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Originally Posted by Johanvil
How much cap space Ballard will be rolling from this season into 2020 you reckon?
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So, right now, assuming the 2020 cap rises on average what it has over the past three years, the cap will be around $198m.
Current 2020 obligations on the 35 folks who have contracts will be around $90m (once the 5th year option on Kelly is exercised). Add in this season's nine man draft class and that set of obligations rises to around $96m.
So, even without rolling any of 2019 cap into 2020, the Colts will be working with around $100m of 2020 money in free cap space. That amount will be reduced by signings this season that have not happened yet carrying into 2020 and the need to re-sign some of our own in 2020 (Castonzo, Sheard, Ebron, Doyle, Clark, Haeg, Ridgeway).
So, Ballard probably needs to carry a minimum $25m of 2019 unused cap over into 2020 in order to have the flexibility of signing our own in 2020.
However, my guess is that it will be more than that because, seriously, how is he going to spend $75m in free agency this off-season will the majority of the pass rushers tagged?
My guess? $50m rolled over to 2020.
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