From http://nyjetscap.com/Dolphins/dolphins2012.php Marshall, Brandon WR $5,550,000 Carey, Vernon OL $4,800,000 Bell, Yeremiah S $1,850,000 Davis, Vontae CB $1,111,250 Dobbins, Tim LB $600,000 Edds, A.J. LB $238,500 Culver, Tyrone S $125,000 Roth, Matt LB $123,500 Gates, Edmond WR $113,287 Cook, Ryan OL $112,500 Johnson, Tyrell S $65,000 Guyton, Gary LB $65,000 Kaddu, Josh LB $46,685 Cunningham, BJ WR $26,550 Kearse, Frank DT $23,576 Barker, Will OL $15,000 Pruitt, Julius WR $15,000 Feinga, Leimoni OL $15,000 Wade, Jonathan CB $12,500 Restelli, Mark LB $6,667 Devlin, Patrick QB $4,000 Jones, D.J. OL $3,667 Wallace, Roberto WR $3,334 Agnew, Vince CB $2,667 Grisby, Nic RB $2,667 Perez, Jose CB $2,667 Freeny, Jonathan LB $2,667 Westerman, Jamaal LB $2,500 Baker, Ryan DE $2,500 Brackett, Brett TE $2,334 Chisolm, Garrett OL $2,000 Jones, Johnny DT $1,667 Lyons, Shelly LB $1,500 Smith, Jacquies DE $1,500 Scott, Kevyn CB $1,500 Root, Jarrell DE $1,500 McDonald, Andrew T $1,500 Hughes, Trenton CB $1,500 Fuller, Jeff WR $1,500 Derek, Dennis G $1,500 Alecxih, Chas DT $1,500 Collins, Cameron LB $1,500 Waldron, Dustin T $1,500 Spears, Quinton LB $1,000 Brown, Les TE $833 Livas, Phillip WR $667 Add another 1 MILLION for David Garrard and our total is: $16,359,685
If I were good at Photoshop, I'd somehow turn this into something some may find amusing. Alas, I am not.
Damn, can't they beat the Patriots at anything - $18.44M http://nyjetscap.com/Patriots/patriots2012.php
5.5M for Marshall and 2-3rd's....the guy is going to have 1400 yards and 10+tds.... With friends like these it isn't to hard to figure out why they are in the predicament...
Serious question, does anyone know where that stands relative to the rest of the league? It would appear the Pats have a bigger number.
I don't know about the whole league, but I know the Colts have like 35 million in dead space. You can check on Spotrac.com. I'm not sure how accurate they are, though.
This really makes me question the Y. Bell move, what was the urgency to dump even if we had to carry that much cash???
I sure hope whomever labeled us as having the most in the league knows where we stand relative to the rest of the league. Surely that would be a logical expectation.
That would make sense. The Colts just had a new GM take over. You expect a lot of turnover in that situation.
Dead cap is an indictment on previous decision making. It's not surprising for a team like the Colts to have a lot of dead cap because they don't particularly mind the inevitable criticism of previous personnel decisions that comes with that. Ryan Grigson can just say I wasn't here yet and I can't speak to what the Polians did before I got here. Teams like the Patriots and Dolphins that have continuity in their personnel departments, that's usually not a great sign.
Another dumb statement. If you're gonna blame Ireland for all of that then perhaps you should blame him for John Beck, too, and every other failed player brought in when Ireland wasn't here. Ireland didn't draft Vernon Carey, and Ireland didn't force Carey to become a useless slob. That $4.8M is on Carey. In the end it saved us future cap space IIRC. Ireland didn't force Marshall to become a distraction & hinderance to the team. That $5.6M is on Marshall; however, that $5.6M dead space this year helps us have the appealing $40.0M in space next year. The $1.8M hit from Bell allows us to have more space next year. Ireland didn't force Vontae to give less than 100% to the team. If he worked as hard as he was being paid to work he'd still be here and there'd be no $1.1M cap hit. Vontae put himself into the position to get traded.
I didn't know Jeff Ireland's mom posted here. Nice to meet you, Ma'am. I think your son is a crappy GM.
If you want to blame Ireland for each time you stub your toe or run over a nail then that's your prerogative. I'm a little more realistic than that.
Uncalled for, just because his view is different then yours is no need to get snippy. IMHO he has had some failures for sure and he has had some HR too. The water is very muddy on his 1st few years here and I am just going to base my opinion on him on the past two drafts and forward. Plus you have to factor in a whole new O and D and the fact some players just do not fit very well with the change, so there has to be some consideration to that. It is MY belief he will do just fine if given a chance and in a few years there will be threads about how lucky we he was retained and not let go like the fans wanted. JMHO
Does this figure really mean anything at all relative to the team on the field this year ?? Not really. If you don't like Irish, that's fine, but this doesn't really mean anything to any of us relative to the product on the field. If we go 13-3 will anyone really care ?? Likewise will it make a difference if we are 3-13 ?? I'll still be just as miserable, in that case, as if we had NO dead cap money....
From what I saw according to Spotrac, we are 4th in Dead Money. List goes Indianapolis, Oakland, New England, Miami and Houston.
Teams with over $10M in dead cap money – Colts 37.9 Oakland 21.7 New England 17.9 Dolphins 16.6 Houston 16.3 Dallas 12.6 Buffalo 11.6 Baltimore 10.2 There are 5-6 other teams just below $10M. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/
BTW, CK mentioned that in a new regime there is usually excess dead money, and that makes sense. Irish is in the middle of supplying talent for a new regime as well... Will that make me happier if we are 3-13.....??
If this isn't indictment of Jeff Ireland, I don't what is. Ireland defenders, the floor is yours.......
Please, by all means the floor is yours to indict. I'll be glad to break down the benefits of cutting guys like Vernon Carey as opposed to restructuring their contracts if I see a value argument to counter.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're trolling...HARD. Serious question: Has Jeff Ireland made a single mistake as GM?
Why? When it is a completely different offense and defense that has been implemented by a NEW HC and staff?
