NFL Expands cap from $120m to $123.9m

[HPF Bob]

Here's a small amount of relief for those worried about our UFAs fleeing for greener pastures. The NFL has announced that the 2013 salary cap has increased by $3 million and change (wish I had that sort of change).

I think we took some sort of one-time exemption to restructure Schaub last year but I'm not really sure about that. Our local cap experts may know more.

[Nconroe]

That extra hopefully helps keep most of our good free agents this year. Hopefully we will see some signings of our UFA soonm

[Keith]

Latest cap room from Jason LaCanfora...

Cap Space Entering This Week, according to NFL Management Council figures:

Cleveland : $47,049, 064
Miami : $45,655, 322
Cincinnati :$43,946,091
Indianapolis : $41,753,072
Philadelphia : $33,412,392
Tampa Bay : $32,716,002
Jacksonville : $26,706,365
New England : $25,314,200
Atlanta : $21,603,650
Green Bay : $20,096,654
Tennessee : $18,861,271
Kansas City : $18,520,186
Baltimore : $18,263,198
Buffalo : $18,109,354
Seattle : $16,952,339
Denver : $15,930,140
Minnesota : $14,330,943
Chicago : $11,957,505
Detroit : $9,545,219
NY Jets: $8,186,235
Houston : $8,140,888
San Diego : $7,439,841
St. Louis : $7,241,028
Arizona : $5,783,648
Dallas : $4,147,344
NY Giants: $3,802,058
Washington : $2,930,335
Pittsburgh : $2,686,592
Oakland : $1,456,077
San Francisco : $1,035,903
Carolina : $3,625,068 (over cap)
New Orleans : $5,434,758 (over cap)

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/ja...g-but-concrete

[Joshua]

Can we hire the Eagles cap guy? In the last 2-3 years, they've somehow given Vick a $100 million dollar deal, Nnamdi a monster deal, taken on Demeco's contract, signed Babin, Cullen Jenkins, Desean Jackson, Trent Cole and Lesean McCoy, yet are $33 million under the cap? I know several of these guys have recently been cut, but that usually makes matters worse for the cap, with any prorated signing bonuses coming due.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Can we hire the Eagles cap guy? In the last 2-3 years, they've somehow given Vick a $100 million dollar deal, Nnamdi a monster deal, taken on Demeco's contract, signed Babin, Cullen Jenkins, Desean Jackson, Trent Cole and Lesean McCoy, yet are $33 million under the cap? I know several of these guys have recently been cut, but that usually makes matters worse for the cap, with any prorated signing bonuses coming due.

I was looking at Indy's cap number and feeling unhappy with the implications.

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by chuck

I was looking at Indy's cap number and feeling unhappy with the implications.

Indy certainly has a lot of room to do some things. If I were placing a wager, that is where I would bet Barwin ends up, although I'm not sure if I would consider that a good or bad thing.

[Keith]

Neat fan site tracking salary cap data by team. Since it is run by a fan, it would be roughly as accurate as what I would have kept here in the past, but since base salary data is sometime available through legit sources, it's probably a decent estimate without examing each of the details individually.

http://www.overthecap.com/teamcontract.php?Team=Texans
...shows a summary

http://www.overthecap.com/teamcap.ph...xans&Year=2013
...shows by season

- The contract to extend might be Antonio's if he doesn't ask too much. Team could shave $6MM off the 2013 cap if they cut him outright.
- Cutting Kevin Walter saves $2.5MM.
- Probably a good time to extend Wade Smith, too.

[Keith]

As of 3/26 per PFT.

Bengals: $28.9 million.
Browns: $28.7 million.
Buccaneers: $28.8 million.
Jaguars: $26.6 million.
Eagles: $26.3 million.
Packers: $18.3 million.
Bills: $16.8 million.
Dolphins: $15.7 million.
Cardinals: $14.0 million.
Patriots: $13.4 million.
Jets: $13.0 million.
Colts: $11.7 million.
Titans: $10.7 million.
Broncos: $8.8 million.
Lions: $7.2 million.
Ravens: $7.2 million.
Chargers: $7.0 million.
Seahawks: $6.8 million.
Falcons: $6.2 million.
Bears: $5.3 million.
Vikings: $5.1 million.
Texans: $4.9 million.
Giants: $4.5 million.
49ers: $4.5 million.
Saints: $3.3 million.
Redskins: $3.2 million.
Chiefs: $3.1 million.
Raiders: $2.8 million.
Steelers: $2.5 million.
Rams: $1.0 million.
Panthers: $936,000.
Cowboys: $51,000.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...s-of-march-26/

[Keith]

More specific info on NFL.com.

Current contracts = 51 (only the top 51 apply at this point iirc)
Prev Yr Carry over = $2,422,689
Adjustments = $128,037
Total Cap = $125,550,726
Current Cap Used = $120,638,466
Available Space = $4,912,260

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...-each-nfl-team