Our current cap situation

[Tron]

None of this was done by me. It was all done by my good friend, and best contributor Frank "Dubs" Dobozy over at TST(TurfShowTimes).



The accompanying chart presents the St. Louis Rams’ Salary Cap Summary. It’s continuously updated to reflect all transactions approved and accounted for by the NFL/NFLPA.

Consideration$ Amounts
Actual 2015 Available Salary Cap Space$1,959,819
2015 NFL Salary Cap$143,280,000
Plus: Rams' 2014 Salary Cap Carryover0
Plus: Rams' Net League Adjustments$1,393,387
St. Louis Rams Adjusted Team Salary Cap$144,673,387
2015 Current Net "Top-51" Contractual Obligations$135,213,568
St. Louis Rams Current Available Salary Cap Space$9,459,819
Less: Additional 2015 Financial Obligations (est.):
Practice Squad Salaries$1,100,000
Season-Opening Reserve$2,900,000
Roster To 53 Players From 51$900,000
NET Cost Of Signing Rookie Draft Class$2,600,000
Total 2015 Additional Financial Obligations (est.)$7,500,000
Terminology And Calculations
2015 NFL Salary Cap- The league-wide salary cap (before adjustments) is $143,280,000 for 2015. In December, the NFL Management Council projected the salary cap to come in at $138.6-$141.8 million. In early January, I predicted the salary cap would rise to $145-$146 million.

2014 Salary Cap Carryover- The Rams were the only team in the NFL without unused salary cap space to carry over from 2014 to 2015. The Rams did in fact have approximately $700,000 in unused salary cap space at the end of 2014. They chose to net that amount out of year-end salary cap charges related to performance raises and earned incentives.

Net League Adjustments- Adjustments include proven performance escalators, earned incentives, accrued workout bonuses and carryovers. In addition, the Rams received a $3 million salary cap credit for Cortland Finnegan. The credit was earned as a result of an offset included in the language of Finnegan’s contract with the Rams, and was triggered when Finnegan signed with theDolphins.

Adjusted Team Salary Cap- The adjusted team salary cap is calculated by taking the league salary cap figure and adding/subtracting carryovers and net league adjustments.

Net “Top-51″ Contractual Obligations- In the offseason, only the top 51 contracts in terms of cap hits (plus outstanding dead money) count against the Rams’ adjusted team salary cap.

Current Available Salary Cap Space- Current available salary cap space only takes into account obligations incurred to-date. It doesn’t account for additional financial obligations counting against the salary cap later in the year.

Additional Financial Obligations- Are obligations incurred by the Rams during the remainder of the year. They must be budgeted for, as they count against the salary cap at different times during the year: Practice squad salaries – during the regular season, season-opening reserve – September, signing the rookie draft class – June, and 2 players added to make up the 53-man roster – September.

Actual Available Salary Cap Space- This figure is the amount of salary cap space the Rams have with all 2015 financial obligations taken into account. This actual figure is rarely reported by the media (nor Spotrac/OverTheCap) when pronouncing the amount of salary cap space the Rams have. Actual salary cap space will change as the Rams sign/re-sign players, and release/restructure players currently on the roster.



Here is a more in depth analysis of our 53 man roster cap situation, provided by Dubs of course.


