Chiefs Chiefs’ updated salary-cap figures

**Tribal Warfare** · 04-13-2013, 12:01 AM

Chiefs’ updated salary-cap figures
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star
The Chiefs’ salary cap, after adjustments, is $139,377,454. They currently have salary cap obligations of $135,767,507, leaving them with $3,609,947 of cap room as they get close to the NFL Draft.

The Chiefs’ salary cap obligations consist of their top 51 cap figures, which total $120,733,362, and their so-called “dead money,” which equals $15,034,145.

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Chiefs salary cap commitments

Pos., player 2013 base salary 2013 cap figure*
LB Tamba Hali $12,250,000 $15,500,000
DB Eric Berry $7,009,000 $10,211,700
OL Branden Albert $9,828,000 $9,828,000
QB Alex Smith $7,500,000 $9,750,000
CB Brandon Flowers $7,350,000 $9,600,000
DE Tyson Jackson $4,200,000 $7,200,000
RB Jamaal Charles $1,750,000 $4,333,333
WR Dwayne Bowe $750,000 $4,000,000
LB Derrick Johnson $2,250,000 $3,500,000
DB Sean Smith $715,000 $3,000,000
DB Dunta Robinson $950,000 $2,750,000
DL Dontari Poe $904,456 $2,572,728
PK Ryan Succop $1,950,000 $2,400,000
TE Anthony Fasano $1,200,000 $2,375,000
DE Mike DeVito $850,000 $2,300,000
WR Jon Baldwin $1,061,510 $2,059,528
P Dustin Colquitt $950,000 $1,850,000
WR Donnie Avery $750,000 $1,800,000
QB Chase Daniel $750,000 $1,800,000
OL Jon Asamoah $1,323,000 $1,551,030
TE Tony Moeaki $1,323,000 $1,494,662
WR Dexter McCluster $630,000 $1,400,000
DB Kendrick Lewis $1,323,000 $1,374,725
OL Jeff Allen $591,083 $1,055,415
CB Javier Arenas $630,000 $1,003,750
OL Rodney Hudson $643,746 $956,209
WR Terrance Copper $840,000 $915,000
LB Justin Houston $555,000 $747,812
DL Allen Bailey $555,000 $718,986
OL Geoff Schwartz $630,000 $700,000
DB Jalil Brown $555,000 $682,325
OL Donald Stephenson $480,000 $664,375
LB Cory Greenwood $630,000 $656,250
LB Frank Zombo $630,000 $640,000
DL Marcus Dixon $630,000 $630,000
OL Bryan Mattison $630,000 $630,000
QB Ricky Stanzi $555,000 $619,763
WR Devon Wylie $480,000 $613,850
DL Jerrell Powe $555,000 $583,170
LS Thomas Gafford $715,000 $565,000
LB Edgar Jones $715,000 $565,000
DB Husain Abdullah $715,000 $555,000
WR Mardy Gilyard $555,000 $555,000
DL Daniel Muir $715,000 $555,000
DL Anthony Toribio $555,000 $555,000
RB Cyrus Gray $480,000 $514,918
RB Nate Eachus $480,000 $480,833
WR Josh Bellamy $480,000 $480,000
FB Patrick DiMarco $480,000 $480,000
FB Ryan D’Imperio $480,000 $480,000
RB Shaun Draughn $480,000 $480,000
OL Ryan Durand $480,000 $480,000
DB Tysyn Hartman $480,000 $480,000
WR Jamar Newsome $480,000 $480,000
DB Neiko Thorpe $480,000 $480,000
DB De’Quan Menzie $405,000 $464,613
OL Steve Baker $405,000 $410,000
TE Kevin Brock $405,000 $405,000
OL Tommie Draheim $405,000 $405,000
DB Jose Gumbs $405,000 $405,000
WR Junior Hemingway $405,000 $405,000
LB Chad Kilgore $405,000 $405,000
DL Lucas Patterson $405,000 $405,000
WR Tyler Shoemaker $405,000 $405,000
QB Alex Tanney $405,000 $405,000
OL Dustin Waldron $405,000 $405,000
*Salary cap figure includes various bonuses

