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As we move on from the sadness that was 2016 to the hopes of 2017 many people are talking about how great things will be now that we are out of salary cap purgatory. While it is true, we don't have a limitless amount of cap. We are moving on from days in the red to a year in the black. We will have somewhere between $36m (NFL 2017 Team Cap Space Tracker | Spotrac) to $30m (NFL Salary Cap Space | Over The Cap) depending on who you ask. But is that enough to fill our needs?
Take into account a few ways we can gain more cap space:
Restructuring- There is always the possibility that we can restructure players. We have done it in the past to help our team, and that is part of what got us into our previous mess because those players crapped out. Who do you restructure?
Cut players who aren't fitting. You fill in who you feel isn't living up to their paycheck, and it gives us a few dollars to work with, but this has been a major problem of ours recently. Who do you cut, and how much are you looking to save?
Then there is resigning our own players. We have a ton of guys that we must resign (in no particular order).
1) Fairley
2) Lutz
3) Kuhn
4) Snead
5) Coleman
6) Mauti
7) Moore
8) Webb
9) Hightower
10) Kruger
11) Evans
and a few others 2017 NFL Free Agents Tracker | Spotrac. How much are you looking to pay these guys?
Draft pool- You are to set aside a certain amount for the rookies. With our pick you are looking at it setting aside about $5m+.
So Start with $32m
($5m)
($16m)
Remaining Cap Space $11m+/-
Is $11m enough to cover our backsides?
Take into account a few ways we can gain more cap space:
Restructuring- There is always the possibility that we can restructure players. We have done it in the past to help our team, and that is part of what got us into our previous mess because those players crapped out. Who do you restructure?
Cut players who aren't fitting. You fill in who you feel isn't living up to their paycheck, and it gives us a few dollars to work with, but this has been a major problem of ours recently. Who do you cut, and how much are you looking to save?
Then there is resigning our own players. We have a ton of guys that we must resign (in no particular order).
1) Fairley
2) Lutz
3) Kuhn
4) Snead
5) Coleman
6) Mauti
7) Moore
8) Webb
9) Hightower
10) Kruger
11) Evans
and a few others 2017 NFL Free Agents Tracker | Spotrac. How much are you looking to pay these guys?
Draft pool- You are to set aside a certain amount for the rookies. With our pick you are looking at it setting aside about $5m+.
So Start with $32m
($5m)
($16m)
Remaining Cap Space $11m+/-
Is $11m enough to cover our backsides?