02-28-2017, 02:36 PM
(02-28-2017, 02:28 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And even that rookie pool number is iffy because that assumes all 11 picks make the team, which isn't currently possible because then they would need to cut other people to make roster space, thus freeing up more cap. Spotrac has the Bengals listed as 56 people under contract right now. So even if the draft picks kick league minimum guys off the payroll, that's $420,000 x 11 = $4.62m.
So your $9.2m rookie pool - $4.62m = $4.58m is the actual cap hit.. and that's assuming every single draft pick replaces someone making league minimum, which is unlikely. So it's probably even less.
No doubt. And I subtracted over the rolled over cap money...but it can be spent on extensions, etc.
It's not a bad thing. That's what it's for.
