Redskins 2014 Salary Cap

[Krusheasy]

Links:

• Washington Redskins Player Contracts, Salaries, & Transactions
• http://www.overthecap.com/teamcap.php?Team=Redskins&Year=2014

• Looking at What Voiding the Contracts of Meriweather, Morgan and Fletcher Will Mean Next Year

• Players the Redskins Could Cut To Help 2014 Salary Cap

• Combined impact of the voided contracts and potential cuts mean for the Redskins 2014 Salary Cap

Quarterbacks: $6.447

Robert Griffin III- $5.759
Kirk Cousins- $0.688
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Running backs: $3.953

Alfred Morris- $0.600
Roy Helu Jr- $0.762
Evan Royster- $0.672
Chris Thompson- $0.541
Darrel Young- $1.378
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Tight ends: $2.658

Logan Paulsen- $1.336
Jordan Reed- $0.632
Niles Paul- $0.690
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Wide Receivers: $20.621

Pierre Garcon- $9.700
Josh Morgan- $10.100 (voidable)
Leonard Hankerson- $0.821
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Offensive linemen: $25.709

Trent Williams- $10.985
Chris Chester- $4.300
Will Montgomery- $3.425
Kory Lichtensteiger- $3.300
Tyler Polumbus- $1.100
Josh LeRibeus- $0.764
Adam Gettis- $0.620
Tom Compton- $0.570
Maurice Hurt- $0.645
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Offensive total: $59.388

Defensive Line: $24.752

Stephen Bowen- $7.020
Barry Cofield- $7.602
Adam Carriker- $6.833
Jarvis Jenkins- $1.521
Kedric Golston- $1.120
Chris Neild- $0.656
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Linebackers: $9.649

Ryan Kerrigan- $2.774
London Fletcher- $6.200 (voidable)
Keenan Robinson- $0.675
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Cornerbacks: $1.461

David Amerson- $ 0.875
Richard Crawford- $0.586
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Safeties: $4.521
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Brandon Meriweather- $3.4 (voidable)
Phillip Thomas- $0.601
Bacarri Rambo- $0.520

Specialists: $2.844
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Sav Rocca- $1.362
Nick Sundberg- $0.912
Kai Forbath- $0.570
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Defensive/Specialists Total: $43.227

Combined Total: $102.615 for 39 players

Currently the 2014 salary cap is set at 127.5M which would put the Redskins 25M under the cap with 14 open roster spots.

Voidable contracts would save an additional $12.629 million which wold increase caps space to 37.6M


Looks the the cap might be increasing. If true the cap would increase to 131.5M which would make available cap space, with voided contracts, 41.6M & 14 open roster spots.

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[j_y19]

Wow. While that looks like a pile of money, if you look at the roster, we need a bunch of players.

Offense

WR - 3
OL - 2/3
TE - 1
QB - 1

Defense

ILB - 3
OLB - 1
CB - 3
S - 2

Special Teams

Punter - 1

We're going to need every dollar we can scrape up......

 

[Sharkinva]

Dan Snyder, Lots of actual cap space, new coach........ Boys this could get really crazy.

 

[Krusheasy]

Wow. While that looks like a pile of money, if you look at the roster, we need a bunch of players.

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Assuming we have 40M+ in cap space I would address these 8 positions (4.25M per) in Free Agency with 34M of available cap space.

WR - 1
OL - 2
ILB - 2
OLB - 1
CB - 1
S - 1

Which would leave 6M for the remaining 6 positions in the draft.

 

[j_y19]

Dan Snyder, Lots of actual cap space, new coach........ Boys this could get really crazy.

Can you say Albert haynesworth?

 

[Krusheasy]

this is my lame attempt to crunch some of these numbers to see what we have to work with.

Continuing with the assumption from the OP we have 37.6M in cap space & 14 open roster spots.

Here is how I propose that money is divided.

The names are not as important at this point, just trying to estimate how much money we can dedicate towards each position.

Defense
DL = 2mil
Baker 2 mil

OLB x 3 = 10.75
Orakpo - 9 mil
Tapp - .750
Jacokson 1 mil

ILB x 3 = 6.75
FA ILB - 3 mil
Riley - 3 mil
Kehl - .750k

DB x 5 = 15.25
Hall - 6 mil
Wilson - 1.5
Biggers - 1.25
FA safety - 4 mil
Merriweather 2.5 mil


which leaves approximately 3 mil for the rookies in the draft and the final 2 roster spots

Obviously I'm assuming we're going to go hard after defense in FA and attack offense in the draft.

Only way I see us affording a WR.

numbers might not be exact ... might have to cut a punter and draft a rookie in order save 1.5m

but how far off base do these estimates sound ?



On a side note ... really need to to go all in now for a SB run ... cap situation is not going to get any easier in 2 years when Griffin rookie contract is up.

