2017 Redskins Salary Cap Status

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Exclusive-rights free agents
Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFAs) are players with two or fewer seasons of service time and whose contracts have expired. If their team tenders a qualifying offer (a one-year contract usually at league-minimum salary) the player has no negotiating rights with other teams, and must either sign the tender with the team or sit out the season.[5]

Restricted free agents
Restricted free agents (RFAs) are players who have three or fewer accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. RFAs have received qualifying offers from their old clubs and are free to negotiate with any club until a deadline which occurs approximately a week prior to the NFL Draft (for 2010 the deadline was April 15), at which time their rights revert to their original club. If a player accepts an offer from a new club, the old club will have the right to match the offer and retain the player. If the old club elects not to match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the level of the qualifying offer made to the player.[6]

Unrestricted free agents
Unrestricted free agents are players with expired contracts that have completed four or more accrued seasons of service. They are free to sign with any franchise.[6]

Undrafted free agents
Undrafted free agents are players eligible for the NFL Draft but who are not selected; they can negotiate and sign with any team.

So Chris Thompson actually has 4 seasons under his belt, but he only officially accrued three NFL seasons because he was hurt so much for one of them (you have to be on the roster or practice squad for 6+ games in a season to have an accrued season, and not on IR during that time). So Thompson only has 3 accrued seasons right now, making him an RFA instead of a UFA.

Very helpful. Thank you.

[Schneed10]

If Thompson plays under the one year tender in 2017 as an RFA, then next year he will have 4 accrued seasons and his contract will be expired, making him a UFA in 2018.

[Schneed10]

For the Redskins, the course of action with Thompson is incredibly obvious: assign the 2nd round tender to ensure we retain him at around $2.6M in 2017, and make him prove one more time that he can stay healthy. If he does, then decide in 2018 whether you think he's worth a Darren Sproles type of contract.

You could eliminate the hemming and hawing and commit to him now, if you were convinced he is durable enough, and give him a 3 or 4 year deal similar to that of Sproles. But the cap implications of that wouldn't be much different from the $2.6M tender, so no real incentive to do that.

I'd bet good money he'll get a 2nd round tender and play on it in 2017.

[los panda]

^ coming from the guy who wanted us to sign forte or foster this past offseason.

[Chico23231]

Thompson had several game changing plays this season. He a big time quiet baller...I think he is extension material.

He woulda had another big play last weekend end of game if it wasn't for that damn Snacks Harrison...

[Irrefutable]

a good defensive coordinator might make a player out of Earl Wolff....he just signed reserve/futures contract with the Redskins

Earl Wolff Draft Profile – NFL.com

[Schneed10]

OP edited to reflect $3.0M saved due to retirement of Kory Lichtensteiger. Saves $3.5M on the cap, then one player gets added back to the rule of 51 at ($0.5M).

Net impact $3.0M saved.

[los panda]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

OP edited to reflect $3.0M saved due to retirement of Kory Lichtensteiger. Saves $3.5M on the cap, then one player gets added back to the rule of 51 at ($0.5M).

Net impact $3.0M saved.

does his retirement have the same impact on the cap as if we had cut him?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by los panda

does his retirement have the same impact on the cap as if we had cut him?

Yes

[DYoungJelly]

Realistically, how much cap space would signing Kirk long term and converting the base salary to bonus free up this year to sign more defensive talent?

Anybody have an educated guess?

[Irrefutable]

Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

Realistically, how much cap space would signing Kirk long term and converting the base salary to bonus free up this year to sign more defensive talent?

Anybody have an educated guess?

ask Bruce Allen

a more likely way to create cap space is cutting a few vets.... it could add $10+ million more money

[Schneed10]

Yeah anywhere from 5-12M depending how you structure it.

[Schneed10]

$14M in space remaining currently

Kirk took $23.9
Vernon Davis $3.3
DJ Swearinger $3.3
Terrelle Pryor $6.0
Stacy McGee $3.2
Terrell McClain $3.7
Chris Thompson $2.7
Will Compton $1.8
Ty Nsekhe $0.7
Vinston Painter $0.6
Nick Sundberg $1.0

And a whole bunch of guys bumped out of the top 51.

My guess is they'll now hunt for bargains, maybe pay one more starting defensive lineman like Logan or Hankins. After that, plenty more signings, but they will be low salary and thus no significant cap impact once you net out the displaced player from the top 51.

I think they'll enter the season with about $8M in cap space in an attempt to carry some over into 2018 to allow for the possibility of tagging Cousins again at $34M.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

$14M in space remaining currently

Kirk took $23.9
Vernon Davis $3.3
DJ Swearinger $3.3
Terrelle Pryor $6.0
Stacy McGee $3.2
Terrell McClain $3.7
Chris Thompson $2.7
Will Compton $1.8
Ty Nsekhe $0.7
Vinston Painter $0.6
Nick Sundberg $1.0

And a whole bunch of guys bumped out of the top 51.

My guess is they'll now hunt for bargains, maybe pay one more starting defensive lineman like Logan or Hankins. After that, plenty more signings, but they will be low salary and thus no significant cap impact once you net out the displaced player from the top 51.

I think they'll enter the season with about $8M in cap space in an attempt to carry some over into 2018 to allow for the possibility of tagging Cousins again at $34M.

They can still cut Hall, Lauvao.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

They can still cut Hall, Lauvao.

Indeed. Will they?

Under Cerrato they used to free themselves of contracts like those all the time. Under Bruce it hasn't been that way as much.

I feel like they should divorce from both, but Jay has always liked Hall as a leader. I feel like they would have done it by now if they were going to.

I feel like they'll bring them to camp and let them compete, and if they can't hack it they'll move on then.