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NFL Salary Cap Situation: Can 49ers Benefit From New Cap?

While the NFL lockout ended ten days ago, the new League Year has been held up while the players reformed their union and the two sides negotiated the final subjects of the CBA. These subjects included drug testing and appeals on disciplinary matters. it sounds like folks are optimistic that a deal will be wrapped up and voted on in time for practice to get started this afternoon. The 49ers moved their practice to later in the afternoon to accommodate the vote so the veterans can get some practice time in.

The new League Year also means teams will have to get under the salary cap by Friday. According to Adam Schefter, seven teams are over the cap:

Seven teams are over cap and will have to be under by Friday: STL $100K: ATL $1M: DAL $3M; DET $8M; HST $8.5M; PIT $11M; OAK $12M.less than a minute ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry Favorite Retweet Reply


The 49ers have a few open roster spots with plenty of cap room. Some teams will probably be able to simply re-work some current contracts to clear the needed space. St. Louis would be a prime example of that. One the other hand, the Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans and Detroit Lions are all well over the cap and would seemingly have to cut some folks.

Are there holes the 49ers might be able to fill with some released players? We'll probably start hearing rumors of cuts throughout the day, so go ahead and post links to any rumored cuts that are of note.

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If only it was Madden

I would SO trade for LaMarr Woodley. Not sure what his contract is, but I’m betting it ain’t small. I’m going out on a limb and saying that the steelers will NEVER be that desperate, but as soon as Madden comes out this year….mmm mmm mmmmmm.

Repeating something over and over doesn't make it true.

by Arkie49er on Aug 4, 2011 6:51 AM PDT reply actions  

Quick Update

I estimate that Akers, McDonald, Goodwin & Rogers will count about 13M against the 2011 cap, could be less, I haven’t seen big time terms.

I know McDonald was 5yr and 20M with 7M Guaranteed, I suspect he got a 5M SB pro-rated over 5 yrs(1M a yr), plus a 2M Roster Bonus, and maybe a 1M Base, or even minimum of 685K.

Then Goodwin got a 3yr 10.9M with 4M of it guaranteed, so I suspect a 3M Signing Bonus, 1M a yr, plus a 1M Roster Bonus, likely a 910K Base, so about 3M for this yr.

Rogers and Akers, I suspect about 3-4M for rogers and 2M for Akers.

So, I think that is about 12-13M then.we have about 14-15M left in cap space. For a WR, QB and maybe another CB.

by AB83Rules on Aug 4, 2011 6:52 AM PDT reply actions  

You sure we only have 14-15 milion cap space left?

Thought it would be about 20 million left, considering Heitmann, Carr and Nedney were released

Alex Smith 86%+ QB rating with 22+ TDs in 2012, hopefully! :)

by teekay on Aug 4, 2011 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

could be wrong

We had 30M after Nate, Carr, Nedney and Heitmann were cut, and Alex’s 5M salary.

Its possible those 4 players I mentioned are only 10M counting, Im not sure at this point.

by AB83Rules on Aug 4, 2011 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

I see thanks

Should be more than enough to get a WR and another CB, maybe Dashon too

Alex Smith 86%+ QB rating with 22+ TDs in 2012, hopefully! :)

by teekay on Aug 4, 2011 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

I never thought McDonald was worth that high of a contract.

I have never really thought McDonald was that good, or not worth that high of a contract.

by flyincow555 on Aug 4, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Schefter reported updated numbers

OAK $15.25 mil;
PITT $8.5m;
DET $7.8m;
DALLAS $6.7m:
HOUSTON $3.25m.

Teams over the salary cap as of this morning.

Alex Smith 86%+ QB rating with 22+ TDs in 2012, hopefully! :)

by teekay on Aug 4, 2011 7:36 AM PDT reply actions  

Teams must....

Be under cap by tomorrow at 4 est, so they will have 24 hours when the new league yr starts to get under the cap.

by AB83Rules on Aug 4, 2011 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

yep

They can be up to 6 million over, by borrowing from future salary caps, I think.

Alex Smith 86%+ QB rating with 22+ TDs in 2012, hopefully! :)

by teekay on Aug 4, 2011 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

And here's...

Where that “patience” thing might pay off!

by smathis on Aug 4, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Certainly a benefit....

Who knows if we’ll see quality players being released in order to get under the cap, but if they are, the Niners are at least capable of considering the option of bringing them in. It’s also entirely possible that they’ll feel content and stand firm.

But with the likelihood of guys only taking one year contracts, we can fill out our cap this year to bring in players who will contribute and help the team, but still get all that cap room back for next year. This let’s them evaluate the talent we have now and determine how they’ll proceed in FA and the draft, while not completely turning critical jobs over to undrafted rookies.

by 9thevolution on Aug 4, 2011 8:13 AM PDT reply actions  

Any guesses who might be available at. . .

FB
RT
WR

I am stunned the Eagles aren’t going to be over the cap. That’s amazing. They and the Saints have done an incredible job manuevering around in FA this year. Nonetheless, if the Eagles would be dumb enough to trade Asante Samuels for next year’s 2nd rounder. I would jump all over that. Samuels and Rodgers with Spencer as a 3rd back is a very strong tandem. We would really start to look like one of the better defenses in the league on paper . . . .especially with the potential of Navarro and Mays. If we gave Samuels a multi-year deal that would eat up some cap space but be well worth it.

by Since79 on Aug 4, 2011 8:31 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Does anyone know?

I remember during the negotiations that one of the things the owners were pushing for was the ability to alter the calculations for the signing bonuses. Instead of being evenly distributed throughout the contract, the teams could allocate them any way they wished. Does anyone know if that made it? If so, teams will have a TON more flexibility to manipulate the cap in any given year (unless they completely handcuff themselves from prior years – the butcher’s gotta be paid eventually).

by Da Bum on Aug 4, 2011 10:30 AM PDT reply actions  

The Cap situation should help us to get Goldson

One of the nice parts of the the cap is it should help us to get Goldson. Both the other teams that were connected with him were the Raiders and the Cowboys. With them being over the cap I have a hard time imagining them being able to get the money together to sign Goldson. That should give us a nice advantage

by flyincow555 on Aug 4, 2011 10:36 AM PDT reply actions  

Although I'm not sure we will

With the signing of Williams it might not make sense to pay out to Goldson to be depth — especially not with the way Reggie Smith has been lighting up the practices.

Maybe he missed the train.

by Ougadas on Aug 4, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

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