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State of the Colts Salary Cap – 20 June 2018
So starts the “dead” period of the NFL year – 6 weeks of hopefully NO news about our beloved Colts because if there is news, it is typically negative.
So, we have 90 bodies in camp, lots of optimism about the O-Line, the offense as a whole and our new coaching staff while the defense is a complete mystery. Should be an exciting Training Camp to see how it all shakes out. About the last way that the team can help itself player-wise will be camp waivers and final cap cut downs. Every year, there are a few “surprise” cuts of good players whom someone younger and cheaper has taken their job. Quite a few teams are up against the cap so cutting a higher paid veteran and getting (hopefully) the same performance out of a younger player is always a good move. So, where to the Colts stand on their ability to potentially pay the salary of a surprise cut? Read below to find out (okay, seriously, I get excited by this stuff)! Maximum Cap Allowance: $177.200m = 2018 NFL Salary Cap $016.837m = 2017 Colts Cap Roll-over =========== $194.037m = 2018 Colts Salary Cap Current Cap Charges: $139.268m = Current Top 51 Contracts $000.363m = Injured Reserve (Johnathan Calvin) $001.932m = Dead Money =========== $141.563m = Current Cap Obligations Projected Future Cap Charges: $001.382m = Signing Darius Leonard & Braden Smith and kicking 2 guys counting $630k against the cap $001.260m = Counting #52 and #53 on active roster $001.200m = Practice Squad $003.000m = In-Season “Churn” space to hire new players to replace those who go on IR =========== $006.842m $045.632m = Free Cap Space with which to hire new talent However, there is one further complication and that is that there are a number of folks whom currently make less than the top 51 or 53 paid players on the roster whom I am pretty darn sure are going to make the final roster and thus displacing higher paid folks. Currently, the 51st highest paid player on the team has a cap hit of $630,000 and there are 13 folks making that amount. 8 are currently counting against the cap (taking us to 51 total) while 5 are not. If lower paid players make the final roster, they will do so by displacing higher paid players and this will INCREASE our available cap space. This imprecise list of lower paid players whom I think will make the final 53-man roster includes: $621,000 = LB Anthony Walker Jr. $621,000 = CB Nate Hairston $559,000 = P Rigberto Sanchez $555,000 = TE Erik Swoope (assuming he is healthy) $555,000 = CB Kenny Moore $540,000 = RB Jordan Wilkins $540,000 = WR Daurice Fountain $521,000 = WR Deon Cain $505,000 = LB Matthew Adams $501,000 = LB Zaire Franklin The list of higher paid players (currently in our top 51) whom, IMO, are not locks to make our final roster: $2,500,000 = DT Magus Hunt $1,907,000 = OL Mark Glowinski $1,907,000 = DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches $0,790,000 = DT Caraun Reid $0,759,000 = LB Antonio Morrison $0,705,000 = DE Chris McCain $0,705,000 = DE Anthony Johnson $0,705,000 = OT Tyreek Burwell $0,639,000 = CB D.J. White $0,630,000 = WR James White $0,630,000 = OG Jeremey Vujnovich $0,630,000 = TE Ross Travis $0,630,000 = WR Seantavius Jones $0,630,000 = RB Josh Ferguson $0,630,000 = RB Christian Michael $0,630,000 = WR Tyrell Adams Depending on whom those lower paid players replace, it will realize a cap savings of anywhere from around $800,000 to $5.800m. So, in the end, the Colts will end up with somewhere between $46m - $50m to spend on potential camp cuts. Top Ten Cap Savings if Cut: (i.e. a way to increase our available cap space if required) $9.000m = T.Y. Hilton $4.368m = Jack Doyle $4.250m = Jabaal Sheard $3.281m = John Simon $2.950m = Austin Howard $2.500m = Margus Hunt $2.500m = Al Woods $2.400m = Anthony Castonzo $1.907m = Denzell Good $1.907m = Mark Glowinski $1.907m = Rakeem Nunez-Roches Players who are UFA at the end of the 2018-2019 NFL season (and might get extended or new contracts): Age / Position / Name 45 / PK / Adam Vinatieri 32 / OG / Matt Slauson 31 / OT / Austin Howard 31 / NT / Al Woods 30 / UT / Margus Hunt 28 / RB / Robert Turbin 28 / LB / Najee Goode 27 / WR / Ryan Grant 27 / CB / Pierre Desir 27 / RB / Christie Michael 27 / OT / Denzelle Good 27 / OG / Jack Mewhort 26 / DT / Caraun Reid 26 / DE / Chris McCain 26 / SS / Clayton Geathers 27 / LB / Jeremiah George 26 / OT / Tyreek Burwell 26 / OG / Mark Glowinski 25 / DE / Anthony Johnson 25 / DT / Rakeen Nunez-Roches Other than Vinatieri (whom I would keep re-signing as long as he wanted to play and he was effective), the only other name on the list that I sort of think is a “must sign” right now is Denzelle Good. Others might play themselves into a contract offer during the 2018 season (Geathers, Desir and Grant are my top choices) but if Good does this year what he has done every other year, then he is worth a good veteran contract. Not much to do with that $46m - $50m of free cap space this season. I hope Ballard has a plan. Walk Worthy,
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Nice recap as usual
Ballard doesnt seem like the guy who does anything without a plan. We may not understand or agree but he has a plan and he is implementing it. Last edited by rcubed; 06-20-2018 at 02:08 PM. Reason: stupidity |
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Of the guys they should keep, it would be Sherad. All he did was bust his butt last year. No, he's not Freeney. You find a guy from the left who can get some pressure, he's going to get single blocking and he will have a better chance at cleaning up. He plays the run well, really comes down the line hard when he recognizes inside runs. And it's just me, I don't think $3 million is enough for in season churn. The number of guys this team has gone through in the last two years, that won't be enough. Running out of cap in season is the worst. Having extra money at the end is not. |
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Would it be wrong to think that 2019 FA will be a busy one for the Colts? Right now they have to be under the % of salary cap that has to be used over a 4 year period aren't they?
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Depends on how many guys they want to keep and just get ahead of the cap issue.
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3 mil for roster churn has been the figure I have always heard teams budget. If it is off I doubt it is much |
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For some reason I doubt it with Ballard. Which is an error
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From 10 years ago the cap has increased how much? If you don't include inflation, then there won't be enough money. Players cost more, even cheap ones. |
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He wasn't a pussy. Best way I can explain him last year. |
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