I'm going to use this thread as a means to report player movement / salary news between now and the time rosters are officially posted. If I see any NFL news regarding players being cut or salaries being restructured, I'll post it here. If you see any NFL news about your team's players, please post it here as well, please post the reference / source with a link. If you have questions about someone's status that you have seen and are not sure if they are a free agent or on your roster, please post it here. If you are not sure what to do, don't worry, this is optional. this isn't a place to post trade proposals or rumors regarding your GML players. This is a window from the GML world to the NFL reality, and it will be closed once the rosters are posted (on the 10th)
Cromartie takes a 12M paycut Source-Me But he's suspended for fathering too many kids and smoking weed at the same time Source-Goodell You can't edit my post. Clearly a tyrant comish and mod. Source-Me Let this be a lesson to all Source-Goodell
Asante Samuel was cut today by the Falcons. His cap hit of $5 plus million is removed from their books here. He will be considered an unrestricted free agent (as opposed to a cut/release) so he won't be available to be bid on until free agency starts. Stephen Nicholas was also released. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/05/falcons-dump-asante-samuel-stephen-nicholas/
Matt Cassell is voiding his contract (that was in the news today)... similar to Samuel, he'll be a UFA at the start of free agency.
If anyone here's something official on Larry Fitzgerald's contract restructure, please post here... unofficially, he's going from an $18m cap figure to $7.8m... his 2014 base salary of $12.75m they are turning into a bonus/guaranteed money... that means the $12.75m is prorated over the remaining length of his contract (5 years), or $2.55m hit per year... so that's $18m less the $12.75m plus the $2.55m... or what should be an ending cap # of $7.8m....
Almost. He needs to have a minimum P5 (base salary), so you're looking a little north of that. I could get really complicated if you want me to.
i see... 10 accredited seasons... something close to a million for his minimum then? So it's the $7.8m plus that?
http://overthecap.com/initial-reaction-larry-fitzgeralds-restructured-contract/ likely can explain it better than I can.
i see... I'm still off by $200k from what he has (I recalculated to $8.564m... he must be taking the workout bonus for 2014 and deferring 4/5's of it to future years. That's where the difference is. hmm does he make money off that website or is it more a hobby?
workout bonuses don't get deferred, he either omitted it on porpoise or accidentally, but usually in these cases they can that bonus too, or just can it and it to to the signing bonus. It's a hobby. He takes some donations and runs ads, but it's not his job or such.
eh, nothing that roto, OTC, or even spotrac could handle. Those were always easy to find. Also the easiest to make sense of. Very little math.
The latest on the Larry Fitzgerald 2014 cap number... http://www.nationalfootballpost.com...tml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter so $8.6m it is.
Lions resigned Dominic Raiola to a one year deal. Will have to wait on contract terms. But he will not be a UFA here. Congrats to the Lions.
Some more notes before I post the rosters on Monday night... I'm cross referencing a free agent list with the roster list I've got... Some duplicates and where I'm putting them... these are just the noteworthy ones... there are others... basically a bunch of ERFA's that I'm leaving as ERFA's... figure most of those you guys won't keep anyway, so just moving them off your roster to save you the trouble. Arrelious Benn WR, staying with the Eagles Brian Sanford DE, staying with the Browns Charlie Johnson OL, contract voided, UFA, not with the Vikings Dan Bailey K, signed extension with Cowboys, stays with Cowboys David Arkin G, staying with the Dolphins Jermaine Cunningham, DE signed a one year contract to remain with the Jets Leroy Harris, C/G staying with the Lions Sammy Brown, DE staying with the Rams
Larry English not a free agent... Charger didn't meet playing time requirements to void his sixth year, so he will remain property of the Chargers. So far I've got his cap # at $1.54m, and that's probably what it will stay at.