Sports Illustrated claims we have 48.1 million in dead money this season.

[jasonluckydog]

I keep hearing 30 million , I wish. 

 

 

The dead cap for Carolina sits at a whopping $46.1 million, the most in the NFL by a wide margin as the Jacksonville Jaguars rank second with $33.9 million in dead cap. Once Cam Newton is released as reported, thePanthers dead cap will increase to $48.1 million.2 days ago

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/panthers/news/carolina-panthers-salary-cap-update

 

Sleep well 

[Daddy_Uncle]

That's what happens in major rebuilds. What do you expect?

[TheSpecialJuan]

2020 Dead Cap

These cap figures derive from the trade or release of players from the active roster or practice squad. All count toward the team total.

PLAYER (17)	POS.	BASE SALARY	SIGNING BONUS	ROSTER BONUS	OPTION BONUS	WORKOUT BONUS	RESTRUC. BONUS	MISC.	DEAD CAP	CAP HIT	CAP %
Luke Kuechly	ILB	-	-	-	-	-	$11,845,028	-	-	$11,845,028	5.68
Matt Kalil	LT	-	$4,800,000	-	-	-	$5,000,000	-	-	$9,800,000	4.70
Trai Turner	G	-	$9,593,600	-	-	-	-	-	-	$9,593,600	4.60
Eric Reid	SS	-	$5,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5,000,000	2.40
Greg Olsen	TE	-	$3,700,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,700,000	1.77
Dontari Poe	DT	-	$3,333,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,333,334	1.60
Mario Addison	OLB	-	$1,500,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,500,000	0.72
Jarius Wright	WR	-	$666,668	-	-	-	-	-	-	$666,668	0.32
Rashaan Gaulden	S	-	$211,914	-	-	-	-	-	-	$211,914	0.10
Colin Jones	FS	-	$200,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$200,000	0.10
Jared Norris	OLB	-	$75,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$75,000	0.04
Corn Elder	CB	-	$69,477	-	-	-	-	-	-	$69,477	0.03
Terry Godwin	WR	-	$61,125	-	-	-	-	-	-	$61,125	0.03
Damion Jeanpiere	WR	-	$13,337	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13,337	0.01
Corrion Ballard	CB	-	$13,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13,334	0.01
Elijah Holyfield	RB	-	$13,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13,334	0.01
Brendan Mahon	G	-	$4,168	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4,168	0.00

 

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[TheSpecialJuan]

Just now, TheSpecialJuan said:

2020 Dead Cap

These cap figures derive from the trade or release of players from the active roster or practice squad. All count toward the team total.

PLAYER (17)	POS.	BASE SALARY	SIGNING BONUS	ROSTER BONUS	OPTION BONUS	WORKOUT BONUS	RESTRUC. BONUS	MISC.	DEAD CAP	CAP HIT	CAP %
Luke Kuechly	ILB	-	-	-	-	-	$11,845,028	-	-	$11,845,028	5.68
Matt Kalil	LT	-	$4,800,000	-	-	-	$5,000,000	-	-	$9,800,000	4.70
Trai Turner	G	-	$9,593,600	-	-	-	-	-	-	$9,593,600	4.60
Eric Reid	SS	-	$5,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5,000,000	2.40
Greg Olsen	TE	-	$3,700,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,700,000	1.77
Dontari Poe	DT	-	$3,333,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,333,334	1.60
Mario Addison	OLB	-	$1,500,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,500,000	0.72
Jarius Wright	WR	-	$666,668	-	-	-	-	-	-	$666,668	0.32
Rashaan Gaulden	S	-	$211,914	-	-	-	-	-	-	$211,914	0.10
Colin Jones	FS	-	$200,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$200,000	0.10
Jared Norris	OLB	-	$75,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$75,000	0.04
Corn Elder	CB	-	$69,477	-	-	-	-	-	-	$69,477	0.03
Terry Godwin	WR	-	$61,125	-	-	-	-	-	-	$61,125	0.03
Damion Jeanpiere	WR	-	$13,337	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13,337	0.01
Corrion Ballard	CB	-	$13,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13,334	0.01
Elijah Holyfield	RB	-	$13,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13,334	0.01
Brendan Mahon	G	-	$4,168	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4,168	0.00

 

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That comes out to: $46,100,319

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/cap/

[PantherBoy95]

I guess the positive would be that next off-season they would have the most cap space as they look to shape Rhule's roster right?

[Ivan The Awesome]

26 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

That's what happens in major rebuilds. What do you expect?

You mean when hurney is involved?

[t96]

Our dead cap number actually adds up to Trevor Lawrence, NOT what SI reported.

[jfra78]

Huddle: All these old players are bums we should cut them!

*Panthers cut old players with large contracts*

Huddle: Whats with all this dead cap, Hurney has no clue what hes doing!

[kungfoodude]

It's not really relevant because we wouldn't be spending the cap money anyway during a tank. It is what it is. Better to eat it in the short term than spread it out over time. Next season and the season after we will have a ton of cap space, assuming we don't do something stupid like pay CMC $20 mil/year and pay Moton $15 mil/year.

[mcsmoak]

6 hours ago, PantherBoy95 said:

I guess the positive would be that next off-season they would have the most cap space as they look to shape Rhule's roster right?

Trevor Lawrence paired with Joe Brady, plus loads of cash to spend.  Sign me up

[MHS831]

So many bad contracts.  Heck, you could argue that KK Short should be nervous, but I do not think he cares, as long as the check is rolling in.

You can say, "Well not all of these are Marty's deal" but many of them were extended via Marty H.  You see boys and girls, Marty creates cap space by extending his proven veterans.  They all like it because they get a few extra coins.  I also am a firm believer that Marty expects past performance to equal future returns.  That is not always the case.  Marty needs to realize that a 4-year contract given to a 30-year old RB is paying him more to decline (example).  While not the case as much now, it was his MO in the past.

[jfra78]

36 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

So many bad contracts.  Heck, you could argue that KK Short should be nervous, but I do not think he cares, as long as the check is rolling in.

You can say, "Well not all of these are Marty's deal" but many of them were extended via Marty H.  You see boys and girls, Marty creates cap space by extending his proven veterans.  They all like it because they get a few extra coins.  I also am a firm believer that Marty expects past performance to equal future returns.  That is not always the case.  Marty needs to realize that a 4-year contract given to a 30-year old RB is paying him more to decline (example).  While not the case as much now, it was his MO in the past.

So we should give large contracts to players who have proven nothing? I find this argument rediculous because no one knows whats going to happen in the future.  All you can do is base it on past performance and hope it can continue, its what every GM does.  

[Bronn]

I'm of the thought that the Panthers believe that there won't be a 2020 NFL season or, at the very least, an abbreviated one.

They are pretty much cooking the books and hitting the reset button on the franchise at this point. They are betting that dead cap, etc. will void/come off the books or have a lessened impact moving forward.

1 year deals for backups with potential. I expect you'll see us start accumulating extra draft picks soon, somehow.

They're hoping they timed their reboot well, with the state of the world right now.