The 2019 salary cap will be $188.2 million
 

The 2019 league year starts in less than two weeks and teams now know the exact salary cap figure they’ll be working with in free agency.

The NFL has officially set this year’s cap at $188.2 millions, via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. The league had projected a cap figure “in the range of $187.0 million to $191.1 million” late last year.

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In 2018, NFL teams had $177.2 million at their disposal and this is the sixth straight year that the cap number has risen by at least $10 million. In all, the cap has risen over $68 million since it was set at $120 million for the 2011 season.

That flood of money has made for a flurry of deals in the early hours of free agency in recent years and Friday’s word of another big jump should lead to the same come March 13.

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How much do we get?

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So the lambs can reload another dream team.

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They only have 22 mil available. Resigning some of the high priced window dressing will take a lot of that.

We have 9.1 available and with a few moves could keep everyone even Ingram. We could shore up DT, TE and QB in the draft. You know coach is going to trade up again, so say good bye to next years #1. I say it's either trade up for DT, QB or TE.

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This is all true.

If any team has the cap space to load up for a run, it's the Colts. They could do it and they have the luxury of an improved defense and a decent o-line. I look for them to be a potential dark horse candidate in the AFC. They could be a 12-4 type team next year.

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In an unrelated note... Price of a 16oz beer is now $20.

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+1.

Have you noticed how few guys are in their draft war room ? Meanwhile every year it seems like the Texans, Buffalo or Jacksonville have like 15 guys in the room :rolleyes:.

It is a testament to the ability of Belichick the way he can develop a roster. They build a team and not just collect talent. He never falls in love with a player but the value they bring.

Love em or hate em, I have a lot of respect the way that organization can assemble Championship winning teams over the last decade. I've never seen a coach who can take non stars and make them prime time.

He's a Yoda.

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We gotta let Peat go. We can’t be paying both guards $8+ mil. Take the above mentioned Patriots method and let the FA walk while we plug in someone else.

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We all know by now that Sean Payton doesn't have the patience to wait until #62 overall. It will be interesting to see if a trade is made and use future picks.

By the way, the Pats have 12 picks in the upcoming draft.

Damn man :pissed:.

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With us having one pick late in the second round I'm not expecting much from the draft.

First and foremost I still want the best O-lineman available. We might package all of our late round picks to try to move up for a player since we have a stocked roster and last years picks were fairly good but couldn't make the roster.

Edit: Loomis will probably bring in a couple of prize free agents and a lot of mid tier talent as well to fill holes before the draft.

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Our 2nd round pick could be golden ... maybe even a stud who drops for whatever reason.

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Belichick really proved himself as the GOAT this past year. For him to win the SB with this specific squad that is weaker than a lot of past Patriots teams, it says a lot.

All we heard about all year long was how this Pats team was not that good. The usual arguments were ran repeatedly: "The AFC East! The AFC East! They're only good cause the AFC East!" People focus on the AFC East, as if the Pats don't dominate the rest of the NFL. The only division they have struggled with historically is the AFC West and that has mostly been because Denver and K.C. occasionally beat them. They dominate the AFC North and AFC South while having the highest win percentage since 2002 against the NFC conference.

I told people for months that they would blow through the AFC playoffs, and all along they argued with me non-stop every step of the way. The Chargers were supposed to beat them. Big LOL... The Chargers were the biggest pretenders in the AFC this year and the Pats easily rolled them (The Chargers needed a miraculous comeback against Pittsburgh and K.C. to even make the playoffs. They overachieved). The Chiefs horrible defense doomed them in the AFCCG.

I used to chat football on a Steelers forum and a lot of their fans often pointed to the 1989 team as one of Chuck Knoll's greatest accomplishments and proof that he was still a great coach after the 70's.

The '89 Steelers started the year out getting outscored 92 to 10 in their first two games (including a 51-0 shutout to the Browns). They some how pulled it together and made the playoffs at 9-7. 1989 was probably the height of the AFC Central division. That year, Cleveland made the AFCCG, Houston was in the playoffs, and Cincy had the best divisional record yet didn't even make the playoffs. Then there was Pittsburgh who struggled all year with their division, finishing 1-5, yet ended up in the playoffs with a negative -61 point differential. (Cincy finished 8-8 with a great point differential and should've been in the playoffs, but they went 2-6 in non-divisional games. By DVOA, the 1989 Bengals are one of the strongest 8-8 teams in history)

From there, they went into the Astrodome and took down the Houston Oilers (even getting Jerry Glanville fired over this loss) before losing 23-24 to Denver. That Steelers team had no business even making the playoffs and they had a deep run (and most likely would've beat the Browns in the AFCCG, after Pittsburgh handled them easily with a 17-7 win in Cleveland). They most likely get blown out badly in the SB, but it would've been an achievement to get there. They had no business even making the playoffs, let alone nearly being in the AFCCG.

Last year's Patriots reminded me of that Steelers team, except Bill B went the distance and won it all. Even had we reached the SB, I don't think we would've beat the Pats with how bad our offense had been playing for a month.

I can guarantee anyone that Bill B. would've game-planned to take away Thomas and Kamara, forcing yet another game of Brees trying to beat a team throwing to the cast of no-name receivers, as he had been doing for the past month. Meanwhile, it would've come down to us hoping and praying the defense could save the day again.

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We can bring in a Oline free agent and save that 2 nd rd pick for Isabella? It’s a win win

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I'm scanning "top prospect lists" from #20 all the way to #80... anyone in that range can rise or fall to us

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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS | MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME

2018 Price of a Beer: $10
2019 Price of a Beer: $20

2018 Price of a Hot Dog: $5.50
2019 Price of a Hot Dog: $100.50

While the cost of getting into the Superdome has risen, only one team (Jaguars) has boosted ticket prices by a higher percentage. But no one is charging more for hot dogs than the Superdome. These above-average hot dog prices at the Superdome are making the Saints' high price hike for beer easier to swallow for fans in the Big Easy.

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:popcorn:

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U no peat was a work in progress from day 1 I shake my head when a # 1 pick doesn’t take the field from day 1. He developed yes but these days for the first rd money you have to contribute . Sorry point blank pow.

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Remind me again what pick Tom Brady, Pierre Thomas and Marques Colston were! https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/04/201...n-kirk-cousins

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With one second round pick in the first 62 picks, and then no picks till 168th pick? Saints fans better temper their expectations...

Round 1: None (Traded/Marcus Davenport)
Round 2: New Orleans
Round 3: None (Traded/Teddy Bridgewater)
Round 4: None (Traded/Eli Apple)
Round 5: New Orleans
Round 6: N.Y. Jets pick (Teddy Bridgewater), New Orleans
Round 7: Cleveland pick (Devaroe Lawrence), New Orleans

We're drafting reserve defensive and offensive line depth, maybe some DB reserves for special teams..

THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ HAS SPOKEN!!!!

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