New Mexico Dragons

[HarveyWallbangers]

Pos Player               2006 Cap #
QB1 Daunte Culpepper     $5,000,000
QB2 Brian Griese         $2,450,000
QB3 Reggie McNeal

RB1 Reggie Bush
RB2 Thomas Jones         $2,250,000
RB3 Najeh Davenport      $  660,000
RB4 Jerome Harrison

FB1 Jim Kleinsasser      $2,400,000
FB2 William Henderson    $1,170,000

WR1 Terrell Owens        $6,670,000
WR2 Isaac Bruce          $6,500,000
WR3 Charles Rogers       $  760,000
WR4 Demetrius Williams
WR5 Reche Caldwell       $  590,000
WR6 Hank Baskett

TE1 Eric Johnson         $1,550,000
TE2 Brandon Manumaleuna  $1,330,000
TE3 Leonard Pope

OT1 Jon Runyan           $4,170,000
OT2 L.J. Shelton         $2,880,000
OT3 John St. Clair       $  750,000
OT4 Ephraim Salaam       $  670,000
OT5 Zach Strief

OG1 Rick DeMulling       $1,400,000
OG2 Chris Liwiesnki      $1,700,000
OG3 Fred Matua
OG4 Lennie Friedman      $  550,000

OC1 Matt Birk            $3,940,000
OC2 Greg Eslinger
OC3 Russ Hochstein       $  600,000

DE1 Greg Ellis           $3,350,000
DE2 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila $3,850,000
DE3 Brett Keisel         $1,490,000
DE4 Dwan Edwards         $  390,000
DE5 Julian Jenkins

DT1 Rocky Bernard        $2,400,000
DT2 Ryan Pickett         $5,000,000
DT3 Johnathan Sullivan   $  690,000
DT4 Hollis Thomas        $  670,000

LB1 Will Witherspoon     $3,750,000
LB2 David Thornton       $2,600,000
LB3 Dexter Coakley       $1,500,000
LB4 Ben Taylor           $  940,000
LB5 Shawn Barber         $  800,000
LB6 Isaiah Kacyvenski    $  550,000
LB7 Spencer Havner

CB1 Charles Woodson     $10,300,000
CB2 Sam Madison          $1,850,000
CB3 Andre Dyson          $1,550,000
CB4 Ashton Youbouty
CB5 Allen Rossum         $  670,000

S1  Lawyer Milloy        $1,640,000
S2  Daniel Bullocks
S3  Mike Green           $1,440,000
S4  Brian Russell        $  900,000
S5  Bryan Scott          $  460,000

PK  Ryan Longwell        $1,310,000
P   Jason Baker          $  900,000

    Total Salary          $92,340,000
    Salary Cap           $103,000,000
    Rookie Pool            $7,000,000
    Remaining Cap Space   -$1,660,000

[HarveyWallbangers]

With Woodson getting a huge cap number for this year, we are actually over the cap limit, but we do have some veterans we can cut.

[MJZiggy]

Just remember the cap hit when you cut veterans. Their signing bonuses accelerate.

[Sparkey]

Just remember the cap hit when you cut veterans. Their signing bonuses accelerate.

Bush's contract needs to be added into the fray.

ALSO, only the top 53 guys count against the cap. That allows teams to bring in UDFA for competition.

[HarveyWallbangers]

We already set aside a rookie pool--which each team has. Last year, San Francisco had the #1 draft position and a bunch of picks and their rookie pool was around $7M. That's the baseline we used.

[HarveyWallbangers]

If you only count top 53, then we are okay. We are $1.6M over the cap when you count all 58 players. If you throw out Dwan Edwards $(390,000), Bryan Scott ($460,000), Isaiah Kacyvenski ($550,000), Lennie Friedman ($550,000), and Reche Caldwell ($590,000), we are $880,000 under the cap. There will be some veterans (Caldwell, Salaam, St. Clair, Friedman, Hochstein are some candidates) that end up getting cut also.

[imscott72]

Lets welcome the 1st draft class of the New Mexico Dragons!!!!!

