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Rams finished 2015 season $6 million under the cap, but decide to carry over only $933,000 into 2016. #movingexpenses?
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 25, 2016
Even so, Rams still have a little over $60 million in cap room, assuming 2016 salary cap of $155 million.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 25, 2016
Rams leftover cap room actually is for incentives.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 25, 2016
AgamemnonMeanwhile, after all these years of football, Cal QB Jared Goff shows up at the combine and learns he has small hands. He finds it comical.
— Jim Thomas (@jthom1) February 25, 2016
AgamemnonOk, that explains a lot. Why the Rams didn’t have a big carry over and why they cut the players they did. imo
After taxes, that leaves the Rams ~50 million in effective cap space that they can use to sign their FAs. That will be close, but they might be able to do it. imo
I think the cost of signing their FAs turned out to be a bit higher than they figured at first. That is why they went ahead and cut some players now. imo
They also want to think about extending next years FAs this year. That would require a bit of space this year, too.
AgamemnonEchoing coach Jeff Fisher from yesterday, Snead said signing secondary is first priority. Says it's realistic given team's cap space.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 25, 2016
Snead also made it clear that Rams are hoping to get extensions done with key players who won't be UFAs in March: Namely, Brockers/Ogletree.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) February 25, 2016
This lines up with my previous post about cap space. 😉After taxes, that leaves the Rams ~50 million in effective cap space that they can use to sign their FAs. That will be close, but they might be able to do it. imo
I think the cost of signing their FAs turned out to be a bit higher than they figured at first. That is why they went ahead and cut some players now. imo
They also want to think about extending next years FAs this year. That would require a bit of space this year, too.
AgamemnonBroncos left cap space behind to protect against postseason practice-squad raid
Posted by Mike Florio on February 25, 2016, 6:34 PM EST
Currency Getty ImagesSome of you have asked why the Saints, Broncos, and Rams opted not to carry over their full allotment of cap space. As to one of the three teams, we have an answer.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Broncos saved $267,088 in order to have extra money available if another postseason team tried to sign any players from the Denver practice squad.
The carryover decision is made at the end of the regular season. For the 12 teams that make the playoffs, it remains possible that another team still in the playoffs will try to sign away a practice-squad player. Having the extra cap space available gives the playoff team flexibility to fend off an attempt to sign a player away.
The Broncos opted to play the situation conservatively. However, none of the other playoff teams did, meaning that they couldn’t have spent any extra money to keep practice squad players or to steal someone else’s.
Broncos left cap space behind to protect against postseason practice-squad raid
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