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Originally Posted by BeastsoftheNFCeast
I'm trying to see what moves the skins should/could make in terms of the salary cap (ie what players to cut, whose contracts can be restructured and to what extent, how much money we can spend in FA, ect). I have a few question about the cap.
1. When a player is put on IR, and a new player is signed to the team, what money gets counted towards the cap when a new player is signed? Lets say if someone with an 8 mil hit gets put on IR with 8 games left in the season, and someone else signs to a .5 mil contract. Is the hit towards the cap that year 8.5, or does only the IR players signing bonus that year get counted, or does only the percentage of games that he played get counted, or whats the deal with that? Also, it seems kinda unfair that someone who gets paid .5 mil is on the team half the time and is worth less than someone who mad the team in the beginning, do they really get all the money?
2. Hypothetically, if enough players get injured, is it possible to not be able to sign more players because you will go over the cap?
3. I have truely only followed football very seriously for about a year now, about how many players contracts are restructured a year, and how much is saved when contracts are restructured (I know this is a broad question, but if someone could give 2-3 examples, that would be great)
Thank you
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#1 Only the top 51 players' salary count towards the cap. So if both the IR player and the new can count towards the cap. But SOMEONE on the roster now no longer counts towards it.
#2, Yeah, it can get to that point, but you can always add a guy for a rookie minimum, and still only 51 players count towards the cap. So you will always field a team if that is your question.
#3 It depends team to team, but for a team like us, Oakland, or Denver, we probably restructure 5-6 contracts a year. Restructuring usually involves taking any roster bonus or base salary, and converting it into guarenteed money. How much is saved depends on how long the deal is. If its for 6 more seasons, then only 1/6 of the money owed due to resturcturing counts towards the cap that season. If its for 3 more years, the money is only spread over 3 years.
The problem once you spread the money over the life of the deal, you cannot EVER get that money back. If the player gets cut, it becomes dead cap.