Chiefs’ dead money

So-called “dead money” for players who were either released of voided the 2013 season from their contract:

Pos., player Dead money
QB Matt Cassel $3,950,000
WR Steve Breaston $3,000,000
OL Eric Winston $3,000,000
DL Glenn Dorsey $2,699,942
TE Kevin Boss $1,666,667
LB Gabe Miller $99,250
LB Cameron Sheffield $48,614
DL Jerome Long $45,450
WR Junior Hemingway $34,884
WR Josh Bellamy $5,334
DB Neiko Thorpe $3,334
DL Brandon Bair $2,334
DB Chandler Fenner $2,334
RB Taylor Gentry $2,334
OL Justin Cheadle $2,000
WR Brandon Kinnie $1,667
DB Terrance Parks $1,667
OL Cam Holland $1,000
LB Dexter Heyman $667

ThaVirus · 04-13-2013, 12:04 AM

Are the figures for Bowe correct?

Jethopper · 04-13-2013, 12:18 AM

dexter heyman is killing it

chiefs1111 · 04-13-2013, 12:24 AM

Who in the hell is Taylor Gentry?

**TimeForWasp** · 04-13-2013, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by chiefs1111

Who in the hell is Taylor Gentry?

Fullback. Was competing with Hillis.

**The Bad Guy** · 04-13-2013, 02:27 AM

How could Dorsey have dead money when he played out his contract without renegotiation?

**The Bad Guy** · 04-13-2013, 02:29 AM

The Star is also assuming every player hits all bonuses in these figures.

**ChiefGator** · 04-13-2013, 03:31 AM

LB Tamba Hali $12,250,000 $15,500,000
DB Eric Berry $7,009,000 $10,211,700
OL Branden Albert $9,828,000 $9,828,000
QB Alex Smith $7,500,000 $9,750,000
CB Brandon Flowers $7,350,000 $9,600,000

Some of those numbers are surprisingly high. Obviously, Albert's will come down with a new contract (or trade). Flowers' and Berry's pay is really quite high. I would be interested to see where their contracts place them in terms of other DB's.

Good thing about Tamba's is that it drops the next two years, so you probably try to play under that contract, unless he will take a pay cut.

Obviously, quite a bit of dead weight, which is the norm for switching GMs I would wager.

spanky 52 · 04-13-2013, 04:52 AM

I thought they had to have about 5 million available for draft picks and udfa's. If so, somebody else is getting the axe.

BlackHelicopters · 04-13-2013, 06:39 AM

The dead money section is screwy. We have to pay fo Pioli's **** ups?

ChiliConCarnage · 04-13-2013, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by spanky 52

I thought they had to have about 5 million available for draft picks and udfa's. If so, somebody else is getting the axe.

This is also the OOS cap so the IS cap will be worse when you add in practice squad and guys they end up carrying on IR.

edit: I also can't think of a reason why we'd be carrying dead money on Dorsey's contract. Did he renegotiate to back out a year at some point? I don't remember anything like that

**The Bad Guy** · 04-13-2013, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by spanky 52

I thought they had to have about 5 million available for draft picks and udfa's. If so, somebody else is getting the axe.

They really don't need 5 million.

Everyone after the top 3 picks is basically making the league min, so they are just basically bumping 3 guys out of the top 51 spots, so there's no difference in salary.

I just don't buy the Stars current numbers.

Direckshun · 04-13-2013, 08:17 AM

Why are we paying Jerome Long?

So wait -- you're telling me that dudes get plucked off OUR waiver wire, and WE have to pay them.

**The Bad Guy** · 04-13-2013, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun

Why are we paying Jerome Long?

So wait -- you're telling me that dudes get plucked off OUR waiver wire, and WE have to pay them.

I don't trust those numbers at all.

The top 51 count against the cap. Glenn Dorsey can't possibly have dead money here if he played out the contract. He wasn't cut.

philfree · 04-13-2013, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

I don't trust those numbers at all.

The top 51 count against the cap. Glenn Dorsey can't possibly have dead money here if he played out the contract. He wasn't cut.

That's what I was thinking.

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