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As the NFL readjusts to the problems that arise from spending that once again will be approaching the annual salary cap, there’s an important provision of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that needs to be highlighted.
Under Article 13, Section 6(b)(v) of the CBA, each team may carry over any remaining cap room from one year to the next by submitting written notice, signed by the owner of the team, to the league office no later than 14 days before the start of the next league year. The written notice must indicate the maximum amount of cap room that the team wishes to shift from one cap year to the next.
This relatively simple device replaces past tools for carrying over cap space, which included (for example) loading up a renegotiated player contract with a phony “likely to be earned” incentive that would chew up space in one year and then trigger a refund to the cap in the next year.
What’s odd about the new procedure is that teams must affirmatively choose to carry over the cap space. If a team wishes to be competitive, why wouldn’t all remaining cap space be carried over in any and every given year?
The last time we updated the 2011 cap dollars, the Jaguars had $32.9 million in space. The Chiefs had $27.4 million, the Broncos had $25.6 million, the Bucs had $25.1 million, the Seahawks had $21.7 million, and the Bills had $20.9 million.
The fans in each city should be clamoring for the maximum remaining cap room to be carried over, and the media in each city should be poised to get a full explanation if the full amount isn’t carried over.
Meanwhile, we’ll try to think of a plausible explanation for not carrying over the cap space. If nothing else, the excess cap space from 2011 will create excess cap space in 2012 that can be carried into 2013, and so on, until the need arises to use it.
With the new league year beginning on March 13, the notices must be submitted by February 28.
Heres the list of teams cap space left over for 2011 that could be carried over to 2012
Jaguars: $31.66 million.
Broncos: $27.88 million.
Buccaneers: $25.05 million.
Chiefs: $24.01 million.
Seahawks: $21.27 million.
Bills: $19.29 million.
Bengals: $17.59 million.
Cowboys: $17.14 million.
49ers: $16.87 million.
Redskins: $13.6 million.
Eagles: $11.01 million.
Dolphins: $9.05 million.
Browns: $8.98 million.
Jets: $8.39 million.
Titans: $8.11 million.
Bears: $7.74 million.
Cardinals: $7.04 million.
Patriots: $6.66 million.
Ravens: $6.18 million.
Packers: $5.48 million.
Saints: $4.22 million.
Rams: $3.5 million.
Raiders: $3.23 million.
Panthers: $2.8 million.
Colts: $2.5 million.
Chargers: $2.1 million.
Vikings: $1.95 million.
Lions: $1.47 million.
Texans: $1.08 million.
Giants: $1.06 million.
Falcons: $747,000.
Steelers: $506,000.
2012 cap numbers
Cincinnati Bengals $80,641,237
Tennessee Titans $92,739,765
Washington Redskins $94,351,284
Kansas City Chiefs $95,844,195
Tampa Bay Buccaneers $98,899,458
Atlanta Falcons $100,227,174
Denver Broncos $101,389,121
New England Patriots $101,827,381
Chicago Bears $101,887,741
San Francisco 49ers $102,938,980
Cleveland Browns $103,789,162
Jacksonville Jaguars $107,270,274
Buffalo Bills $108,426,522
Seattle Seahawks $111,742,430
San Diego Chargers $111,960,165
New Orleans Saints $113,358,069
Philadelphia Eagles $113,964,694
Baltimore Ravens $115,670,281
Minnesota Vikings $116,078,422
Houston Texans $116,306,676
Miami Dolphins $116,636,173
Indianapolis Colts $116,773,288
Green Bay Packers $118,001,169
Arizona Cardinals $118,787,639
St. Louis Rams $120,982,904
Detroit Lions $122,760,121
New York Giants $124,735,807
New York Jets $128,092,733
Dallas Cowboys $128,910,735
Carolina Panthers $129,962,768
Oakland Raiders $140,861,316
Pittsburgh Steelers $149,885,537
A few things I found really interesting about this if I'm understanding it all correctly.
-A team could almost go all out one year(I think it would have to be 2013 or 2014). One example, A team like the Bengals have about 17.5 million able to be caried over to next years cap. They are also in the best shape for next year with 40+ million availabe. So all together they ahve about 57 million able to spend. They could spend just a little, let their young team grow a little more, then be huge in FA the year following. Lot of potential for a few teams.
-Another route teams could go is locking up some players with Front loaded contracts with money spent from last years salary cap. This could really help teams down the road when the salary cap starts to get tough in a couple of years.
