TheOak

Normally when we look at salary cap hits I know I look at poor preforming players or large hits by default. An alternate look would be to look at what positions you have large amounts of cap hit tied into. This gives you a view from players that you may want to keep but do not need because you already have an over abundance at that position.

Some teams do not look at a specific player but look at a position, basically the Patriots will not spend more than x at TE, then work from there, regardless of how good someone thinks they are the team has a limit for that position based on perceived importance) and a player has to fit in or go somewhere else.. It takes the personal out and makes it more of a business decision.

It makes the "I like him" decision into "we do not need him". because someone may be a good price at WR but we just do not need another.

Ranked Highest to Lowest positions by Cap Hit, then highest to lowest at that position.

D.E. -18.6M
Smith
Jordan
Wilson
Richardson
Romeus

L.B - 18.4M
Vilma
Lofton
Hawthorne
Herring
Chamberline
Johnson
Broughton

QB - 17.4M
Brees

Safety - 13.2M
Harper
Jenkins
Quddus
Bush
White
Nelson

Guard - 13M
Evans
Grubbs
Henry
Oleson
Tiller
Lee

WR - 12.9M
Moore
Colston
Toon
Morgan
parker
Cadet
Givens
Fayson
Tanner
Hakim


CB - 8.8M
Greer
Robinson
Turner
Steed
Davis

RB - 8.2M
Sproles
Thomas
Ingram

T - 4.4M
Strief
Brown
Jones
Harris

DT - 4.3M
Bunkley
Johnson
Hicks
Walker
P - 2.9M
Morestead

K - 2.6M
Hartley

TE - 2.5M
Graham
Higging
Collins

Dead money
Thomas
patrick
Tennant
J. Thomas
Folkerts


Just by looking at it this way I can see "Positions" we have way too much cap hit and too many players at.


Example: Seeing we tied up 37M in LB/DE last year for the worst defense in history really turns my stomach.