in March: 400k
Austin Cut on June 1st: 5.5M

That totals 14M if Ware and Austin are cut or 15M if Ware is restructured and Austin is cut on June 1st

Even if Austin and Ware are cut in March, it totals 8.5M.

For reference, the 1st year cap hit of Carr's 50M contract was 3.2M.

 

[xwalker]

So we didn't sign Waters and Durant and franchise Spencer last season? And Brandon Carr the year before that? Doing that in the middle of the 10MM in cap penalties, along with doing internal moves like signing Sean Lee and Romo to extensions, prove his point.

Excellent post!

 

[xwalker]

XW has made that case 3 straight off-seasons and it has yet to come true.
Much wiser to look at what we've done and likely moves not dream scenarios.

Wrong. In December of 2012, people claimed that the Cowboys were somewhere around 30M over the cap. I said that they could get under the cap and have money for free agents.

The cap cost for 3 free agents (Durant, Waters and Spencer) was 12.1M.

They went from the claims of 30M over the cap to getting more than 12.1M under the cap. It appears that they ended the season with 2.38M available to roll over to 2014.

 

[LatinMind]

The cap hits of the players drafted near 17th in each round of the 2013 draft total about 5M.

Draft picks replace the bottom 7 on the top 51 contracts. The bottom 7 of the top 51 that are under contract to the Cowboys in 2014 total 3.5M.

The difference 5M - 3.5M = 1.5M is the approximate cost to sign the 2014 draft picks.

They have 1.1M available after they restructure:
Romo
Carr
Witten
Lee

Thats is not taking into account the 11.3 mil in dead money. Thats where you you are always wrong in your cap posts. People have told you this before but you refuse to believe anybody but yourself. With those restructures Dallas is still 9.8 mil over the cap. Dallas is 31 mil over the cap not 20 mil that OTC has posted. They have the dead money below that.

 

[Kaiser]

Yup, people like to point to the niners, bengals, colts, seahawks ect. But look at those teams in the next yr or two when their players are off those rookie contracts.

Exactly, in the craptastic buffet that Parityball in the salary cap era, you have to put together several good drafts, get lucky in avoiding injuries and plug key holes with cheap FA's.

 

[xwalker]

Amount Available $13,726,693

Thats is not taking into account the 11.3 mil in dead money. Thats where you you are always wrong in your cap posts. People have told you this before but you refuse to believe anybody but yourself. With those restructures Dallas is still 9.8 mil over the cap. Dallas is 31 mil over the cap not 20 mil that OTC has posted. They have the dead money below that.

Wrong.

I use a spreadsheet to calculate the numbers. I have the dead-money at 11.8M.

Total Active Contracts $102,379,487
Dead Money $11,809,439
Total Cap Hits $114,188,926
Salary Cap with 2013 rollover $127,915,619
Amount Available $13,726,693

Contract # Player Cap Hit
1 Tony Romo $11,737,000
2 DeMarcus Ware $8,571,500
3 Brandon Carr $7,139,500
4 Jason Witten $5,378,250
5 Miles Austin $2,749,400
6 Sean Lee $3,684,000
7 Orlando Scandrick $6,601,250
8 Doug Free $6,520,000
9 Morris Claiborne $4,435,773
10 Kyle Orton $4,377,500
11 Mackenzy Bernadeau $4,074,166
12 Tyron Smith $3,976,031
13 Dez Bryant $3,148,500
14 Jermey Parnell $1,833,334
15 Phil Costa $1,725,000
16 Travis Frederick $1,561,370
17 Bruce Carter $1,544,645
18 Barry Church $1,500,000
19 Justin Durant $1,450,000
20 LP Ladouceur $1,005,000
21 Gavin Escobar $956,931
22 DeMarco Murray $946,094
23 Tyrone Crawford $733,813
24 Everette Brown $730,000
25 Nick Hayden $730,000
26 Corvey Irvin $730,000
27 George Selvie $730,000
28 Terrance Williams $684,868
29 Dwayne Harris $682,515
30 Kyle Wilber $679,805
31 JJ Wilcox $661,517
32 Matt Johnson $645,146
33 Martez Wilson $645,000
34 Frank Kearse $645,000
35 Sterling Moore $645,000
36 Tyler Clutts $645,000
37 B.W. Webb $605,845
38 James Hanna $596,213
39 Cole Beasley $570,500
40 Orie Lemon $570,000
41 Lance Dunbar $570,000
42 Darrion Weems $570,000
43 Joseph Randle $542,220
44 DeVonte Holloman $521,055
45 Jakar Hamilton $504,333
46 Ben Bass $500,747
47 Jeff Heath $495,666
48 Cameron Lawrence $495,000
49 Ronald Leary $495,000
50 Player #50 $420,000
51 Player #51 $420,000

 

[Irvin88_4life]

I would get Melton and Johnson or Bennett. After that I would go after Jarius Byrd at FS and draft Tre Boston to learn behind him for a year or two. I would be happy with Byrd, Melton and Bennett in FA

Draft, DT, DE, LB, OT, OG(no order BPA)
Wouldnt mind going something like Trade back in the first and pick up 2nd and 4th
1. Ealy DE
2. Hageman DT
2. Jernigan DT
3. Easley DE
4. Hurst OT
4. Boston FS

 

[LatinMind]

Amount Available $13,726,693

Wrong.

