Salary Cap Calculations for 2014

[cowboysooner]

Thanks for that site. I was just playing around there and it was ridiculously easy to get under the cap. I hope that site is accurate. I restructured Romo ($10M), Ware ($8M), Lee ($3M) and maybe someone else I forgot. I designated Austin a June 1st cut and cut Orton. I also tendered Bailey at a second round for $2M. Something like that and voila, I went from -$21M to +$1M. So, it looks like it can be done with not so much pain. It looks do-able.

In all the Romo stuff that won't happen, Romo would net us a draft pick in a trade especially since we have paid so much of the bonus. Cleveland, Arizona or the Vikings would give a lot to have him.

 

[Doomsay]

Thanks for that site. I was just playing around there and it was ridiculously easy to get under the cap. I hope that site is accurate. I restructured Romo ($10M), Ware ($8M), Lee ($3M) and maybe someone else I forgot. I designated Austin a June 1st cut and cut Orton. I also tendered Bailey at a second round for $2M. Something like that and voila, I went from -$21M to +$1M. So, it looks like it can be done with not so much pain. It looks do-able.

LOL, piling more dead money on-past-their-prime players, screwing up '15 in the process. Who are your starters next year after you easily restructure, what FA's are you going to bring in to compensate for all of the holes?

 

[TwoCentPlain]

LOL, piling more dead money on-past-their-prime players, screwing up '15 in the process. Who are your starters next year after you easily restructure, what FA's are you going to bring in to compensate for all of the holes?

Sorry. Not much choice with Romo and Ware. Their contracts are what they are. We need to get two more years out of them. Hopefully, we will draft well and find some cheap FAs. Not a whole heck of a lot else we can do. We won't be players in the FA market for the next two years.

If Romo and Ware can play at a very good level, we will be competitive. If you are looking for dominance, you will be disappointed.

 

[big dog cowboy]

If you are looking for dominance, you will be disappointed.

We're used to that already.

 

[Brooksey]

It would be a 41M cap hit in 2014 to cut Romo. They can't make him a June 1st cut because he has a 7.5M additional guarantee that is triggered in March.

Romo would never be cut, he would be traded and there would be at least 10 teams willing to pick up his contract.

 

[dstovall5]

Problem Solved

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[Nightman]

Let's cut ware , do some restructuring and see what happens if anyone can make it happen it's jerry

I think they should trade him for a draft pick or two, plus they would save 7.5m against the cap. Someone with cap space would take a chance on him for a second round pick.

They can still get under the cap and sign some FAs by re-doing Romo, Carr, Witten, Lee and Scandrick.

Miles Austin and Orton should be June 1st cuts to help sign Dez, TSmith, Waters and the draft class.

Draft DL/DE heavy and try to get a QB to groom.

 

[Nightman]

Problem Solved

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you are still 28m over the cap by cutting everyone

 

[jterrell]

Thanks for that site. I was just playing around there and it was ridiculously easy to get under the cap. I hope that site is accurate. I restructured Romo ($10M), Ware ($8M), Lee ($3M) and maybe someone else I forgot. I designated Austin a June 1st cut and cut Orton. I also tendered Bailey at a second round for $2M. Something like that and voila, I went from -$21M to +$1M. So, it looks like it can be done with not so much pain. It looks do-able.

As long as you restructure Ware and Romo getting under the cap is easy.

If you try to wait until June 2nd and release Ware, the cap is insanely tight until the release.
Which is why he is so very likely to return in 2014 regardless of act he is arguably still the best pass rusher in the NFL.

Ware probably has 3 or 4 sacks in the next two games and the fans calling for his head look silly.

 

[jterrell]

As you do the OTC exercise keep in mind you have Dan Bailey, Hatcher, Spencer, Edgar Jones, Wynn and others to deal with.

You are going to let guys walk, but let them all walk? I don't think that's close to realistic.

And this is why you have to restructure most or all of the big money bases.
You can easily get 15m under the cap doing so.

But you also land with that 15m and a plethora of holes, no draft class and no tagging of RFA.

So reality is you need to get 15M, not to go sign name free agents but just to conduct normal business of roster maintenance.

 

[Risen Star]

Here's a nifty site.

http://overthecap.com/calculator/?Team=Cowboys

Dallas is currently over the cap by $21M according to their numbers. You can cut players and see how it impacts the cap. You can designate as a June 1st cut and see how it impacts the cap.

Even the June 1st moves still put Dallas over $3M above the cap.

And then your DL consists of who? Hatcher's gone. Spencer's gone. Ware's gone. And Ratliff is already gone.

So who plays DL? Dallas already screwed itself by not having any depth at that position whatsoever so they had to go to bums off the street before week 2. Now they have to fill in the 4 holes created by losing the 4 projected starters from 2013?

Hey, that's a great website. I cut Brandon Carr and the shock of that led him into a drinking problem that ruined his marriage.