Under Article 13, Section 6(b)(v) of the CBA, each team may carry over any remaining cap room from one year to the next by submitting written notice, signed by the owner of the team, to the league office no later than 14 days before the start of the next league year. The written notice must indicate the maximum amount of cap room that the team wishes to shift from one cap year to the next.
This relatively simple device replaces past tools for carrying over cap space, which included (for example) loading up a renegotiated player contract with a phony “likely to be earned” incentive that would chew up space in one year and then trigger a refund to the cap in the next year.
What’s odd about the new procedure is that teams must affirmatively choose to carry over the cap space. If a team wishes to be competitive, why wouldn’t all remaining cap space be carried over in any and every given year?
The last time we updated the 2011 cap dollars, the Jaguars had $32.9 million in space. The Chiefs had $27.4 million, the Broncos had $25.6 million, the Bucs had $25.1 million, the Seahawks had $21.7 million, and the Bills had $20.9 million.
The fans in each city should be clamoring for the maximum remaining cap room to be carried over, and the media in each city should be poised to get a full explanation if the full amount isn’t carried over.
Meanwhile, we’ll try to think of a plausible explanation for not carrying over the cap space. If nothing else, the excess cap space from 2011 will create excess cap space in 2012 that can be carried into 2013, and so on, until the need arises to use it.
With the new league year beginning on March 13, the notices must be submitted by February 28.
Heres the list of teams cap space left over for 2011 that could be carried over to 2012
Jaguars: $31.66 million.
Broncos: $27.88 million.
Buccaneers: $25.05 million.
Chiefs: $24.01 million.
Seahawks: $21.27 million.
Bills: $19.29 million.
Bengals: $17.59 million.
Cowboys: $17.14 million.
49ers: $16.87 million.
Redskins: $13.6 million.
Eagles: $11.01 million.
Dolphins: $9.05 million.
Browns: $8.98 million.
Jets: $8.39 million.
Titans: $8.11 million.
Bears: $7.74 million.
Cardinals: $7.04 million.
Patriots: $6.66 million.
Ravens: $6.18 million.
Packers: $5.48 million.
Saints: $4.22 million.
Rams: $3.5 million.
Raiders: $3.23 million.
Panthers: $2.8 million.
Colts: $2.5 million.
Chargers: $2.1 million.
Vikings: $1.95 million.
Lions: $1.47 million.
Texans: $1.08 million.
Giants: $1.06 million.
Falcons: $747,000.
Steelers: $506,000.
2012 cap numbers
Cincinnati Bengals $80,641,237
Tennessee Titans $92,739,765
Washington Redskins $94,351,284
Kansas City Chiefs $95,844,195
Tampa Bay Buccaneers $98,899,458
Atlanta Falcons $100,227,174
Denver Broncos $101,389,121
New England Patriots $101,827,381
Chicago Bears $101,887,741
San Francisco 49ers $102,938,980
Cleveland Browns $103,789,162
Jacksonville Jaguars $107,270,274
Buffalo Bills $108,426,522
Seattle Seahawks $111,742,430
San Diego Chargers $111,960,165
New Orleans Saints $113,358,069
Philadelphia Eagles $113,964,694
Baltimore Ravens $115,670,281
Minnesota Vikings $116,078,422
Houston Texans $116,306,676
Miami Dolphins $116,636,173
Indianapolis Colts $116,773,288
Green Bay Packers $118,001,169
Arizona Cardinals $118,787,639
St. Louis Rams $120,982,904
Detroit Lions $122,760,121
New York Giants $124,735,807
New York Jets $128,092,733
Dallas Cowboys $128,910,735
Carolina Panthers $129,962,768
Oakland Raiders $140,861,316
Pittsburgh Steelers $149,885,537
A few things I found really interesting about this if I'm understanding it all correctly.
-A team could almost go all out one year(I think it would have to be 2013 or 2014). One example, A team like the Bengals have about 17.5 million able to be caried over to next years cap. They are also in the best shape for next year with 40+ million availabe. So all together they ahve about 57 million able to spend. They could spend just a little, let their young team grow a little more, then be huge in FA the year following. Lot of potential for a few teams.
-Another route teams could go is locking up some players with Front loaded contracts with money spent from last years salary cap. This could really help teams down the road when the salary cap starts to get tough in a couple of years.
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