I use a spreadsheet to calculate the numbers. I have the dead-money at 11.8M.

Total Active Contracts $102,379,487
Dead Money $11,809,439
Total Cap Hits $114,188,926
Salary Cap with 2013 rollover $127,915,619
Amount Available $13,726,693

Contract # Player Cap Hit
1 Tony Romo $11,737,000
2 DeMarcus Ware $8,571,500
3 Brandon Carr $7,139,500
4 Jason Witten $5,378,250
5 Miles Austin $2,749,400
6 Sean Lee $3,684,000
7 Orlando Scandrick $6,601,250
8 Doug Free $6,520,000
9 Morris Claiborne $4,435,773
10 Kyle Orton $4,377,500
11 Mackenzy Bernadeau $4,074,166
12 Tyron Smith $3,976,031
13 Dez Bryant $3,148,500
14 Jermey Parnell $1,833,334
15 Phil Costa $1,725,000
16 Travis Frederick $1,561,370
17 Bruce Carter $1,544,645
18 Barry Church $1,500,000
19 Justin Durant $1,450,000
20 LP Ladouceur $1,005,000
21 Gavin Escobar $956,931
22 DeMarco Murray $946,094
23 Tyrone Crawford $733,813
24 Everette Brown $730,000
25 Nick Hayden $730,000
26 Corvey Irvin $730,000
27 George Selvie $730,000
28 Terrance Williams $684,868
29 Dwayne Harris $682,515
30 Kyle Wilber $679,805
31 JJ Wilcox $661,517
32 Matt Johnson $645,146
33 Martez Wilson $645,000
34 Frank Kearse $645,000
35 Sterling Moore $645,000
36 Tyler Clutts $645,000
37 B.W. Webb $605,845
38 James Hanna $596,213
39 Cole Beasley $570,500
40 Orie Lemon $570,000
41 Lance Dunbar $570,000
42 Darrion Weems $570,000
43 Joseph Randle $542,220
44 DeVonte Holloman $521,055
45 Jakar Hamilton $504,333
46 Ben Bass $500,747
47 Jeff Heath $495,666
48 Cameron Lawrence $495,000
49 Ronald Leary $495,000
50 Player #50 $420,000
51 Player #51 $420,000

Dallas Total cap for 51 is 148 mil add in 11 mil in dead money thats 159 mil total for 2014
Cap is supposed to be 126 mil
Its easy math to go by.

You take over the 2+mil rollover to 2014 and you have roughly 31 mil over the cap. Then you work restructures and cuts from there.

You seem to put Austin at 2 mil so i assume ur saying he's a june 1 cut. So take that 13.3 mil you have there and subtract 5.5 mil. thats basically 7.8 what i said they will have come FA starts. What about that dont you understand? Just cause you designate somebody for a june 1 cut doesnt mean you get that money before June1.

 

[Nation]

You can possibly add Vince Wilfork to this list. Comes off an Achilles tear with an $11.6M cap number in 2014.

 

[LatinMind]

You can possibly add Vince Wilfork to this list. Comes off an Achilles tear with an $11.6M cap number in 2014.

That weight and ACL injury not a chance in hell

 

[Nation]

That weight and ACL injury not a chance in hell

I live in Mass and I do know that he is very involved in the community here, his son is playing local HS football etc, so a restructure wouldn't surprise me either

 

[LatinMind]

I live in Mass and I do know that he is very involved in the community here, his son is playing local HS football etc, so a restructure wouldn't surprise me either

Wouldnt suprise me. The guy seems like a fan favorite

 

[Bluefin]

In my 2014 salary cap top 51 spreadsheet, I included RFA K Dan Bailey with a second round tender, estimated at $2.124M (5% increase from 2013) and exclusive rights free agent P Chris Jones at $570K.

I also changed the numbers for a few players.

Jakar Hamilton is $495K, not $504,333 as shown on overthecap. Hamilton was released before the start of the season, so he can't have signing bonus in 2014 as overthecap shows. That bonus money is actually part of the dead money total for 2014.

I have Darrion Weems at $495K, he did not accrue a season of service as a rookie, so the $570K on overthecap is a mistake.

