ThreeBillsDrive Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/numbers.asp Projected 2007 NFL Salary Cap Space for Each Team Rank Team $ Under the Cap 1 San Francisco 49ers $42.1 M 2 Buffalo Bills $39.7 M 3 Arizona Cardinals $36.7 M 4 Tennessee Titans $36 M 5 Cleveland Browns $33.305 M 6 St. Louis Rams $31.98 M 7 Minnesota Vikings $31.5 M 8 Jacksonville Jaguars $31 M 9 Cincinnati Bengals $28.8 M 10 NY Jets $28.455 M 11 Green Bay Packers $28.36 M 12 New England Patriots $26.98 M 13 Chicago Bears $26.9 M 14 New Orleans Saints $26 M 15 San Diego Chargers $24.6 M 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $23.985 M 17 Detroit Lions $23.8 M 18 Seattle Seahawks $21.9 M 19 Dallas Cowboys $21.5 M 20 Houston Texans $19.8 M 21 Miami Dolphins $17.8 M 22 NY Giants $15.7 M 23 Oakland Raiders $14.105 M 24 Philadelphia Eagles $12.4 M 25 Atlanta Falcons $11.5 M 26 Denver Broncos $7.6 M 27 Kansas City Chiefs $7 M 28 Baltimore Ravens $5.7 M 29 Indianapolis Colts $4.9 M 30 Pittsburgh Steelers $1.44 M 31 Carolina Panthers $-3.1 32 Washington Redskins $-2.388 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipster19 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Hey, thanks for providing the info ThreeBillsDrive. I can't imagine the Bills having all this room and not using it. I'm really starting to look forward to the draft/FA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Well, at least we'll be number 1 at something when the season starts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalfan Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/numbers.asp Projected 2007 NFL Salary Cap Space for Each Team Rank Team $ Under the Cap 1 San Francisco 49ers $42.1 M 2 Buffalo Bills $39.7 M 3 Arizona Cardinals $36.7 M ............ 30 Pittsburgh Steelers $1.44 M 31 Carolina Panthers $-3.1 32 Washington Redskins $-2.388 M The guy is using a straight line to estimate the undercap numbers....so he is off by quite a bit on both ends. The redskins are about 8 million under the cap and the san francisco is about 30 million under the cap. The teams for 10-22 aren't as far off as on the extreme edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 The guy is using a straight line to estimate the undercap numbers....so he is off by quite a bit on both ends. The redskins are about 8 million under the cap and the san francisco is about 30 million under the cap. The teams for 10-22 aren't as far off as on the extreme edges. proof, references, links??? i know theyre not exactly right myself but you seem to know a more accurate source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBillsDrive Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share Posted February 16, 2007 The guy labelled it as a "projection". It at least provides a starting point for a relative comparison. I think the relative differences are more meaningful than the absolute differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneonta Buffalo Fan Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/numbers.asp Projected 2007 NFL Salary Cap Space for Each Team Rank Team $ Under the Cap 1 San Francisco 49ers $42.1 M 2 Buffalo Bills $39.7 M 3 Arizona Cardinals $36.7 M 4 Tennessee Titans $36 M 5 Cleveland Browns $33.305 M 6 St. Louis Rams $31.98 M 7 Minnesota Vikings $31.5 M 8 Jacksonville Jaguars $31 M 9 Cincinnati Bengals $28.8 M 10 NY Jets $28.455 M 11 Green Bay Packers $28.36 M 12 New England Patriots $26.98 M 13 Chicago Bears $26.9 M 14 New Orleans Saints $26 M 15 San Diego Chargers $24.6 M 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $23.985 M 17 Detroit Lions $23.8 M 18 Seattle Seahawks $21.9 M 19 Dallas Cowboys $21.5 M 20 Houston Texans $19.8 M 21 Miami Dolphins $17.8 M 22 NY Giants $15.7 M 23 Oakland Raiders $14.105 M 24 Philadelphia Eagles $12.4 M 25 Atlanta Falcons $11.5 M 26 Denver Broncos $7.6 M 27 Kansas City Chiefs $7 M 28 Baltimore Ravens $5.7 M 29 Indianapolis Colts $4.9 M 30 Pittsburgh Steelers $1.44 M 31 Carolina Panthers $-3.1 32 Washington Redskins $-2.388 M I can guarantee you we will not even spend half of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In space no one can hear Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I can guarantee you we will not even spend half of it. Why would you say that? I think they will spend it on free agents and hopefully on some extensions to current key players on the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estro Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 This is from the website AskThe Commish.com: "Is there a Minimum Salary? Answer: Yep. Under the new CBA, the players are guaranteed 50% of Leaguewide Total Revenues. In the event that player costs are less that 50% of Total Revenues, then, on or before April 15 of the next League