State of the Franchise-The Packers' Salary Cap (3/29 Update)

[CWood21]

So...a lot of people have questions, and a few have answers so here's the breakdown of the Packers cap situation.

1.) I used Spotrac, while others use Rotoworld, etc.
2.) These numbers are unofficial.
3.) Total salary during the offseason use the Rule of 51 (explained later).
4.) Salaries are done by position and within each position goes from highest to lowest.
5.) This excludes the salary being rolled over from last year.

Here's the format I'm using:
Name - Cap Hit


Offense

Quarterbacks
Aaron Rodgers - $9,750,000
Graham Harrell - $630,000
B.J. Coleman - $405,000
Total: $10,785,000


Running Backs
John Kuhn - $2,543,750
Alex Green - $691,250
James Starks - $600,075
Brandon Saine - $555,000
DaJuan Harris - $555,000
Total: $4,945,075



Wide Receivers
Jordy Nelson - $3,975,000
James Jones - $3,750,000
Randall Cobb - $875,297
Jeremy Ross - $480,000
Jarrett Boykin - $480,000
Total: $9,560,297


Tight End
Jermichael Finley - $8,750,000
Andrew Quarless - $1,368,606
D.J. Williams - $604,500
Ryan Taylor - $569,794
Brandon Bostick - $405,000
Total: $11,697,900



Offensive Tackle
Bryan Bulaga - $2,125,500
Derek Sherrod - $1,800,546
Marshall Newhouse - $1,360,462
Don Barclay - $480,000
Andrew Datko - $405,000
Total: $6,171,508


Interior Offensive Lineman
Josh Sitton - $5,550,000
T.J. Lang - $3,100,000
Evan Dietrich-Smith - $1,323,000
Greg Van Roten - $480,000
Joe Gibbs - $405,000
Garth Gerhart - $405,000
Total: $11,263,000


Defense

Defensive Lineman
Ryan Pickett - $6,700,000
B.J. Raji - $6,595,000
Mike Neal - $920,000
Jerel Worthy - $897,319
C.J. Wilson - $642,590
Mike Daniels - $555,146
Johnny Jolly - $555,000
Jordan Miller - $480,000
Total Salary: $17,345,055


Outside Linebacker
Clay Matthews - $4,910,000
Nick Perry - $1,704,375
Dezman Moses - $481,166
Total Salary: $7,095,541



Inside Linebacker
AJ Hawk - $5,200,000
Desmond Bishop - $4,764,000
Brad Jones - $2,500,000
Robert Francois - $725,000
D.J. Smith - $580,788
Jamari Lattimore - $556,667
Terrell Manning - $522,870
Total Salary: $14,849,325


Cornerbacks
Tramon Williams - $8,500,000
Sam Shields - $2,023,000
Jarrett Bush - $1,783,333
Casey Heyward - $752,201
Davon House - $630,145
James Nixon - $405,000
Chaz Powell - $405,000
Total Salary: $14,498,679


Safeties
Morgan Burnett - $1,541,775
M.D. Jennings - $555,833
Jerron McMillian - $555,146
Sean Richardson - $481,667
Total Salary: $3,134,421


Special Teams
Mason Crosby - $3,150,000
Tim Masthay - $1,105,000
Brett Goode - $821,250
Total Salary: $5,076,250


Salary Cap

Projected Salary Cap: $123,000,000
Packers' Salary: $112,682,884
Dead Space: $101,294
Packers' Cap Hit: $112,802,514
Carry Over Cap: $7,000,000
Projected Cap Space: $17,197,486



Free Agents
RB Cedric Benson (UFA)
RB Ryan Grant (UFA)
WR Greg Jennings (UNFA)
TE Tom Crabtree (RFA)
C Evan Dietrich-Smith (RFA)
ILB Robert Francois (RFA)
ILB Brad Jones (UFA)
OLB Erik Walden (UFA)
OLB Frank Zombo (UFA)
CB Sam Shields (RFA)




*****SALARY CAP FAQ*****

Q.) What is the Rule of 51?
A. During the offseason, only the 51 most expensive players in terms of cap hit count against the cap. During the season, every player counts against the cap.
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[justo]

[wgbeethree]

I don't see AJ Hawk on there.
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Adopt-A-Packer Randall Cobb

[ChaRisMa]

AJ Hawk- 7.050 Million.

If we get each year ahead mapped out it becomes quite easy to keep updated and it helps calculate the future roster moves.

Fantastic resource for those who are new:

http://www.askthecommish.com/SalaryCap/faq.aspx
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[I Am Rodgers]

Shields is a RFA, not a UFA. 2010, 2011, and 2012 were his only seasons with us. He signed as an UDFA.
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[skibrett15]

I think you left EDS off here somewhere. He's a RFA
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[dijatool]

I'm tracking the cap via a slightly different format (sorted by cap hit).

I've made the assumption of a second round tender (and bonus) for Shields, a third for Dietrich-Smith and minimum offers for Benson, Jones and Crabtree.

I've got Saturday at $825,000 of dead money because that was reported on packers.com. None of the cap tracking sites have that number, it could easily be wrong.

I don't have Jolly on the list.

The total doesn't include the 7M the Packers are carrying over from 2012.

The little numbers at the end of the list are a bunch of miscellaneous dead money.

A new, but useful resource for cap information:

http://overthecap.com/

[PackMan22]

If possible, it would be nice to have the cost of tendering the RFA at each level. I don't know if it depends on where they were drafted, but any info about that would be good to add.
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Adopt-a-Packer Frank Zombo

Can we please cease and desist with the term 'professional athletes representing their country'? That term should be reserved for one man and one man only: Pat Tillman.-Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel

[NCPackFan]

After A-Rod, the next 4 names on that list ALL need to restructure simply because they haven't lived up to their cap number. In all honesty, I don't think it would be much of a surprised to see all four of those players either cut or traded within the next 6-8 months; especially the first two after Rodgers.

That said. We need to be focused on extending Rodgers, Matthews, and Raji at this point. After we do this, we can then focus on other needs, IMHO. Also, the sooner the Rodgers deal gets done, the cheaper it gets.

[CWood21]

[Kampman74]

So how does that seven mil work into carrying over into this year shouldn't we have 130 mil for our cap or no?

[rbens06]

[rbens06]

[pacnwpackfan]

Seeing Mason Crosby eating up $3 million of cap space actually makes me angry...shouldn't that count as dead space? lol

[Packerraymond]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/197372681.html

Once we re-structure Jolly, we are 18 million under the cap, most in the NFC North.
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