Redskins 2011 Salary Cap Status

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Originally Posted by skinster

Heres what I dont understand. It seems that no team can have more than 12 million dollars in dead cap this year. That just doesnt seem to make sense on so many levels.
For starters, the redskins seem to already have more than 12 million dollars in dead cap this year due to portis and carter being cut. It also seems that we want to get rid of significantly more players.
Also it doesnt make sense from the owners perspective to agree to. Players with signing bonuses large enough will be impossible to cut untill a certain year in their contract. I don't think the owners would agree to not being able to cut any of their larger contract players that don't pan out.
I'm not saying there is no dead cap, I'm just saying I think having a 12 million dollar dead cap doesn't seem to make sense on so many levels and I think there is more information out there that has not been presented to us (if dead cap still exists).

Teams can have more than $12 million in dead cap.

I see where you got the $12 million, but it's a faulty assumption. Cash Paid + Dead Cap does not equal salary cap.

Salary Cap = Base Salary + Roster Bonus + Workout Bonus + Dead Cap + Likely To Be Earned Incentives + Allocated Portions of Guaranteed Bonuses Paid to Players Still On Roster