Dead Money - $13.136M
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If a player doesn't fit with what the Head Coach is trying to create, then he should be cut. However, if a team has a sustained period where year after year large amounts are in the dead money cap, then we have a problem. It was very interesting that Bill Belichick had 19 players in his $13.6M, indicating his propensity to churn and burn the roster, whereas 49ers had zero dead money. Totally different approaches.
I don't know how we have fared over a longer period, but the fact remains that if we hadn't incurred the $13.136M in dead money this year, we would be in a position to recruit 2 - 3 top players and hopefully be more competitive.
If we are down near the bottom in dead money over a sustained period, then it will come to the owner's attention. As such, the ranking and amount are KPIs (key performance indicator) of the GM's performance.
I don't know how we have fared over a longer period, but the fact remains that if we hadn't incurred the $13.136M in dead money this year, we would be in a position to recruit 2 - 3 top players and hopefully be more competitive.
If we are down near the bottom in dead money over a sustained period, then it will come to the owner's attention. As such, the ranking and amount are KPIs (key performance indicator) of the GM's performance.
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there's no reason miami should be "backloading" contracts on players...i can see dead money on b marsh cause of the contract we signed him to and us thinking that he would still be here now and probably going forward when we traded for him and gave him that huge extension and i guess i can see where bell and carey could have some dead money although i don't know why we didn't front load their contracts to avoid just this thing...seems like salary cap 101 to me...
i would be interested in knowing where we shake out relative to the rest of the league in dead money though...
i would be interested in knowing where we shake out relative to the rest of the league in dead money though...
See full details of each team's dead money - in response #25 on the previous page
hoops
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good to know that outside of oakland who never handles money well and always overpays every one of the teams with more than us have been year in and year out contenders...my god we can't get anything right...
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You can either front load a bonus or you can spread it out over the years. Almost every single team doesn't front load contracts because you can't. You are running against the limit almost all the time.
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I'm a Wilson fan, too, but I haven't been following the Seahags too closely because I thought he'd be the third QB simply because he's a rookie. :3w:
That Flynn hasn't been able to take the starting job away from Jackson and a rookie says that he is what he is: a sixth round QB who had 2 good games with a very talented offense subbing for the starter. A lot of Bills fans were agitating for the Bills to sign Flynn, but all I could think of was Rob Johnson. Well, at least the Seahags didn't trade a first and a fourth for Flynn.
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i'm not buying that can't cause your almost always up against the cap stuff...
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Well, then... too bad? I'm not sure what else to say there. It's the fact of the matter. Miami was unable to front load any of those contracts simply because of the cap hell Miami was under before Ireland and Parcells got here. I know this is the case with a lot of teams (Redskins, Jets, Raiders, Bills).
This is the first year of the rebuilding process. Look at teams that have brought in new headcoaches/gms and look at their turnover. You have to spend money to make money in business, and this is no different. Marshall wasn't a fit? Have to get rid of him. 5.5 million against the cap due to dead money. Carey is too injured and overweight to make a difference? Sorry! Out the door. Boom. Expensive hit to the dead money, but hey it allows us to fill that roster spot (and salary savings) with another player who may actually contribute, moreso down the road.
It's incredibly short sighted to say WE SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL because as it's been stated over and over we are in a transition. We may want immediate turn around but that simply isn't the case. Look at the facts. Ireland has been signing players to very cap friendly 2-3 year deals. And, ironically enough, he's been catching some flak for it from fans. And now the same type of fan is complaining that we are in cap hell.
Damned if ya do, damned if you don't...
Great research and reference points. Apparently nobody wants to respond to it directly because it ruins the party hat notion that Ireland is doing a splendid job, or merely a normal job, which was the hilariously convenient theme in the post immediately preceding yours, the one that compared to New England only, and used an inflated number for the Patriots to boot.
In taking a quick look at that list, the mean appears to be roughly $2.5 million. We are beyond $13 million. Only 5 other teams exceed $7 million.
I'll take solace that we may abuse dead money but we make up for it with a lively stadium.
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this is year 5 of a rebuild...don't let anyone tell you any different...
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it wouldnt have anything to do with the fact that Flynn was the most overrated free agent and hasnt proven anything in the league.
Except that the Sparano "building" blew up. It's now Philbin's turn to see if he can turn this ship around. Yeah, we have the same GM, but practically a completely new coaching staff. It's a new plan with a new coach in town.
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You can't change offensive philosophies and pretend like it isn't the first year of a rebuild. This is year one of the new rebuild. Again, it's almost impossible to blame Ireland for what happened with Carey. He was fantastic when he was re-signed, and Ireland even got him to take a paycut to stay on the team. You can't hold him accountable for the injury history. The Marshall trade... that's one Ireland. He thought Marshall's issues were a one time thing and that he would change. Wrong. So we are dealing with the repercussions.