Year, the NFL shall pay an amount equal to such deficiency directly to the players. More specifically, beginning in 2006 each team had to pay a guaranteed Minimum Team Salary of 84% of the Salary Cap. Each year that percentage goes up by 1.2%, which means that it is 85.2% this season. However, the Minimum Team Salary cannot extend beyond 90% of the Salary Cap. Any shortfall in the Minimum Team Salary at the end of a league year has to be paid, on or before April 15 of the next league year, by the team(s) having such shortfall, directly to the players who were on that team's roster at any time during the season. Now you know why some of the smaller market owners had issues with the new CBA!" Given this piece of information it means the Bills must spend 85.2% of the cao towards the 2007 roster. The cap for the '07 season is slated for $109 million, 85.2% of $109 milllion equals $92.868 million. According to this rough estimate of how much we are under the cap....we are currently $39.7 million under which puts our current cap number at (109-39.7). This equals $69.3 million. In order to get to the minimum each team must spend ($92.868 million) we HAVE to spend $23.7 million this year in free agency and through the draft. I know this is a bit confusing, but basically what I said is: According to the piece of information about the minimum a team must spend we have to spend approximately $23.7 million. That's still a good chuck of change and means at leats a few big players should be signed. I'm still confused with what Levy meant when he said "CASH AGAINST THE CAP". If anyone knows and can explain that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumping platelets Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Bills must spend 85.2% of their "adjusted" salary cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 This is from the website AskThe Commish.com: "Is there a Minimum Salary? Answer: Yep. Under the new CBA, the players are guaranteed 50% of Leaguewide Total Revenues. In the event that player costs are less that 50% of Total Revenues, then, on or before April 15 of the next League Year, the NFL shall pay an amount equal to such deficiency directly to the players. More specifically, beginning in 2006 each team had to pay a guaranteed Minimum Team Salary of 84% of the Salary Cap. Each year that percentage goes up by 1.2%, which means that it is 85.2% this season. However, the Minimum Team Salary cannot extend beyond 90% of the Salary Cap. Any shortfall in the Minimum Team Salary at the end of a league year has to be paid, on or before April 15 of the next league year, by the team(s) having such shortfall, directly to the players who were on that team's roster at any time during the season. Now you know why some of the smaller market owners had issues with the new CBA!" Given this piece of information it means the Bills must spend 85.2% of the cao towards the 2007 roster. The cap for the '07 season is slated for $109 million, 85.2% of $109 milllion equals $92.868 million. According to this rough estimate of how much we are under the cap....we are currently $39.7 million under which puts our current cap number at (109-39.7). This equals $69.3 million. In order to get to the minimum each team must spend ($92.868 million) we HAVE to spend $23.7 million this year in free agency and through the draft. I know this is a bit confusing, but basically what I said is: According to the piece of information about the minimum a team must spend we have to spend approximately $23.7 million. That's still a good chuck of change and means at leats a few big players should be signed. I'm still confused with what Levy meant when he said "CASH AGAINST THE CAP". If anyone knows and can explain that would be great. Good post. The site you referenced is a pretty good primer for salary cap questions answered. Everyone should read it. http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/faq.asp What Marv very likely meant was not "cash against the cap" but the term "cash over cap", which is a term thrown around a lot that basically means that teams signing players to huge bonuses like the Skins are paying more in cash in one year, like above the 102 million last year. It doesn't seem to happen very often IMO and they make it up in future years by not paying as big in salaries for their players. The Skins and other teams sometimes push their limits and keep getting into trouble only to be bailed out a few years later when new TV contracts come in and skyrocket everything. But no team really spends all that much "cash over cap". It's almost impossible as there aren't a lot of players getting enormous bonuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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