 

[Krusheasy]

Keim breaks down salary cap % by position

Positional look at Washington Redskins' salary cap - ESPN

Quarterback
Under contract: 2
Total cap value: $6,447,926
Percentage of team cap: 7.1
Top cap charge: Robert Griffin III ($5,759,754)

Running back
Under contract: 6
Total cap value: $5,171,921
Percentage of team cap: 5.7
Top cap charge: Roy Helu ($1,506,563)

Wide receiver
Under contract: 4
Total cap value: $11,577,219
Percentage of team cap: 12.75
Top cap charge: Pierre Garcon ($9,700,000)

Tight end
Under contract: 3
Total cap value: $3,569,357
Percentage of team cap: 3.93
Top cap charge: Logan Paulsen ($2,236,666)

Offensive line
Under contract: 9
Total cap value: $27,204,967
Percentage of team cap: 29.97
Top cap charge: Trent Williams ($10,980,393)

Defensive line
Under contract: 6
Total cap value: $24,621,156
Percentage of team cap: 27.12
Top cap charge: Barry Cofield ($7,667,500)

Linebacker
Under contract: 5
Total cap value: $5,201,881
Percentage of team cap: 15.58
Top cap charge: Ryan Kerrigan ($2,774,639)

Cornerback
Under contract: 3
Total cap value: $1,956,138
Percentage of team cap: 2.15
Top cap charge: David Amerson ($875,205)

Safety
Under contract: 3
Total cap value: $1,616,719
Percentage of team cap: 1.78
Top cap charge: Trent Robinson ($570,000)

Specialists
Under contract: 4
Total cap value: $3,415,000
Percentage of team cap: 3.76
Top cap charge: Sav Rocca ($1,362,500)

 

[j_y19]

this is my lame attempt to crunch some of these numbers to see what we have to work with.

Continuing with the assumption from the OP we have 37.6M in cap space & 14 open roster spots.

Here is how I propose that money is divided.

The names are not as important at this point, just trying to estimate how much money we can dedicate towards each position.

Defense
DL = 2mil
Baker 2 mil

OLB x 3 = 10.75
Orakpo - 9 mil
Tapp - .750
Jacokson 1 mil

ILB x 3 = 6.75
FA ILB - 3 mil
Riley - 3 mil
Kehl - .750k

DB x 5 = 15.25
Hall - 6 mil
Wilson - 1.5
Biggers - 1.25
FA safety - 4 mil
Merriweather 2.5 mil


which leaves approximately 3 mil for the rookies in the draft and the final 2 roster spots

Obviously I'm assuming we're going to go hard after defense in FA and attack offense in the draft.

Only way I see us affording a WR.

numbers might not be exact ... might have to cut a punter and draft a rookie in order save 1.5m

but how far off base do these estimates sound ?



On a side note ... really need to to go all in now for a SB run ... cap situation is not going to get any easier in 2 years when Griffin rookie contract is up.

Krush, I think your numbers are way light. Rak will be at least 10, if not 11M. Jackson makes 1.2M today, he's not taking a pay cut. Expect him to at least double. Tapp makes $1M today. Riley will be at least $5-6M. Vet minimum for Kehl is $950K, he'll make at least that. We also don't have $36.4M in space unless we do some serious dead weight cutting, which is possible. We sit at about $24-25M in cap space.

Now you can structure some of these contracts so that they are back end loaded, to buy you some room this year, but then you get into the next 2-4 years with bloated contracts on the books right when we need to sign RG3, Trent, and Kerrigan.

 

[Sharkinva]

Krush, I think your numbers are way light. Rak will be at least 10, if not 11M. Jackson makes 1.2M today, he's not taking a pay cut. Expect him to at least double. Tapp makes $1M today. Riley will be at least $5-6M. Vet minimum for Kehl is $950K, he'll make at least that. We also don't have $36.4M in space unless we do some serious dead weight cutting, which is possible. We sit at about $24-25M in cap space.

Now you can structure some of these contracts so that they are back end loaded, to buy you some room this year, but then you get into the next 2-4 years with bloated contracts on the books right when we need to sign RG3, Trent, and Kerrigan.

OK people keep stressing this. And Im not picking on you j_y..... but seriously. We currently have $39 Million in free cap space for 2015, and $94 Million for 2016. Both of these numbers mind you are based off of a projected cap of $126 Million. Considering that the Cap is projected at $126-130 this year, I highly doubt it will stay flat at 126 over the next two years. My point being that we should not have any problem cap wise resigning Williams or Kerrigan and Griffin wont be due until 2016 assuming we dont excersize the rookie fifth year option which would then mean we dont have to really worry about his deal until 2017. Bottom line is we would have to really TRY to fuck things up from a cap perspective right now.

