How Much Cap Space Have We Cleared?

[Scott Campbell]

Assuming Barnett is gone. It's adding up pretty quick.

[imscott72]

Just over 17 M..Enough to make a run at Jones, sign rookies, and a few extensions..

[Smidgeon]

And when will it be spent?

[Scott Campbell]

And when will it be spent?

I thought the new CBA raised the floor dramatically. Doesn't most of it have to be spent in this fiscal year?

[Patler]

I thought the new CBA raised the floor dramatically. Doesn't most of it have to be spent in this fiscal year?

Yup, by the time TT gets done he may HAVE to go out and sign Asumugha!

[Ballboy]

What about Wilhelm(?sp?)....isnt he counting a couple+ million towards the cap.....then go after Asumugha!!LOL!!

[Lurker64]

I thought the new CBA raised the floor dramatically. Doesn't most of it have to be spent in this fiscal year?

You have to be under the cap at the beginning of the year (and thereafter). You only have to be above the floor at the end of the year. We've got some people to extend, so the floor won't be a problem.

[Noodle]

TT really was born for the modern salary cap era. The dude knows how to clear space so that he can keep what he really needs. I don't always like it, as my heart sometimes wants to spend more to keep an old reliable around than is probably prudent.

But then, that's why I'm a fan and he's a GM.

[smuggler]

There isn't a team floor until 2013. Until then, there is a league floor, and if the league underspends, the teams that paidout the least by the end of the year will pay into a pot until the salary floor is met and that money will be distributed to all NFL players. What "all NFL players means" I do not know.

[pbmax]

There isn't a team floor until 2013. Until then, there is a league floor, and if the league underspends, the teams that paidout the least by the end of the year will pay into a pot until the salary floor is met and that money will be distributed to all NFL players. What "all NFL players means" I do not know.

There is a team floor but its 89% cash of cap number and you are right it hits first in 2013.

And it won't be hard to hit the number. Teams have regularly spent cash over cap (cash expenditures higher than cap number) for years. A couple of signing bonuses will do it.

This is another area where high revenue teams will help lower ones. The Bengals can spend 89% while the Cowboys and Redskins can drop large signing bonuses and keep the league near its goal.

Silverstein reported that the Packers will need about $10 million of space for rookies, which seems high, though rookie contracts are much different now. He then speculated that there then might be room for one extension (Finley, Sitton) and an offer to Jones.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Silverstein reported that the Packers will need about $10 million of space for rookies, which seems high, though rookie contracts are much different now. He then speculated that there then might be room for one extension (Finley, Sitton) and an offer to Jones.

I read that, but then I also read that the Packers only need a little over $5M for rookie contracts. I think that is more accurate.

[Kiwon]

TT really was born for the modern salary cap era. The dude knows how to clear space so that he can keep what he really needs. I don't always like it, as my heart sometimes wants to spend more to keep an old reliable around than is probably prudent.

But then, that's why I'm a fan and he's a GM.

Ah, the memories..........Where'd all the "Fire Ted Thompson!!" threads go?

[Scott Campbell]

Ah, the memories..........Where'd all the "Fire Ted Thompson!!" threads go?

Canada.

[Guiness]

Canada.

HEY!

[MJZiggy]

I think he was referring to someone specific...