Panthers actually 1.9 mil under the cap

[Sword]

The teams with cap space, a day before all teams must be in compliance, are as follows: Buccaneers ($ 29,560,000); Chiefs ($ 28,431,000); Jaguars ($ 28,000,000); Browns ($ 27,620,000); Bengals ($ 27,164,000); Broncos ($26,542,000); Bills ($ 23,460,000); 49ers ($ 22,570,000); Bears ($ 19,300,000); Seahawks ($ 16,387,000); Cardinals ($ 14,603,000); Redskins ($ 11,450,000); Packers ($ 11,106,000); Jets ($ 8,920,000); Dolphins ($ 8,446,000); Colts ($7,925,000); Titans ($ 7,127,000); Saints ($ 7,027,000); Patriots ($ 5,264,000); Chargers ($ 5,031,000); Eagles ($4,604,000); Ravens ($ 3,558,000); Panthers ($ 1,915,000); Vikings ($ 938,000); Falcons ($811,000); Giants ($623,000); Rams ($621,000).

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/04/cap-room-snapshot-as-of-thursday/

Sign some CBs!

[PantherBrew]

Let's see who gets cut 1st.

We may would rather have someone who was cut than someone who is on the market right now. If we sign someone right now, we may be left with a guaranteed contract that we dont want.

[YoungPanthers89]

Bucs are 30 mil under!

[megadeth078]

in before rayzor says everything is wrong...

[bleys]

2mil.. strikingly obvious we had a billion dollars to spend this offseason..

[Ivan The Awesome]

Kinda wish we had a little more. They'll sign someone but who knows at what position.

[CatMan72]

...and we'll have more when we extend Kalil.

[HeatCheck]

Let's see who gets cut 1st.

We may would rather have someone who was cut than someone who is on the market right now. If we sign someone right now, we may be left with a guaranteed contract that we dont want.

I thought NFL contracts weren't guaranteed. I doubt there will be a singing bonus for a FA CB out there.

[PantherBrew]

I thought NFL contracts weren't guaranteed. I doubt there will be a singing bonus for a FA CB out there.

Well, there is a minimum salary + whatever signing bonus that is required, that is guaranteed if a player is signed before week one. So that even if he only plays one game and is cut, he is guaranteed that money.

However, if you were to sign someone after week one. That player would be paid basically weekly, and the team would not be on the hook for the whole season.

[Doc Holiday]

and people told me that we could afford Osi, now will ya'll believe that I said no we cant.

[HeatCheck]

Yeah but if you cut him, does he not come off our salary cap? I understand he gets paid as he plays. But if there's no guaranteed signing bonus there's no harm in cutting a underperforming FA CB in terms of the salary cap? Or am I wrong?

[PantherBrew]

and people told me that we could afford Osi, now will ya'll believe that I said no we cant.

Well, we possibly could, but it would require major amounts of salary restructuring, a high draft pick, and possibly cutting another player.

But I don't want him anyways, talks more than he plays, and that says a lot because he is a pretty good player.

But, nowhere near what it would take to get him.

[jtnc]

Do we not have enough money to extend Kalil or what?

[PantherBrew]

Do we not have enough money to extend Kalil or what?

Yes, extending Kalil would actually make us lower under the cap, depending on how the deal is structured.

His cap hit as of now is around 11 million dollars.

I would assume his new deal would make him cap hit around 8 million dollars.

But that is just a rough guess.

So extending kalil would put us roughly 5 millon under the cap.