PlayerPositionBase SalaryProrated BonusRoster BonusCap HitRelease Savings
Player
Position
Base Salary
Prorated Bonus
Roster Bonus
Cap Hit
Release Savings
Robert QuinnDE5,555,555955,35510,223,20116,744,1112,689,489
Chris LongDE7,000,0002,500,0003,000,00012,500,0007,500,000
Jared CookTE7,000,0001,300,4418,300,441-600,882
Rodger SaffoldOG4,250,0001,000,0003,000,0008,250,0004,250,000
Lance KendricksTE1,500,0004,000,0005,500,000
Nick Fairley ***DT5,000,0005,000,0005,000,000
Greg RobinsonOT1,387,4593,449,8364,837,295-12,576,967
William HayesDE3,105,0001,250,0004,355,0003,105,000
James LaurinaitisLB3,625,000650,0004,275,0002,725,000
Kenny Britt ***WR4,500,0004,500,000
Tavon AustinWR1,564,1821,913,3643,477,546-4,057,137
Michael BrockersDT1,688,4541,341,2733,029,7270
Eugene SimsDE1,900,000116,6851,000,0003,016,6852,900,000
Akeem Ayers ***LB3,000,0003,000,0003,000,000
John HekkerP1,111,111151,5511,111,1112,373,773656,456
Mark BarronSS2,362,7042,362,7040
Rodney McLeodFS2,356,0002,356,0002,356,000
Aaron DonaldDT880,7501,423,0002,303,750-5,989,750
Alec OgletreeLB1,044,092873,1871,917,279-873,187
Brian QuickWR1,124,536589,3821,713,9181,124,536
Trumaine JohnsonCB1,542,000167,7941,709,7941,542,000
Chris GivensWR1,542,000124,2571,666,2571,542,000
Janoris JenkinsCB660,000517,331410,4981,587,8291,070,498
Nick FolesQB1,522,00020,0001,542,0001,542,000
Cory HarkeyTE1,542,0001,542,0001,542,000
Austin DavisQB1,542,0001,542,0001,542,000
Jo-Lonn DunbarLB999,999345,5431,345,5421,345,542
Isaiah PeadRB940,650344,2001,284,850940,650
Lamarcus JoynerDB648,644494,5781,143,222-370,512
Jake McQuaideLS850,000850,000850,000
T.J. McDonaldSS624,426162,000786,426462,426
Stedman BaileyWR601,234131,850733,084469,384
Greg ZuerleinPK691,10232,205723,307691,102
Barrett JonesOL585,000111,300696,300473,700
Tre MasonRB530,035159,375689,410211,285
Brandon McGeeCB585,00047,790632,790537,210
Zac StacyRB585,00044,125629,125540,875
Maurice AlexanderSS510,000116,065626,065277,870
Benny CunninghamRB585,0003,334588,334585,000
Case KeenumQB585,000585,000585,000
Cody DavisFS585,000585,000585,000
Chase ReynoldsRB585,000585,000585,000
Brandon WashingtonOL585,000585,000585,000
Daren BatesLB585,000585,000585,000
Marshall McFaddenLB585,000585,000585,000
Damian WilliamsWR745,000MSB-160,000585,000585,000
E.J. GainesCB510,00026,918536,918456,164
Ethan WestbrooksDL510,0006,666516,666503,332
Marcus RobersonCB510,0005,000515,000505,000
Alex BayerTE510,0003,333513,333506,666
Travis BondOG510,000510,000510,000
Justice CunninghamTE510,000510,000510,000
Doug WorthingtonDT510,000510,000510,000
Trey WattsRB510,000510,000510,000
Brad SmelleyTE510,000510,000510,000
Devon WylieWR510,000510,000510,000
Mason BrodineTE510,000510,000510,000
Korey ToomerLB510,000510,000510,000
Demetrius RhaneyC435,00011,474446,474412,052
Emory BlakeWR435,000435,000435,000
Christian BryantFS435,000435,000435,000
Steven BakerOT435,000435,000435,000
Michael PalardyP435,000435,000435,000
Top 51 Contracts126,818,481
Roster Detail
63 Players Under Contract
63 Players On The Roster
Dead Money
Sam Bradford3,595,000
Jake Long2,500,000
Scott Wells1,000,000
Kendall Langford1,000,000
Damien Williams134,118
Mitchell Van Dyk45,450
Christian Bryant36,750
Michael Sam34,422
Garrett Gilbert29,010
Austin Franklin11,667
Phillip Steward3,334
Aaron Hill1,334
Abasi Salimu1,334
Deantre Harlan667
Kadeem Jones667
Jarrid Bryant667
Jamaine Sherman667
Total Dead Money8,395,087
Offseason Total Cap Hits
Top 51 Contracts126,818,481
Total Dead Money8,395,087
2015 Total Cap Hits135,213,568
Offseason Team Salary Cap
2015 Unadjusted Salary Cap143,280,000
2015 Salary Cap Rollover0
2015 Accrued Workout Bonuses0
2015 Prior Year Adjustments1,393,387
2015 Adjusted Team Salary Cap144,673,387
Available Salary Cap Space9,459,819

Looks like we have enough to sign one more FA(Wis or Blalock) with a more back loaded contract.

*This is all copy and paste, all credit goes to Dubs over at TST obviously. He is a numbers wiz when it comes to the cap and the numbers of it all.

 

[Tron]

It looked a lot better over at his site, and when I plugged them in here it looked good till i hit the post button, then they all mashed together.

here is the links so you can understand them better.

Cap Summary - http://ramsinperspective.com/salary-cap-summary/
Detailed Summary - http://ramsinperspective.com/rams-detailed-cap/

 

[ChrisW]

I'm not buying the 2 million. I know it's right and all, but last year Snead spent up to the cap and then made more room for rookies and all that when the time came. He's not done spending, yet.

 

[brokeu91]

Is it too late to cut Nick Fairley and free up some cap space? I think we need to sign an offensive lineman or three

 

[DaveFan'51]

 

[Boston Ram]

Thanks for posting this! Great information. Like @ChrisW stated though we can find more money. I thought I remembered a similar situation the Jake Long year and were still able to sign a couple of other guys.

If we can fit Barks and a Blaylock type I feel a little more comfortable.

 

[mr.stlouis]

This complicates things... mightily

 

[bwdenverram]

In this thread we have $2M and another thread on main page it's reported we have $11M. Something is weird.
I'm no CAP expert but I thought in some cases salary and CAP hit weren't the same?

If I recall, we had about $28M after trading Sam.
The signings of Kendrick, Fairly, Britt and Ayers (Foles is only about $1.5M) is not $26M.

What's missing?

 

[CGI_Ram]

Sportrac usually is very accurate:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/st.-louis-rams/cap/

Which has us at $15.7MM before; Britt, Ayers, and Fairley. (After setting $ aside for draft pool).

Keep in mind, this is the top 51 contracts. Some more room could be freed if Givens, Sims, or Pead don't make the roster, etc.

It's getting tight to land help on the OL.

 

[Ballhawk]

Available Salary Cap Space9,459,819

Look at the bottom line.

 

[Memphis Ram]

Per Rams Beat Writer Jim Thomas

The Rams currently have about $11 million in cap space, so when you factor in the cost of signing their draft class and signing a practice squad, they might not have enough cap room to land Barksdale, Blalock and Wisniewski. But they could get two of the three. And there are cap adjustments easily made on their existing roster that would create room for all three.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_f34aa2ba-8a38-5081-ac5b-bd44e29317f2.html

 

[CoachO]

I haven't looked at his site to try to make sense of what he posted. But off the top of my head, it appears that he is overlooking the part where only the top 51 salaries count against the cap in the off season. And that number is fluid as players are signed.

As far as holding $$$ back for the upcoming draft class, per K. Demoff directly at one of his Season Ticket luncheons, he said he never worries about that, because the dollars for the draft class are always offset by the players they are replacing on the roster no longer counting against the cap.

While this piece shows an awful lot of work went into it, I think any TRUE cap calculations at this time of year can be an exercise in futility.

 

[Penguin.]

Thanks for this man!