 

[cdumler7]

OK people keep stressing this. And Im not picking on you j_y..... but seriously. We currently have $39 Million in free cap space for 2015, and $94 Million for 2016. Both of these numbers mind you are based off of a projected cap of $126 Million. Considering that the Cap is projected at $126-130 this year, I highly doubt it will stay flat at 126 over the next two years. My point being that we should not have any problem cap wise resigning Williams or Kerrigan and Griffin wont be due until 2016 assuming we dont excersize the rookie fifth year option which would then mean we dont have to really worry about his deal until 2017. Bottom line is we would have to really TRY to fuck things up from a cap perspective right now.

Most teams in the NFL though have similar numbers in cap room over those years so I don't think saying you have that much room now means a whole lot. It will all depend on who you sign, when their big cap numbers come up, and many other factors. Yes the Redskins should have enough room to operate and seem to finally be getting themselves out of Cap Hell but it doesn't take much to get right back in it.

 

[smackdaddy]

Dan Snyder and lots of money to spend is a scary thing. Remember, he likes shiny things that sparkle. Griffin being his latest toy. Still paying for that btw. I will never trust Danny to spend wisely. I see one maybe two super names being signed by the skins that will eat up alot of the cap. They may just take back the off season crown that belonged to them for so many years. Nah..regarding Dan. The skunks stick is always with the animal.

 

[smackdaddy]

the skunk stink

 

[Sharkinva]

Most teams in the NFL though have similar numbers in cap room over those years so I don't think saying you have that much room now means a whole lot. It will all depend on who you sign, when their big cap numbers come up, and many other factors. Yes the Redskins should have enough room to operate and seem to finally be getting themselves out of Cap Hell but it doesn't take much to get right back in it.

Actually the rookie cap is what will save the Skins and most other teams. And yes teams have to be smart. But Im hoping Dan avoids the Haynesworth type signings which is what really got the Skins into trouble to begin with. And while i have zero faith in Bruce Allen the talent guy, I have utmost faith in Bruce the contract guy.

 

[cdumler7]

Actually the rookie cap is what will save the Skins and most other teams. And yes teams have to be smart. But Im hoping Dan avoids the Haynesworth type signings which is what really got the Skins into trouble to begin with. And while i have zero faith in Bruce Allen the talent guy, I have utmost faith in Bruce the contract guy.

I agree the Rookie Cap is saving quite a few teams so that those early picks don't destroy a franchise quite like they used to if the player busted. It doesn't take much though to get a couple of bad contracts on some FA players that don't pan out and get a team right back where they were. Washington is definitely my dark horse this year in the NFC but that will all depend on how they actually decide to use the cap space they haven't had for a while. Should be a fun off season for you guys but hopefully like you said they don't run into another Haynseworth type situation as there are definitely some players like that in this FA that I would want nothing to do with.

 

[Sharkinva]

I agree the Rookie Cap is saving quite a few teams so that those early picks don't destroy a franchise quite like they used to if the player busted. It doesn't take much though to get a couple of bad contracts on some FA players that don't pan out and get a team right back where they were. Washington is definitely my dark horse this year in the NFC but that will all depend on how they actually decide to use the cap space they haven't had for a while. Should be a fun off season for you guys but hopefully like you said they don't run into another Haynseworth type situation as there are definitely some players like that in this FA that I would want nothing to do with.

Talib... did I hear Talib.

 

[JDM]

How much are you willing to pay him?

 

[Sharkinva]

How much are you willing to pay him?

I dont want him. I think he is going to get paid and proceed to tank in his next destination.

 

[cdumler7]

Talib... did I hear Talib.

He is one name that definitely comes to mind. With him it all depends on how much his contract is. If he gets somewhere in the $5-7 million range I would say that sounds about right for a very talented player with injury and off-field issues like him. Anymore than that and man a team is putting a lot of trust in a guy that to me just isn't worth it especially considering having guys like Verner, DRC, Grimes, Davis, and even a few others that could give you pretty close to the same production if maybe not better without all the Red Flags.

 

[skinz2winz]

I'm hoping with Hall on board, we focus on Grimes, Verner or Davis in that order to fill the last CB spot along with Amerson, Crawford & Minnifield. I don't want to see Wilson or Biggers anymore!

 

[SoCalWizFan]

On a side note ... really need to to go all in now for a SB run ... cap situation is not going to get any easier in 2 years when Griffin rookie contract is up.

If you are talking about putting all of their chips in for the coming season - HELL NO!

Do you have a short memory? That would be a sure fire recipe to ensure that they are hanging out in the cellar in the subsequent years. They simply need to focus on some - but not all - positions on both sides. Try to get younger, somewhat cheaper players and stay away from the sexy FAs unless they get a real bargain.

We all really need to learn from the past and try to not repeat it. I don't believe that it is unrealistic to expect Allen & co to try to somewhat stick to this script (in spite of all of the Snyder and Skins bashers).