I have Frank Kearse at $570K, I don't believe he's accrued enough seasons to be $645K as shown on overthecap.

I have Nick Hayden and Corvey Irvin both at $645K apiece instead of $730K apiece based on searching their accrued seasons of service.

DeMarco Murray will see his cap number increase due to a clause in the new CBA (Article 7, Section 4) called the Proven Performance Escalator that will be used for the first time in 2014.

Every draft pick in rounds 3-7 is eligible for this clause in their fourth season, it rewards players who outperform their draft slot by playing 35% of their eligible snaps in two of their first three seasons or that average 35% or more cumulatively over all three seasons. The PPE will increase a player's base salary from the minimum to the right of first refusal amount for that season.

The right of first refusal should be $1.389M for 2014,that's the minimum 5% increase from last year.

It will increase Murray's cap number to $1.554625M, a difference of $0.608531K versus overthecap's number.

The only thing I can't show is any players who have incentives that aren't on the record.

I show Dallas with a 2014 top 51 cap commitment of $139.333185M.

2014 dead money is currently $11.821439M.

That equals $151.154624M.

My estimate for the Cowboys 2014 adjusted team cap number is $127.555047M.

That puts Dallas in the red to the tune of $23.599577M.

The team can create $9.925923M by restructuring 6 contracts, those being Tony Romo, Demarcus Ware, Brandon Carr, Jason Witten, Sean Lee and Orlando Scandrick.

Miles Austin will either take a drastic pay cut, probably around $4M, of be designated as a June release, which would create over $5M in cap room at that time after accounting for a new salary under the top 51. I'd rather keep him as depth instead of dead money.

Other options to create cap space include altering Mackenzy Bernadeau's contract by adding 3 years and restructuring this year to create $1.616M.

Doug Free and Kyle Orton's contracts are set to void following 2014, so I don't believe either are candidates for restructures.

Releasing Phil Costa and Justin Durant would net $1.76M after two first year salary players take their spot under the top 51.

Getting under the cap is not a problem.

 

[Szczepanik]

If they have alot of holes why wouldn't they re-sign Melton and Wooton? I dont think Peppers is coming back, he disappeared like Ware but unlike Ware, Peppers played in all his games, he's 14 million a year at age 34. If he stays its a major pay cut.

Their secondary is atrocious. The money will most likely be poured into their secondary. I don't think Melton stays, just my thought.

 

[LatinMind]

In my 2014 salary cap top 51 spreadsheet, I included RFA K Dan Bailey with a second round tender, estimated at $2.124M (5% increase from 2013) and exclusive rights free agent P Chris Jones at $570K.

I also changed the numbers for a few players.

Jakar Hamilton is $495K, not $504,333 as shown on overthecap. Hamilton was released before the start of the season, so he can't have signing bonus in 2014 as overthecap shows. That bonus money is actually part of the dead money total for 2014.

I have Darrion Weems at $495K, he did not accrue a season of service as a rookie, so the $570K on overthecap is a mistake.

I have Frank Kearse at $570K, I don't believe he's accrued enough seasons to be $645K as shown on overthecap.

I have Nick Hayden and Corvey Irvin both at $645K apiece instead of $730K apiece based on searching their accrued seasons of service.

DeMarco Murray will see his cap number increase due to a clause in the new CBA (Article 7, Section 4) called the Proven Performance Escalator that will be used for the first time in 2014.

Every draft pick in rounds 3-7 is eligible for this clause in their fourth season, it rewards players who outperform their draft slot by playing 35% of their eligible snaps in two of their first three seasons or that average 35% or more cumulatively over all three seasons. The PPE will increase a player's base salary from the minimum to the right of first refusal amount for that season.

The right of first refusal should be $1.389M for 2014,that's the minimum 5% increase from last year.

It will increase Murray's cap number to $1.554625M, a difference of $0.608531K versus overthecap's number.

The only thing I can't show is any players who have incentives that aren't on the record.

I show Dallas with a 2014 top 51 cap commitment of $139.333185M.

2014 dead money is currently $11.821439M.

That equals $151.154624M.

My estimate for the Cowboys 2014 adjusted team cap number is $127.555047M.

That puts Dallas in the red to the tune of $23.599577M.

The team can create $9.925923M by restructuring 6 contracts, those being Tony Romo, Demarcus Ware, Brandon Carr, Jason Witten, Sean Lee and Orlando Scandrick.

Miles Austin will either take a drastic pay cut, probably around $4M, of be designated as a June release, which would create over $5M in cap room at that time after accounting for a new salary under the top 51. I'd rather keep him as depth instead of dead money.

Other options to create cap space include altering Mackenzy Bernadeau's contract by adding 3 years and restructuring this year to create $1.616M.

