A few of us have wondered if we're going to have space under the '14 Cap to re-sign our key Free Agents.
Well, here's what I can see so far (please contribute your info or correct mine below).
2014:
About 40 players under contract
Salary Cap of these contracts: --> $112 Million
Dead Money --------------------> $1.1 Million
Practice Squad + Draft Cap ------> $5.5 Million
Total Cap Charge ~ $119 Million (roughly rounding up).
League wide Cap ~ $125 Million (Anticipated).
------2014 Denver Broncos Cap Space (so far) ~ $6 million------
So that's 6 mill free to resign some of our key free agents. Not much right?
Well, this is where we can free up a lot of space fairly easily.
2014 Cap Charges:
Champ Bailey $10 million (no dead money)
Chris Kuper $6 million (off the books as he signed a new 1 year deal for '13)
Jacob Tamme $3.8 million (833K is dead money if he's cut)
Joel Dressen $3.3 million (833K is dead if he's cut)
I think we keep Tamme (for insurance in case we can't resign Decker). So that means we'll have an additional ~ $19 million by cutting Champ, Kuper is already off the books for '14, and Dressen.
------2014 Denver Broncos Cap Space (with cuts) ~ $25 million------
Also we can add an estimated rollover of $8-9 million from the 2013 season. We were under $10million this season before signing Justice, extending Ramirez/Clark.
---2014 Denver Broncos Cap Space (with '13 rollover) ~ $33 million---
So that's $33 million? Now we can obviously resign Champ (my opinion is for him to play as Free Safety where he can use his experience/play recognition). Typically the FO keeps around $10-12 million in cap space unused for injuries, and rollover. So conservatively we have $20 million and that should be enough money to sign:
Decker
Ayers
Woodyard
DRC
- I think Ayers/Wood will be easy to resign. Both guys were drafted and developed here. MLBs don't break the bank and Ayers is a good complimentary pass rusher but not an elite one. DRC is a priority with Champ aging and Tony Carter/Bolden not paning out. Decker, IMO is going to be the hardest to resign because he'll most likely want to test Free Agency as he'll be the premier FA WR out there.
*All the info above was gathered using spotrac.com
Well, here's what I can see so far (please contribute your info or correct mine below).
2014:
About 40 players under contract
Salary Cap of these contracts: --> $112 Million
Dead Money --------------------> $1.1 Million
Practice Squad + Draft Cap ------> $5.5 Million
Total Cap Charge ~ $119 Million (roughly rounding up).
League wide Cap ~ $125 Million (Anticipated).
------2014 Denver Broncos Cap Space (so far) ~ $6 million------
So that's 6 mill free to resign some of our key free agents. Not much right?
Well, this is where we can free up a lot of space fairly easily.
2014 Cap Charges:
Champ Bailey $10 million (no dead money)
Chris Kuper $6 million (off the books as he signed a new 1 year deal for '13)
Jacob Tamme $3.8 million (833K is dead money if he's cut)
Joel Dressen $3.3 million (833K is dead if he's cut)
I think we keep Tamme (for insurance in case we can't resign Decker). So that means we'll have an additional ~ $19 million by cutting Champ, Kuper is already off the books for '14, and Dressen.
------2014 Denver Broncos Cap Space (with cuts) ~ $25 million------
Also we can add an estimated rollover of $8-9 million from the 2013 season. We were under $10million this season before signing Justice, extending Ramirez/Clark.
---2014 Denver Broncos Cap Space (with '13 rollover) ~ $33 million---
So that's $33 million? Now we can obviously resign Champ (my opinion is for him to play as Free Safety where he can use his experience/play recognition). Typically the FO keeps around $10-12 million in cap space unused for injuries, and rollover. So conservatively we have $20 million and that should be enough money to sign:
Decker
Ayers
Woodyard
DRC
- I think Ayers/Wood will be easy to resign. Both guys were drafted and developed here. MLBs don't break the bank and Ayers is a good complimentary pass rusher but not an elite one. DRC is a priority with Champ aging and Tony Carter/Bolden not paning out. Decker, IMO is going to be the hardest to resign because he'll most likely want to test Free Agency as he'll be the premier FA WR out there.
*All the info above was gathered using spotrac.com
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