1. Reggie Bush, RB, USC
2A. Daniel Bullocks, S, Nebraska
2B. Leonard Pope, TE, Georgia
3A. Ashton Youboty, CB, Ohio St
3B. Fred Matua, OG, USC
4A. Demetrius Williams, WR, Oregon
4B. Reggie McNeil, QB, Texas A&M
5A. Jerome Harrison, RB, Washington St
5B. Julian Jenkins, DE, Stanford
6A. Zach Strief, OT, Northwestern
6B. Greg Eslinger, C, Minnesota
7A. Hank Baskett Jr., WR, New Mexico
7B. Spencer Havner, OLB, UCLA

Now Bretsky needs to get to work and sign some of these Rookie free agents!!!

Nice job Nutz. You reeled in some solid players on both sides of the ball.

[Deputy Nutz]

Quarterbacks
Vick, Marcus
6-0 201 Virginia Tech

Pinegar, Paul
6-5 231 Fresno State

Hackney, Darrell
6-0 238 Alabama-Birmingham

Meyer, Erik
6-1 209 Eastern Washington

Running Backs
Bell, Mike
6-0 222 Arizona

Hall, Andre
5-8 209 South Florida

Moore, DonTrell
5-10 209 New Mexico

Ross, Derrick
5-10 227 Tarleton State

Fullbacks
Bernstein, Matt
6-0 261 Wisconsin

Harris, Gilbert
6-2 222 Arizona

Hill, Quadtrine
6-0 210 Miami (Fla.)

Jones, Brandon
5-10 241 Purdue

Whitehead, Terrence
5-10 224 Oregon

Tight Ends
Bienemann, Troy
6-5 258 Washington State

Day, Tim
6-3 264 Oregon

Mix, Anthony
6-4 236 Auburn

Wallace, Cooper
6-3 262 Auburn

Offensive Tackles
Meadow, Robin
6-5 307 Washington

Roland, Jr., Dennis
6-9 302 Georgia

Guards
Wheeler, Stefon
6-5 347 Michigan State

Tella, Tony
6-4 308 Miami (Fla.)

Centers
Degory, Mike
6-4 297 Florida

Raiola, Donovan
6-2 296 Wisconsin

Ross, Pat
6-3 295 Boston College

Defensive Ends
Henderson, Eric
6-2 261 Georgia Tech

Kudla, Mike
6-2 261 Ohio State

Rice, Matthew
6-4 270 Penn State

Defensive Tackles
Anderson, Sir Henry
6-4 305 Oregon State

Jackson, Tommy 'T.J.'
6-0 305 Auburn

Brown, Manaia
6-3 302 Brigham Young

Outside linebackers
Bryan, Copeland
6-3 247 Arizona

Iwuh, Brian
5-11 235 Colorado

Kershaw, William
6-3 241 Maryland

Trucks, Anthony
6-1 234 Oregon

Inside Linebackers
Parham, Kai
6-3 255 Virginia

Roach, Freddie
6-2 251 Alabama

Robinson, Dale
6-0 232 Arizona State

Cornerbacks
Gordon, Charles
5-10 184 Kansas

Hunter, Darrell
6-0 207 Miami (Ohio)

Phillips, Anwar
6-0 192 Penn State

Williams, Tramon
5-11 181 Louisiana Tech

Wyatt, Justin
5-9 190 Southern California

Safeties
Demps, Marcus
6-0 202 San Diego State

Herring, Jarvis
5-11 208 Florida

Brooks, Darrell
6-0 200 Arizona

Harrell, Chris
6-0 208 Penn State

Slay, Dwayne
6-3 207 Texas Tech

Ware, Scott
6-1 215 Southern California

[Deputy Nutz]

Here is NFLDRAFTCOUNTDOWN"S TOP 50 undrafted players

http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/review/topundrafted.html

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'd recommend targeting these guys:

QB Darrell Hackney
RB Mike Bell
FB Matt Bernstein
TE Tim Day
OC Patrick Ross
DE Mike Kudla
DT Tommy Jackson
S/LB Brian Iwuh
CB Charles Gordon

[Charles Woodson]

are the dragons dead, seems i always have to bump it

[Deputy Nutz]

Well, my job is done, see you guys next April, I am off to scout a pee wee soccer game for future kicking prospects.

[MJZiggy]

Well, my job is done, see you guys next April, I am off to scout a pee wee soccer game for future kicking prospects.

We still need a linebackers coach...

[Deputy Nutz]

Sorry I don't dip my wick twice. I had the role on this team that I wanted, and now I am out. I think myself, Harv, and Bretsky set the organization for a long time.

[MJZiggy]

Report back next offseason.