Doug Free and Kyle Orton's contracts are set to void following 2014, so I don't believe either are candidates for restructures.

Releasing Phil Costa and Justin Durant would net $1.76M after two first year salary players take their spot under the top 51.

Getting under the cap is not a problem.

Austin IMO probably wants out of Dallas just as much as fans want him out. He is a non factor. Getting under it isnt. But getting under it is just to satisfy NFL rules. Dallas isnt going to have any real significant money. If they did they would Resign hatcher. But they know they wont have the money to do that and sign cheaper FAs to fill out the roster and the money to sign its draft picks. But if Ware and Austin are released Dallas will be out of cap hell in 2015. If they restructure Ware the same problems will keep going. Dallas has big contracts to Tyron and Dez in 2015 coming up so i think they better handle this cap situation this yr.

I hope nobody expects Dez to get under 65 mil. His contract will be big. Not CJ or Fitz big but bigger Percy Harvins 64 mil.
Tyron will probably be in the 35-50 mil range

 

[Nightman]

In my 2014 salary cap top 51 spreadsheet, I included RFA K Dan Bailey with a second round tender, estimated at $2.124M (5% increase from 2013) and exclusive rights free agent P Chris Jones at $570K.

I also changed the numbers for a few players.

Jakar Hamilton is $495K, not $504,333 as shown on overthecap. Hamilton was released before the start of the season, so he can't have signing bonus in 2014 as overthecap shows. That bonus money is actually part of the dead money total for 2014.

I have Darrion Weems at $495K, he did not accrue a season of service as a rookie, so the $570K on overthecap is a mistake.

I have Frank Kearse at $570K, I don't believe he's accrued enough seasons to be $645K as shown on overthecap.

I have Nick Hayden and Corvey Irvin both at $645K apiece instead of $730K apiece based on searching their accrued seasons of service.

DeMarco Murray will see his cap number increase due to a clause in the new CBA (Article 7, Section 4) called the Proven Performance Escalator that will be used for the first time in 2014.

Every draft pick in rounds 3-7 is eligible for this clause in their fourth season, it rewards players who outperform their draft slot by playing 35% of their eligible snaps in two of their first three seasons or that average 35% or more cumulatively over all three seasons. The PPE will increase a player's base salary from the minimum to the right of first refusal amount for that season.

The right of first refusal should be $1.389M for 2014,that's the minimum 5% increase from last year.

It will increase Murray's cap number to $1.554625M, a difference of $0.608531K versus overthecap's number.

The only thing I can't show is any players who have incentives that aren't on the record.

I show Dallas with a 2014 top 51 cap commitment of $139.333185M.

2014 dead money is currently $11.821439M.

That equals $151.154624M.

My estimate for the Cowboys 2014 adjusted team cap number is $127.555047M.

That puts Dallas in the red to the tune of $23.599577M.

The team can create $9.925923M by restructuring 6 contracts, those being Tony Romo, Demarcus Ware, Brandon Carr, Jason Witten, Sean Lee and Orlando Scandrick.

Miles Austin will either take a drastic pay cut, probably around $4M, of be designated as a June release, which would create over $5M in cap room at that time after accounting for a new salary under the top 51. I'd rather keep him as depth instead of dead money.

Other options to create cap space include altering Mackenzy Bernadeau's contract by adding 3 years and restructuring this year to create $1.616M.

Doug Free and Kyle Orton's contracts are set to void following 2014, so I don't believe either are candidates for restructures.

Releasing Phil Costa and Justin Durant would net $1.76M after two first year salary players take their spot under the top 51.

Getting under the cap is not a problem.

Great stuff. I was trying to find info about those PPEs for guys like Murray. Also how much are the Cowboys able to roll-over? I have read that the cap will be 127m next year and any rollover added to that would be great.

 

[Kaiser]

The team can create $9.925923M by restructuring 6 contracts, those being Tony Romo, Demarcus Ware, Brandon Carr, Jason Witten, Sean Lee and Orlando Scandrick.

Great post, but isn't the number from those 6 a lot higher? If Romo's salary is 13.5MM and the cap hit for his bonuses are 8.5MM, would converting salary to a bonus create 10MM all by itself?

 

[LatinMind]

Great stuff. I was trying to find info about those PPEs for guys like Murray. Also how much are the Cowboys able to roll-over? I have read that the cap will be 127m next year and any rollover added to that would be great.

2 mil

 

[LatinMind]

Great post, but isn't the number from those 6 a lot higher? If Romo's salary is 13.5MM and the cap hit for his bonuses are 8.5MM, would converting salary to a bonus create 10MM all by itself?

Lol to save yourself the headache and thats exactly what it is a headache. Just get ready for a boring FA period.