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Cap money left after our FA signings and Norman

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So it seems we have 19+ million left after all is said and done to this point. Take 10 million off for draft picks. Save some for injury signings and some roll over cap for next year.  For arguments sake, let's say 7 million left. I'm not a contract guru, so can D.G manipulate this money to land one or two quality FA signings without cutting it to close?

 

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4 minutes ago, Jmac said:

So it seems we have 19+ million left after all is said and done to this point. Take 10 million off for draft picks. Save some for injury signings and some roll over cap for next year.  For arguments sake, let's say 7 million left. I'm not a contract guru, so can D.G manipulate this money to land one or two quality FA signings without cutting it to close?

 

We won't need more than 5 million for our draft.

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It's really easy to manipulate money on the NFL salary cap. $7M in cap space is enough to sign Olivier Vernon to his exact deal if you instead bonused out his first year salary. It's Hurneynomics and you end up paying for it later, but it's really not too difficult to sign any player as long as you've got a little bit of space.

Example: http://overthecap.com/player/ndamukong-suh/1816/

Suh had a $6.1M cap hit in the first year of his deal and he has a $19M/year contract.

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Both overthecap and spotrac have us at 21.4 million in cap space. After our draft picks we're around 17 million, not 7. If we can work out an extension with Norman that will probably add another 4 million or more.

We'll be able to add someone like Weddle or Boykins, so long as we can get them at a reasonable price (that's always the tough part), as well as a few more cheap 2nd/3rd wave free agents.

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16 minutes ago, 15 said:

this is what happens when you learn football via madden.

I'm a grown man ...I don't waste my time playing Madden. I guess if your '15' you would play it. Your wise ass answer is typical of this place lately. 

Mods lock this post, I will find out what I want to know without putting up with bullshit.

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11 minutes ago, Jmac said:

I asked a friggin question after I read this. If it is incorrect, then it is incorrect. Just correct the goddamn amounts without being Internet vigilantes. 

 

 

Even if you try, you are not going to get past all the snark. It's the nature of the interwebz, and social media. Nowadays, you need to get your point across in one sentence. Leave little room for any type of context or meaning. Especially, God forbid, you are actually wrong about something. The interwebz warriors will jump all over you.

 

Now, to actually answer your question. Normally, it takes about 5mil to take care of your draft picks. Which seems to leave us at around 15mil left. 5mil for inseason needs, leaves about 10mil. For Gman, that can be 3-4 more players. And you can always restructure a contract or 2 to free up some extra space if need be.

 

We are still in good shape. We ain't the Raiderz set. But we have money to spend if Gman feels the need.

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