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In the past 24 hours, long-time Patriot Vince Wilfork has joined the team, speaking of his interest in playing with J.J., J-Jo, Cush and Clowney. His addition should help Louis Nix III develop into our fluffy fat man in the middle of the future. Four-year vet Cecil Shorts III has finally left the nightmare that is the Jags franchise because he is tired of losing (and wants something positive at the quarterback position).
We still have holes, though, which is to be expected in the second season of a roster rejuvenation and change in philosophies. Among those holes are slot receiver, inside linebacker next to Cushing, offensive linemen depth, return specialists (unless K-Mart is our future at the position...yikes).
What say you, Battle Red Fanatics? What other positions should Chris Olsen finagle under the salary cap? How should he work this magic? Keep in mind that without Wilfork and Shorts' contracts included, but with Hoyer, Mallett and Moore's contracts, Spotrac says we have exactly $3,582,617 available, not including what we need for our draft picks.
2015 Cap Totals | ||||||||
CAP TYPE | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | OPTION BONUS | WORKOUT BONUS |
RESTRUC. BONUS |
INCENTIVES | CAP TOTAL |
2015 NFL Salary Cap | $143,280,000 | |||||||
2014 Rollover Cap | $966,613 | |||||||
Adjustment | $1,779,133 | |||||||
Adjusted Salary Cap | $146,025,746 | |||||||
All Active Contracts | $80,002,085 | $24,046,708 | $24,551,784 | $2,450,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $131,300,577 |
Top 51 Contracts | $75,217,085 | $24,032,568 | $24,551,784 | $2,450,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $126,515,577 |
Draft Pool | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $5,379,376 |
Dead Money | - | $3,698,176 | - | $400,000 | - | $6,450,000 | - | $10,548,176 |
Total (w/All Active) | $80,002,085 | $27,744,884 | $24,551,784 | $2,850,000 | - | $6,450,000 | $250,000 |
$141,848,753 |
Total (w/Top 51) | $75,217,085 | $27,730,744 | $24,551,784 | $2,850,000 | - | $6,450,000 | $250,000 | $137,063,753 |
Cap Space (w/Top 51 & Projected Draft Pool) | $3,582,617 | |||||||
Cap Space (w/Top 51) | $8,961,993 |
Who should we target? How can we afford them? Please remember we need to field a competitive squad.
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I've updated the cap space as Spotrac has updated their information. The only player not included is Shorts. This leaves us with a mere $470,742 in cap space, because we still need to leave $5,379,376 available for draft picks.
2015 Cap Totals | ||||||||
CAP TYPE | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | OPTION BONUS | WORKOUT BONUS |
RESTRUC. BONUS |
INCENTIVES | CAP TOTAL |
2015 NFL Salary Cap | $143,280,000 | |||||||
2014 Rollover Cap | $966,613 | |||||||
Adjustment | $1,779,133 | |||||||
Adjusted Salary Cap | $146,025,746 | |||||||
All Active Contracts | $81,832,085 | $25,596,708 | $26,223,659 | $2,450,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $135,942,452 |
Top 51 Contracts | $75,217,085 | $25,582,568 | $26,223,659 | $2,450,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $129,627,452 |
Draft Pool | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $5,379,376 |
Dead Money | - | $3,698,176 | - | $400,000 | - | $6,450,000 | - | $10,548,176 |
Total (w/All Active) | $81,832,085 | $29,294,884 | $26,223,659 | $2,850,000 | - | $6,450,000 | $250,000 |
$146,490,628 |
Total (w/Top 51) | $75,517,085 | $29,280,744 | $26,223,659 | $2,850,000 | - | $6,450,000 | $250,000 | $140,175,628 |
Cap Space (w/Top 51 & Projected Draft Pool) | $470,742 | |||||||
Cap Space (w/Top 51) |
$5,850,118 |