Chiefs Let's talk salary cap.

Direckshun · 08-12-2014, 09:28 PM

In particular, 2015's salary cap.

According to Overthecap.com, we are currently slated at $123m, when the projected cap is going to be $140m.

We're almost certainly going to cut Hali, which will net us 9m. We're probably going to cut Sean Smith, which will net us 5.5m. We'll probably cut Chase Daniel (who is projected to be the 9th highest contract on our team in 2015, which is ****ing nuts), which will save us 3.5. It's possible the team cuts Fasano as he's costing us about $4m/year, however he wouldn't even save us $2m if we did, so I'm not going to include him in my calculations. Cutting Donnie Avery would net us $3.5m, but it's not remotely clear if we're in a position to do that, seeing how we have no WRs on this team.

We'll almost certainly extend Eric Berry, but seeing how the going rate for an elite safety is about what he's making now, I'm projecting zero cap change on him.

So that leaves us, assuming there's no change on the Alex Smith/Justin Houston front, with $35m in cap space.

That should be enough to sign Alex Smith long term, get Houston inked or franchised, and sign our draft picks, and little else.

Everything frees up in 2016, but in 2015, we're looking at another year of a tight cap due to our signings in 2013.

08-12-2014, 09:28 PM	Topic Starter
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4213447	Let's talk salary cap. In particular, 2015's salary cap. According to Overthecap.com, we are currently slated at $123m, when the projected cap is going to be $140m. We're almost certainly going to cut Hali, which will net us 9m. We're probably going to cut Sean Smith, which will net us 5.5m. We'll probably cut Chase Daniel (who is projected to be the 9th highest contract on our team in 2015, which is ****ing nuts), which will save us 3.5. It's possible the team cuts Fasano as he's costing us about $4m/year, however he wouldn't even save us $2m if we did, so I'm not going to include him in my calculations. Cutting Donnie Avery would net us $3.5m, but it's not remotely clear if we're in a position to do that, seeing how we have no WRs on this team. We'll almost certainly extend Eric Berry, but seeing how the going rate for an elite safety is about what he's making now, I'm projecting zero cap change on him. So that leaves us, assuming there's no change on the Alex Smith/Justin Houston front, with $35m in cap space. That should be enough to sign Alex Smith long term, get Houston inked or franchised, and sign our draft picks, and little else. Everything frees up in 2016, but in 2015, we're looking at another year of a tight cap due to our signings in 2013.
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