05-04-2020, 01:20 PM
(05-04-2020, 12:32 AM)SErebel11 Wrote: I think this is incorrect for 2 reasons.
Adjusted Salary Cap
$208,447,093
this number has the 2019 rollover included in it as I understand it. It appears spotrac is considering it twice.
dead cap figure is 9,374,988
You cannot figure in the rookie contracts as $11,873,031. That is incorrect.
For instance, the current top 51 probably has a guy making around 610,000 but once Burrow is signed and his cap number is $6,580,025.00. Because his cap number is more then it boots off the 610,000 dollar salary making it a net add to the top 51 of $5,970,025.00. So for every pick that gets added to the top 51 that adds less to the top 51 than the rookie contract makes it look like. Realistically, if all 7 picks get added it takes the actual net difference down by the salaries of the bottom 7 of the top 51.
That is why I did the post tonight with every salary included so I could get a round about on the actual top 51 with rookie salary cap hits included and came up with roughly $17,823,000 in current cap space once the rookie deals are signed.
I can't swear by the math, but when we were arguing about the chances of keeping Dalton I I counted us about dead even after paying the rookies. So without Dalton's contract that gave us $17 + million.
