Cap Questions

[Merman]

Originally posted by Aqua
1. Right. All nine drafted players must fit under the rookie cap pool.

The question was :

1. If we sign all nine that means thats all the money we have too sign them with, right or wrong?

Poor question but he wanted a simple answer. We could sign all the rookies for less than the total Rookie Allocation. In retrospect he probably wanted to ask the question you answered.

Originally posted by Aqua
2. No (Sorry Merman wrong answer). ARTICLE XVII Section 1(a) of the CBA.
“Entering Player Pool†means the League-wide limit on the total amount of Salary to which all of the NFL Clubs may contract for in signing Drafted Rookies.

You are correct. (a) “Entering Player Pool†means the League-wide limit on the total amount of Salary to which all of the NFL Clubs may contract for in signing Drafted Rookies (and certain amounts contracted to be paid to Undrafted Rookies as described below) during each League Year of this Agreement, as set forth below.

Below it says:
(b) For the purposes of this Article XVII, the Salary of any Undrafted Rookie shall count toward the Club’s Rookie Allocation only to the extent that it exceeds the then-applicable Minimum Active/Inactive List Salary for that player.
Granted I don't think the undrafted rookies will receive more than the minimum and the CBA should not be read quickly.

 

[DannyNoonan]

Originally posted by Aqua


Expected drafted rookies cap numbers (rounded).
Moore 553K
Smith 392K
Whitley 371K
Lee 258K
Tolver 255K
Jenkins 249K
Provost 239K
Bell 238K
Williams 234K

Remember that only the top 51 salaries count against our cap figure. The Sun-Sentinel mentioned on Friday that only Moore and Smith's contracts would be large enough to count against the salary cap (not the rookie pool...all rookie contracts count against that).