NFC South Cap Space

Rugby Saint II · 04-03-2013, 05:37 PM

We look so much better than just a month ago. Tampa........losers.

sainttommy · 04-04-2013, 03:37 PM

Falcons look really low considering all the new talent they added that will need to consume cap space in future years.

or maybe they won't over pay Ryan. What is the going rate for a choke artist... league minimum?

Utah_Saint · 04-04-2013, 05:23 PM

There's a salary floor this year as well. Not that it's hard to spend money but Tampa is far below that floor, as of right now.

|Mitch| · 04-04-2013, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by sainttommy

or maybe they won't over pay Ryan. What is the going rate for a choke artist... league minimum?

Heard on Total Access this evening; deal is supposed to be on par with Flacco's. Somewhere around 20 million a year...

TheOak · 04-05-2013, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Utah_Saint

There's a salary floor this year as well. Not that it's hard to spend money but Tampa is far below that floor, as of right now.

There is a salary cap floor this year as well as the next three. However the way the salary cap floor is set up is that a team has to spend 89% of the salary cap over a four year average. They have until 2016 to make up the difference.

What the Bucs are doing is rather brilliant, due to the carry over. They can come in under the cap this year by $30M which will carry over to next years cap. Then next year they can dominate the freeagency market with high dollar front loaded contracts.

Example: The Bucs could offer jimmy Graham a six year deal worth 42.8M making him the highest paid TE in the NFL. 15.3M the first year and 5.5M for the next 5 years. And they still have 15M to spend that is carry over.

Chew on that one for a while

TheOak · 04-05-2013, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

Heard on Total Access this evening; deal is supposed to be on par with Flacco's. Somewhere around 20 million a year...

Next year there will be a lot of cap strung teams due to QB contracts.

Saints
Falcons
Ravens
Packers

Jamessr · 04-05-2013, 11:50 AM

I wonder how bad Aaron Rodgers will break the bank

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Utah_Saint Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 3,521	Re: NFC South Cap Space There's a salary floor this year as well. Not that it's hard to spend money but Tampa is far below that floor, as of right now.

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Re: NFC South Cap Space Originally Posted by sainttommy or maybe they won't over pay Ryan. What is the going rate for a choke artist... league minimum? Heard on Total Access this evening; deal is supposed to be on par with Flacco's. Somewhere around 20 million a year...

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TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 18,978	Re: NFC South Cap Space Originally Posted by Utah_Saint There's a salary floor this year as well. Not that it's hard to spend money but Tampa is far below that floor, as of right now. There is a salary cap floor this year as well as the next three. However the way the salary cap floor is set up is that a team has to spend 89% of the salary cap over a four year average. They have until 2016 to make up the difference. What the Bucs are doing is rather brilliant, due to the carry over. They can come in under the cap this year by $30M which will carry over to next years cap. Then next year they can dominate the freeagency market with high dollar front loaded contracts. Example: The Bucs could offer jimmy Graham a six year deal worth 42.8M making him the highest paid TE in the NFL. 15.3M the first year and 5.5M for the next 5 years. And they still have 15M to spend that is carry over. Chew on that one for a while
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TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 18,978	Re: NFC South Cap Space Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| Heard on Total Access this evening; deal is supposed to be on par with Flacco's. Somewhere around 20 million a year... Next year there will be a lot of cap strung teams due to QB contracts. Saints Falcons Ravens Packers

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