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Stole this from Adam at the Zone.....http://new.cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220666
Looking ahead, we currently have 40 players signed for 2012 and have $120,098,705 committed to the 2012 cap. That includes $25,648,428 in dead money.
We don't know what the 2012 cap will be yet, but our $120,098,705 cap commitment is less than this year's $120.375 million unadjusted cap. If we carry over the entire $18.65 million of 2011 cap room that we have right now and use the $1.5 million adjustment allowed by the CBA, we would be more than $20 million under the 2012 cap, even if it's not any higher than the current cap. (Any additional cap room that we use this year would reduce what we can push forward, of course.)
Also, our current 2012 cap commitments include charges for several players who either might get cut, will have their contract void or have a contract that can be easily restructured to save even more cap room. For example, if we cut Terence Newman, we would save either $4.016 million or $6.016 million of cap room, depending on whether he's a June 2 designation. If Jon Kitna's contract voids, as expected, it will open up another $2.7 million in cap room. Keith Brooking's contract voiding would open up $2.2 million more. Or we could get about $9 million more in cap room by restructuring the contracts of guys such as Doug Free (about $4 million) and Orlando Scandrick (about $5 million). There are other ways to get even more cap room if we need it.
So, even though we have more than $25.6 million in dead money for 2012, we should have plenty of cap room to work with in the offseason.
Here is the breakdown for 2012 --
We don't know what the 2012 cap will be yet, but our $120,098,705 cap commitment is less than this year's $120.375 million unadjusted cap. If we carry over the entire $18.65 million of 2011 cap room that we have right now and use the $1.5 million adjustment allowed by the CBA, we would be more than $20 million under the 2012 cap, even if it's not any higher than the current cap. (Any additional cap room that we use this year would reduce what we can push forward, of course.)
Also, our current 2012 cap commitments include charges for several players who either might get cut, will have their contract void or have a contract that can be easily restructured to save even more cap room. For example, if we cut Terence Newman, we would save either $4.016 million or $6.016 million of cap room, depending on whether he's a June 2 designation. If Jon Kitna's contract voids, as expected, it will open up another $2.7 million in cap room. Keith Brooking's contract voiding would open up $2.2 million more. Or we could get about $9 million more in cap room by restructuring the contracts of guys such as Doug Free (about $4 million) and Orlando Scandrick (about $5 million). There are other ways to get even more cap room if we need it.
So, even though we have more than $25.6 million in dead money for 2012, we should have plenty of cap room to work with in the offseason.
Here is the breakdown for 2012 --
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT FOR 2012 DeMarcus Ware $10,301,693 Tony Romo $8,060,503 Doug Free $8,060,000 Terence Newman $8,016,000Orlando Scandrick $7,700,000 Jason Witten $5,500,000 Jay Ratliff $5,291,042 Jon Kitna $3,700,000 Dez Bryant $3,660,500 Keith Brooking $3,000,000 Tyron Smith $2,840,022 Miles Austin $2,721,000 Marcus Spears $2,700,000 Kenyon Coleman $2,345,000 Jason Hatcher $2,100,000 Kyle Kosier $1,950,000 Felix Jones $1,884,500 Mike Jenkins $1,672,000 Bruce Carter $1,103,318 L.P. Ladouceur $950,000 Sean Lee $790,000 Stephen McGee $698,000 Victor Butler $689,635 DeMarco Murray $675,781 David Buehler $602,125 David Arkin $598,400 John Phillips $584,564 Dwayne Harris $502,515 Sean Lissemore $502,150 Josh Price-Brent $501,887 Barry Church $494,000 Phil Costa $494,000 Danny McCray $491,668 Bill Nagy $476,475 Kevin Kowalski $466,666 Dan Bailey $465,833 Alex Albright $465,500 Phillip Tanner $465,500 Kai Forbath $465,000 Raymond Radway $465,000 DEAD MONEY Roy Williams $8,750,000 Leonard Davis $4,166,670 Marc Colombo $4,050,000 Marion Barber $4,000,000 Igor Olshansky $2,400,000 Andre Gurode $1,666,670 Akwasi Owusu-Ansah $225,262 Josh Thomas $144,600 Brandon Williams $116,000 Sam Young $55,250 Shaun Chapas $42,639 Travis Bright $6,000 Jose Acuna $4,334 Lyle Leong $4,000 Mario Butler $3,334 Chris Gronkowski $3,334 Chris Randle $3,334 Orie Lemon $2,000 Pepa Letuli $2,000 Zack Eskridge $1,667 Corey Adams $1,334 (Total 2012 dead money) $25,648,428 Total 2012 cap commitment $120,098,705
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According to that, Newman is definitely gone.
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I'd love Osi, but he hates us. It may be another one of those T.O. scenarios.
As far as Finnegan I wouldn't mind him, but I'd rather find Newman's replacement in the draft.