Rookie Pool announced
 

Rookie Pool amounts have been announced. This is the maximum amount of cap space allocated to teams for signing draft choices and undrafted free agents.

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2862869]ESPN.com - NFL - Raiders lead NFL in rookie pool allocation cash[/url]

The Skins rookie pool amount is $3.432M. This leaves us between $1.5 and $2.5M of excess cap space.

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are the rookie pools all the same? or does it go by how many draft picks you have? and thanks for the update

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Skins have like the 3rd lowest. By comparison, Oakland's rookie pool is over $6 million

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[quote=jdlea;308420]Skins have like the 3rd lowest. By comparison, Oakland's rookie pool is over $6 million[/quote]

why is it so low?

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[I]The formula for deriving each team's rookie pool is regarded as [B]Byzantine[/B] even by the most astute team officials, and is basically a function of how many overall choices a club makes and where those picks are slotted in each round. Oakland had the initial selection in five of the seven rounds, including three of the first four stanzas, and that positioning high in almost every round also contributed to the team's rich allocation.

[/I]First of all did the sports writer just refer to the formula as "Byzantine", :doh: Hooray for the thesaurus lol.

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so LaRon is going to need a 7yr deal to be able to get a $15 mill bonus? even then it's going to be tough signing each of the rookies with so little

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[quote=rypper11;308423]so LaRon is going to need a 7yr deal to be able to get a $15 mill bonus? even then it's going to be tough signing each of the rookies with so little[/quote]

Not if they really want to be here.

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[quote=rypper11;308423]so LaRon is going to need a 7yr deal to be able to get a $15 mill bonus? even then it's going to be tough signing each of the rookies with so little[/quote]What they will do is package big money in a guarenteed 2nd year roster bonus. That way they skimp on the rookie SB, and still pay him the big bucks.

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[QUOTE=GTripp0012;308452]What they will do is package big money in a guarenteed 2nd year roster bonus. That way they skimp on the rookie SB, and still pay him the big bucks.[/QUOTE]

You beat me too it.

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[quote=GTripp0012;308452]What they will do is package big money in a guarenteed 2nd year roster bonus. That way they skimp on the rookie SB, and still pay him the big bucks.[/quote]

What he said.

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If some of the other rookies don't make the team do they still count against the cap? How about if we sign them to a non-roster spot aka practice squad? and then promote them later if injuries occur to other starters?

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[quote=CrazyCanuck;308351]Rookie Pool amounts have been announced. This is the maximum amount of cap space allocated to teams for signing draft choices and undrafted free agents.

[URL="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2862869"]ESPN.com - NFL - Raiders lead NFL in rookie pool allocation cash[/URL]

The Skins rookie pool amount is $3.432M. This leaves us between $1.5 and $2.5M of excess cap space.[/quote]

Not bad... most of that will obviously be allocated for Landry but given the fact the rest of our picks are lower round picks we won't need much to sign them anyway.

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I have never heard of the rookie pool. I did not know there was a limit to what we can sign our guys to. I would also like to see us use that extra cap space and get Cooley locked down. Give the guy an extension. PLEASE!!!!

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If Cooley and/or Taylor get extended I don't think it would happen until later in the year. We need to get our rookies signed first, and then we need to leave some cap room for a possible DE pickup/trade. Only then could we focus on our own guys, and that would probably take us into the regular season.