Nfl Raising Salary Cap To 130 Mil

[RamsJunkie]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10487942/nfl-projected-raise-salary-cap-130-million

And aparently the rams are in the top 5 with the least amount of cap space. At least we have a little more wiggle room now, And we all know if Demoff wants to make some room he will find a way.

 

[Mister Sin]

I have a feeling that we will have a lot more room by free agency

 

[Rams and Gators]

So that's a free $7m essentially, nice.

 

[PhxRam]

Nice to see you Saffold.

 

[RamsJunkie]

So this raise gives us like 7 mil more in cap space as of right now? I belive we are only a few hundred thousand under the 123 mil cap from last year. So with the raise and a few releases we will have plenty of money to bring back saffold and sign another top tier FA like Verner or Byrd.

 

[ChrisW]

I posted an article about 2 weeks ago that said the cap may hit $130. I'm glad to see that it made it that high. I think in that same article it said that next year we may not see a cap increase since this one was so high.

 

[RamsJunkie]

Nice to see you Saffold.

Thats exactly what went through my head I figured thats about our max that we would offer him is 6 or 7 mil a year thats perfect!

 

[ChrisW]

So this raise gives us like 7 mil more in cap space as of right now? I belive we are only a few hundred thousand under the 123 mil cap from last year. So with the raise and a few releases we will have plenty of money to bring back saffold and sign another top tier FA like Verner or Byrd.

Signing Byrd might be a little more complicated now. I read yesterday that the Bills might franchise him with intent to trade. Which means they would want a draft pick somewhere around the 2nd round for him. Fisher usually doesn't value safety play that high in the draft, and might steer us away from him for good.

 

[Rams and Gators]

Nice to see you Saffold.

Assuming you didn't already factor that $7m into the original cap space would you tag him? He'd essentially cost $3m and you'd have the insurance that if he does get injured again you're not tied down to a long term contract.

 

[A55VA6]

Very nice. So that adds a good $7 mil to what we have, plus whatever players we decide to cut.

 

[PhxRam]

Assuming you didn't already factor that $7m into the original cap space would you tag him? He'd essentially cost $3m and you'd have the insurance that if he does get injured again you're not tied down to a long term contract.

Tag him? No way..

I would give him fair market value and if he takes it great, if not, you thank him for his time served.

 

[ChrisW]

Very nice. So that adds a good $7 mil to what we have, plus whatever players we decide to cut.

This gets us very close to our operating costs and rookie signings for this year. Any players we cut or restructure should go straight into a pool for fun money now.

 

[PowayRamFan]

Wow, I didn't think it would go up that much. Now we need spend wisely, can't have another Finnegan-like signing. If Saffold is going to try and break the bank, I would reluctantly say c-ya.

 

[fearsomefour]

Thats exactly what went through my head I figured thats about our max that we would offer him is 6 or 7 mil a year thats perfect!

The issue of course is everyone else got the same amount. So if some had $5.5 for Saffold they could up their offer.
Much to their credit this admin seems determined not to over speed for sentimental reasons.

 

[Sum1]

The issue of course is everyone else got the same amount. So if some had $5.5 for Saffold they could up their offer.
Much to their credit this admin seems determined not to over speed for sentimental reasons.

I think most teams still will keep the players at their value...the difference is that teams that maybe valued player X at say $5.5 but only could allocate $4 to that position may now be in the ballpark.

 

[fearsomefour]

I think most teams still will keep the players at their value...the difference is that teams that maybe valued player X at say $5.5 but only could allocate $4 to that position may now be in the ballpark.

I agree 100%.
If teams wants him badly enough and has money to over spend a little.
This is why I have been saying he will go to Oakland.

 

[Angry Ram]

Cool...more room for a bunch of meh players combining to provide good depth/spot starters.

 

[Sum1]

If the Rams still dump Dahl, Wells, Finnegan...it would be nice to re-sign Saffold and add Mack. You'd really be going into the draft with a pretty solid foundation on the OL.

Or maybe sign one of the two (Saffold or Mack)...then sign Verner.


Lot's of possibilities...and it isn't inconceivable that neither of those guys are Rams...wouldn't shock me in the slightest if it went any direction.

 

[jrry32]

Good. If we cut a few guys, we had around $17 million with the estimated $126.3 million cap. That adds an additional $3-4 million in room.

 

[ReddingRam]

John Clayton ‏@ClaytonESPN

According to a source, the projection for the 2014 salary cap is now at $132 million