 

[Stash]

As you do the OTC exercise keep in mind you have Dan Bailey, Hatcher, Spencer, Edgar Jones, Wynn and others to deal with.

You are going to let guys walk, but let them all walk? I don't think that's close to realistic.

And this is why you have to restructure most or all of the big money bases.
You can easily get 15m under the cap doing so.

But you also land with that 15m and a plethora of holes, no draft class and no tagging of RFA.

So reality is you need to get 15M, not to go sign name free agents but just to conduct normal business of roster maintenance.

I don't even think about Spencer or Hatcher coming back.

They will both be looking for money this team doesn't have.

Bailey is one of the few I would be looking to re-sign.

I have no desire to return to they kicking woes of the past and I can't point to too many players doing a better job in their role than him.

 

[Stash]

Hey, that's a great website. I cut Brandon Carr and the shock of that led him into a drinking problem that ruined his marriage.

Wow! That is one complex simulation!

 

[jterrell]

I don't even think about Spencer or Hatcher coming back.

They will both be looking for money this team doesn't have.

Bailey is one of the few I would be looking to re-sign.

I have no desire to return to they kicking woes of the past and I can't point to too many players doing a better job in their role than him.

Not sure about Spencer or Hatcher but it'd be really tough to lose both.
And I agree about Bailey but he is due a very large raise and the RFA process makes it tough to keep him for reasonable money.

I'd like to keep Hatcher over Spencer. He's older and hopefully will come cheaper.
Then again I'd need to see what the market holds for both guys before wrote them off.

I can tell you this. I'd like to have Spencer, Hatcher, Bass, Ware suiting up this week to get after the Packers.

 

[Stash]

Not sure about Spencer or Hatcher but it'd be really tough to lose both.
And I agree about Bailey but he is due a very large raise and the RFA process makes it tough to keep him for reasonable money.

I'd like to keep Hatcher over Spencer. He's older and hopefully will come cheaper.
Then again I'd need to see what the market holds for both guys before wrote them off.

I can tell you this. I'd like to have Spencer, Hatcher, Bass, Ware suiting up this week to get after the Packers.

In a perfect world, so would I.

Our fortunes would certainly be better.

I don't think we can hold it together and hope any longer.

I think both Spencer and Hatcher go this offseason and we do the best we can to reasonably replace them through the draft and bargain bin free agency.

Let's face it, we haven't won anything with them either.

 

[Nightman]

Restructure Romo, Carr, Witten, Lee, Scandrick
Trade or restructure Ware
Cut Costa and Durant
Sign Hatcher 3/18m and Tender Bailey 2m
June 1st cut Austin and Orton
Sign 2-3 FAs(LB,OL) and draft DE/DT/OG/S/QB
Think about extending Dez and TSmith
Call it a Day

 

[Common Sense]

In a perfect world, so would I.

Our fortunes would certainly be better.

I don't think we can hold it together and hope any longer.

I think both Spencer and Hatcher go this offseason and we do the best we can to reasonably replace them through the draft and bargain bin free agency.

Let's face it, we haven't won anything with them either.

Crawford will end up replacing either Spencer or Hatcher, depending on how the team views him, or maybe just which hole they end up needing to plug the most. The team will also go after at least one starting DL in free agency -- the question is how much money can they clear up? If Crawford ends up competing/rotating/whatever with Selvie at SDE, then the team will need a playmaking 3-tech. Could they afford a player like Henry Melton? At least he's young enough to sign to a long-term contract with the ability to restructure (I think it's stupid, but you know they're going to, so we might as well call it like it is). We've seen this show before -- low first year cap hit, high second year base salary to be converted into future guaranteed money, etc. At that point, you draft a DL high in the draft and you've only got on open spot left on the line, assuming the team can't afford to keep Ware, which seems more and more likely at this point.

 

[Section446]

I think extending Dez will be a mistake. He's going to want Megatron type money, and IMO, a WR isn't worth that much.

This organization has got to stop putting all of their eggs in only a few baskets.

I could not agree more.

 

[Stash]

Crawford will end up replacing either Spencer or Hatcher, depending on how the team views him, or maybe just which hole they end up needing to plug the most. The team will also go after at least one starting DL in free agency -- the question is how much money can they clear up? If Crawford ends up competing/rotating/whatever with Selvie at SDE, then the team will need a playmaking 3-tech. Could they afford a player like Henry Melton? At least he's young enough to sign to a long-term contract with the ability to restructure (I think it's stupid, but you know they're going to, so we might as well call it like it is). We've seen this show before -- low first year cap hit, high second year base salary to be converted into future guaranteed money, etc. At that point, you draft a DL high in the draft and you've only got on open spot left on the line, assuming the team can't afford to keep Ware, which seems more and more likely at this point.

More of a band-aid on a gaping wound.

No big money contracts for free agents, period.

I would like to finally see the front office catch up to us couch scouts and make a serious and heavy draft investment in the trenches.

 

[Section446]

I'm all for cutting/trading anyone and everyone on this team, minus Frederick and Smith.