Salary cap calculator

[AdamJT13]

Wonder how close to right is it?

It's about 99 percent correct -- a couple of players are slightly off. And the total cap number doesn't add up correctly, for some reason. It's off by about $750,000.

 

[jblaze2004]

HE'S ALIVE....lol.....so its pretty close. thanks Adam

 

[pjtoadie]

Should almost be enough for another Romo contract renewal.

Hahaha

 

[Richmond Cowboy]

Just saw how much Matt Johnson is getting paid.... I wonder when he gets cut if Jerry will feel like I do when I find an expired unopened bag of salad in the fridge that I have to throw out without ever opening it.

 

[Common Sense]

According to the calculator, tendering Chris Jones and Dan Bailey and restructuring Romo, Carr, Witten, Lee, Scandrick, and Bernadeau leaves the team with about $846,090 in cap room. If you want a realistic approach to what this team will do to get under the cap, start there. They will likely spend a while trying to force Ware to take a pay cut under the threat of cutting him outright if he won't (which would save about $7.4 million altogether -- for those of you complaining about the "dead money" for him to play for someone else, that's what restructuring every year gets you. It's going to happen sooner or later with every single one of these players. Get used to it.).

Any other cap savings will have to come from cutting players, unless the team has another contract in mind to restructure, but I think there's entirely too much future dead money involved with the ones I named earlier. Maybe Orton? I couldn't imagine them cutting the only other QB on the roster outright, but man, that's a high cap figure for a backup. They might try to get creative there. Parnell and Costa are backups who offer significant savings if cut and could probably be replaced pretty easily by mid-round draft choices.

Austin will surely be a June 1st cut, but that's probably only to shore up money to pay for the rookie draft class. It does nothing for the team until then. Maybe Free becomes a June 1st cut if the team finds a cheap, young RT it likes, in which case Parnell probably stays for competition (except what the heck has Darrion Weems been doing on the active roster all year? Does he push Parnell off the team regardless?). Orton could be a potential June 1st cut if they find a cheaper backup they like, or if they decide to roll with a rookie like the rest of the league seems perfectly capable of doing.

 

[jgboys1]

I'm not worried, Jerry Jones knows what he's doing. That man knows how to ruin...ah....I mean run a football team.

 

[Tejano15]

Does anyone have any ideas on what a contract extension for Dez, Tyron would be? Bailey will be around 4yr 16 million think he gets more then Gould, Dez slightly more then Dwayne Bowe he signed 5yr 56 million, and Tyron may be highest tackle in the league the way he played? Just trying to see what everyones thoughts are on these guys.

 

[Phoenix]

It's about 99 percent correct -- a couple of players are slightly off. And the total cap number doesn't add up correctly, for some reason. It's off by about $750,000.

I was waiting to see how close this thing was. Thanks

 

[conner01]

I selected June 1st cut of Ware and Austin. I cut Bruce Carter. I restructured Romo and Carr and extended Bailey....thats it and I still have over 12 million in cap room. Apparently we all get our panties in a wad over nothing with this cap stuff then. I would get younger in the draft after that.

have to remember the money you get from june 1 cuts, you can't use in free agency because you don't get it till june 1

 

[Common Sense]

have to remember the money you get from june 1 cuts, you can't use in free agency because you don't get it till june 1

The trick is to save all of the June 1st cuts until the end. Cutting Miles will only free up about enough money to pay for the rookie draft class. It won't get you under the cap or land you any choice free agents.

 

[jterrell]

According to the calculator, tendering Chris Jones and Dan Bailey and restructuring Romo, Carr, Witten, Lee, Scandrick, and Bernadeau leaves the team with about $846,090 in cap room. If you want a realistic approach to what this team will do to get under the cap, start there. They will likely spend a while trying to force Ware to take a pay cut under the threat of cutting him outright if he won't (which would save about $7.4 million altogether -- for those of you complaining about the "dead money" for him to play for someone else, that's what restructuring every year gets you. It's going to happen sooner or later with every single one of these players. Get used to it.).

Any other cap savings will have to come from cutting players, unless the team has another contract in mind to restructure, but I think there's entirely too much future dead money involved with the ones I named earlier. Maybe Orton? I couldn't imagine them cutting the only other QB on the roster outright, but man, that's a high cap figure for a backup. They might try to get creative there. Parnell and Costa are backups who offer significant savings if cut and could probably be replaced pretty easily by mid-round draft choices.

Austin will surely be a June 1st cut, but that's probably only to shore up money to pay for the rookie draft class. It does nothing for the team until then. Maybe Free becomes a June 1st cut if the team finds a cheap, young RT it likes, in which case Parnell probably stays for competition (except what the heck has Darrion Weems been doing on the active roster all year? Does he push Parnell off the team regardless?). Orton could be a potential June 1st cut if they find a cheaper backup they like, or if they decide to roll with a rookie like the rest of the league seems perfectly capable of doing.

Very good post. Even with a shot at my hatred for paying guys to play elsewhere.

You are correct in the obvious moves to get under cap. And again it hinges on Ware.
I believe an early restructure of Ware is vital because I want the 7 to 10 million he can free up before June 1st. I'd prefer it be 10m freed up with him in the roster as opposed to 7.5 freed up but another hole.

I mean SDE, 3T, FS, WLB, SLB is more than enough holes on one defense for me. Lol.

If you get a Ware meet in the middle pay cut done early you can sign two NFL starters to this team.
That plus Ware plus a good draft might actually create a solid defense.