Redskins 2014 Salary Cap Status

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

The NFL has stated that next year's cap will be about $140M. The NFL Player's union thinks it will be higher, but let's go with the $140M for now.

Cap: $140M
2015 Redskins Cap Total: $123.7M
Current Room: $16.7M

Expected Cuts (what I'd expect to happen):
Bowen $5.5M
Chester $4.0M
Porter $2.8M
Paulsen $1.8M
4 Players Replacing at Min Salary: ($2.0M)
Total Cut Impact: $12.1M

Expected room after cuts: $28.8M, and that's probably conservative.

Plenty of room to fill holes, but amazingly probably not enough to fill ALL the holes. We just have so many, sadly.

Still, you can create more space by extending Trent Williams who is going into the final year of his contract in 2015. Could do something with Garcon, too.

I just don't want to see a bunch of junk investments. $4M for Lauvao and crap like that doesn't do it for me. Have to pay for safeties.

Agreed and thanks.

While I hope we smartly invest in proper scouting to build the team through the draft, like you said we have so many holes that free agency will have to factor in pretty heavily. What type of contract do you think we offer Kerrigan and was your space also taking into account Orakpo's contract coming off the books?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

Agreed and thanks.

While I hope we smartly invest in proper scouting to build the team through the draft, like you said we have so many holes that free agency will have to factor in pretty heavily. What type of contract do you think we offer Kerrigan and was your space also taking into account Orakpo's contract coming off the books?

For Kerrigan, my numbers above assume he plays on the one year option they signed him for, at the salary of $7.0M per his rookie contract.

I think they offer him a long term deal in the offseason that keeps the cap hit at that level or slightly lower in 2015. He'll get good guaranteed money.

My numbers assume Orakpo's gone. I don't think they'll try to sign him for much more than a couple mill per year. Way too much risk.