Jarv said:
After our current signings, hos much under the cap are we ?
It's hard to say exactly, because we don't know the exact breakdown of Kyle Kosier's contract... but we know that Gurode will count 1.5 mil against the cap, and Ayodele will count 1.6 mil... it's likely that Kosier's first year hit will be in the 1.75 to 2 million range, meaning thus far, the Boys will have an additional 4.85 to 5.1 million to count against the cap...
Since they reportedly started out at 22.6 million under the cap, that would leave them with right around 17.5 to 17.75 million under the cap...
That said, keep the following in mind:
1) The Cowboys will need to pay their draft picks and fund a practice squad with some of that money, you could figure 3.5 to 4 million to do that...
2) The Boys might well want to set aside some of that money to sign some of their young starters who will be free agents next year to contract extensions before they hit free agency... Jason Witten would be the first player I'd approach... I'd advocate they set aside 5 to 6 million to extend 2 or 3 chosen vets...
If they do all that, that would require 8.5 to 10 million dollars of that cap room... this would leave the Boys with about 7.5 to 9 million to sign free agents...
3) Remember also that the Boys can free up some more cap room by renegotiating Larry Allen's deal (or cutting him)... in addition, if the Boys do indeed cut Keyshawn Johnson loose (sure hope they don't), that would free up a bit more cap room as well... figure they might be able to free up 3-5 million that way...
Summing all this up, I'm estimating they still have 17.5 million in cap room... but realistically, they might have 10 to 12 mil to spend on the free agent market...
But hey, they were able to sign 3 players for about 5 million dollars, so we can reasonably expect them to be capable of signing 5 to 6 more veterans (provided they don't go after any high-dollar free agents)...
