Salary cap #s (25 Aug. 2008)

**Prophet** · 08-25-2008, 04:17 PM

[size=12pt]SALARY CAP NUMBERS AS OF AUGUST 25[/size]
Posted by Mike Florio on August 25, 2008, 8:41 a.m. EDT

**tgorsegner** · 08-25-2008, 04:27 PM

$5.0 is a good number imho, it shows that the team is willing to go out and pay to get (or keep) the guys they think will make a difference, but it also allows room to finangle around any injury or off-field issues that may occur

**Zeus** · 08-25-2008, 09:36 PM

"tgorsegner" wrote:

$5.0 is a good number imho, it shows that the team is willing to go out and pay to get (or keep) the guys they think will make a difference, but it also allows room to finangle around any injury or off-field issues that may occur

It'll be $5.0 until later this season when RobB's 2008 magic kicks in and some "not likely to be earned" incentive money is returned to the cap.
I can't wait.

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**Overlord** · 08-25-2008, 10:07 PM

"Zeus" wrote:

"tgorsegner" wrote:

$5.0 is a good number imho, it shows that the team is willing to go out and pay to get (or keep) the guys they think will make a difference, but it also allows room to finangle around any injury or off-field issues that may occur

It'll be $5.0 until later this season when RobB's 2008 magic kicks in and some "not likely to be earned" incentive money is returned to the cap.
I can't wait.

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Has that money not already been included?
I thought that got added at the beginning of the new league year/free-agency.

I've been trying to figure out how we got down to $5.0 million, and that certainly would explain it.

**i_bleed_purple** · 08-25-2008, 10:09 PM

I wonder how KC manages to be 31mil under the cap after paying 15 rookie contracts, and top 5 picks 2 years in a row prior to that.

**Overlord** · 08-25-2008, 10:15 PM

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

I wonder how KC manages to be 31mil under the cap after paying 15 rookie contracts, and top 5 picks 2 years in a row prior to that.

Rookie contracts are cheap.
Free agents are expensive.
Yeah, you're going to take a $5 million/year hit for a top 10 guy.
But later round 1 guys are usually less than about $2 million/year, round 2 guys are about $1 million/year, and after that the contracts are small enough that they may not even count against your cap until the last round of roster cuts.

**gregair13** · 08-25-2008, 10:47 PM

I thought the redskins were over the cap? I guess they fixed it, according to this list.

Also, what is the basement number that teams have to be at ($32million under is basement?)? and what date do they have to be at that number, or under the cap if they are over?

**Zeus** · 08-26-2008, 05:27 AM

"Overlord" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"tgorsegner" wrote:

$5.0 is a good number imho, it shows that the team is willing to go out and pay to get (or keep) the guys they think will make a difference, but it also allows room to finangle around any injury or off-field issues that may occur

It'll be $5.0 until later this season when RobB's 2008 magic kicks in and some "not likely to be earned" incentive money is returned to the cap.
I can't wait.

Has that money not already been included?
I thought that got added at the beginning of the new league year/free-agency.

I've been trying to figure out how we got down to $5.0 million, and that certainly would explain it.

No - that gets re-calculated every year, near the end of the calendar year.
I'll look for last year's stuff...

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**Zeus** · 08-26-2008, 05:39 AM

"Zeus" wrote:

"Overlord" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"tgorsegner" wrote:

$5.0 is a good number imho, it shows that the team is willing to go out and pay to get (or keep) the guys they think will make a difference, but it also allows room to finangle around any injury or off-field issues that may occur

It'll be $5.0 until later this season when RobB's 2008 magic kicks in and some "not likely to be earned" incentive money is returned to the cap.
I can't wait.

Has that money not already been included?
I thought that got added at the beginning of the new league year/free-agency.

I've been trying to figure out how we got down to $5.0 million, and that certainly would explain it.

No - that gets re-calculated every year, near the end of the calendar year.
I'll look for last year's stuff...

I got the terminology wrong above, it's early and the baby is up.
Sheesh!

The credits come back from Unrealized "Likely To Be Earned" Incentives.

http://www.purplepride.org/forums/index.php?topic=42515.msg725934#msg725934

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