Cards with $20.5m in cap room as of 3/13/17

[az jam]

So what are we going to do with it???

Darren Urban‏Verified account@Cardschatter
According to NFLPA, Cardinals with about $20.5M in cap room.

 

[az jam]

That shouldn't be very much.

Kent Somers‏Verified account@kentsomers

What he said, minus, i think, whatever they’re paying Dansby. Don’t think that one is recorded yet.

 

[BigRedRage]

Minus Dansby and rookie pool.

 

[Shane]

Minus Dansby and rookie pool.

You're probably right but why the hell wouldn't Dansby's money already be included in that if that's being reported today he was signed last week?

 

[BigRedRage]

You're probably right but why the hell wouldn't Dansby's money already be included in that if that's being reported today he was signed last week?

just going off of Somers or Jurecki tweeted it

 

[Reign Blood]

Cards are holding back a big WOW deal. Book it.

 

[imaCafan]

Cards are holding back a big WOW deal. Book it.

Hightower???? Who is left worth big $$$$?

 

[MadCardDisease]

They need to sign a decent #2 CB to play opposite of PP. To me that should be the top priority.

 

[Shane]

Cards are holding back a big WOW deal. Book it.

Any real wow deals to be had??

 

[MadCardDisease]

Cards are holding back a big WOW deal. Book it.

Look for the Cardinals to grab a hand full of Mid level and/or depth players to fill out their roster. Maybe a few 1 year prove it deals.

I don't see any big contracts being handed out anytime soon from the Cardinals.

I think it is clear the Cardinals plan to continue to build through the draft.

 

[Mainstreet]

Cards are holding back a big WOW deal. Book it.

I'm thinking the same thing. They must be planning a move.

 

[JeffGollin]

Hightower???? Who is left worth big $$$$?

That's what I was thinking...until I woke up to reports that the Jets were making a big run at Hightower.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Jared Odrick DE was a cap casualty in Jacksonville. He was injured and placed on IR halfway through the season last year. I would love to see the Cardinals bring him in on a One Year Prove It deal. He is a two-dimensional DE who at 6'5" 298lbs can play anywhere on the DL. Plus he wouldn't count against the Compensation Pick formula since he was cut.

Davon House CB. Another veteran that the Jags cut after giving him a monster deal. Adding a Veteran to play opposite of PP is a must. House has the length that the Cardinals look for in DBs and is just entering his prime. House would give the Cardinals an option to compete with Bethel and any other young DBs that they may draft.

Those two signing would make me happy and would still leave some money to add a few additional depth players.

 

[Chopper0080]

I have long thought Odrick would fit well in our 3-4 as a DE. I would be happy if the Cards gave him a look. Tim Lelito is another guy who would be a nice add.

 

[Reign Blood]

Hightower???? Who is left worth big $$$$?

A big trade or something is brewing.

 

[az jam]

Tom Pelissero‏Verified account@TomPelissero
#Cardinals brought back 35-year-old LB Karlos Dansby a 1-year, $2 million deal. $700K guaranteed. Can earn $250K in incentives.

 

[Shane]

By the sounds of this thread I think there's a lot of people in for big disappointment

 

[BillsCarnage]

By the sounds of this thread I think there's a lot of people in for big disappointment

Probably. Don't teams usually keep ~$5mill for signings during the season? And, the rookie pool might be around $7mil, so that would be $6-8mil left depending on if Dansby is included.

 

[Stout]

Tom Pelissero‏Verified account@TomPelissero
#Cardinals brought back 35-year-old LB Karlos Dansby a 1-year, $2 million deal. $700K guaranteed. Can earn $250K in incentives.

Great deal.

 

[Cards Czar]

Probably. Don't teams usually keep ~$5mill for signings during the season? And, the rookie pool might be around $7mil, so that would be $6-8mil left depending on if Dansby is included.

Thats a misconception on the 7 Mil for Rookies. The Cardinals Rookie cap is 6.84Mil, http://overthecap.com/draft you have to take in that the lowest players will be replaced by the rookies. So that means those players salaries will be deducted from the 6.84.

Go here http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/arizona-cardinals and look at the end of the 51 cutoff add up the 8 bottom players subtract that from 6.84M and you get a ruff estimate on the cost.

6.84M minus 4.36 and you get about 2.5M the actual cost of the rookies.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Per Mike Jurecki:

#AZCardinals are around $18M under the cap, rookie pool for eight players $6.7M, all of them won’t count against the cap, only top 51 salaries count… IR players $2.5M to 3M.

 

[Cardiac]

If I'm BASK the FA focus is on CB, OG, DE and maybe FS. I might make OG as the top priority since it's a weak Oline draft and deep at DB's.

Since we won't be spending much more in FA who is up for an extension to use up some of the CAP space? On offense.....by the CBA too soon for both DJ's and Hump really hasn't earned that yet. Smokey should be allowed but the sickle cell trait needs to be managed far better than in 2016. Veldheer is an option but we need to know he can play RT effectively. I think Iupati will finish his current contract and them be gone.

On Defense I can't think of anyone who is eligible and worthy except maybe Bucannon.

All this begs the question, what's the plan SK??????

 

[Cheesebeef]

If I'm BASK the FA focus is on CB, OG, DE and maybe FS. I might make OG as the top priority since it's a weak Oline draft and deep at DB's.

Since we won't be spending much more in FA who is up for an extension to use up some of the CAP space? On offense.....by the CBA too soon for both DJ's and Hump really hasn't earned that yet. Smokey should be allowed but the sickle cell trait needs to be managed far better than in 2016. Veldheer is an option but we need to know he can play RT effectively. I think Iupati will finish his current contract and them be gone.

On Defense I can't think of anyone who is eligible and worthy except maybe Bucannon.

All this begs the question, what's the plan SK??????

agreed. If we've got that much scratch... with pretty slim pickings left on the FA market and not many guys even up for extensions yet (if that's the case with DJ and Humphries), it makes me question why we couldn't keep Calais.

 

[Cardiac]

agreed. If we've got that much scratch... with pretty slim pickings left on the FA market and not many guys even up for extensions yet (if that's the case with DJ and Humphries), it makes me question why we couldn't keep Calais.

SK has said he would rather lose a player a year too early than two years too late. I think CC has 3 to 4 more years in him so I agree with you, why didn't we re-sign him?

 

[Cheesebeef]

SK has said he would rather lose a player a year too early than two years too late. I think CC has 3 to 4 more years in him so I agree with you, why didn't we re-sign him?

yeah... I know what Keim has said, but he keeps signing guys two years too late (Bethea/Dansby), while letting guys go two years too early (Dansby the first time and I believe Calais this year).

I'm not even so cheesed off about Calais/Jefferson/Swearinger... I'm more confused that we've literally just done almost nothing but signed the AARP squad, while we had a decent amount of cap room (and that's cap room without even trying to create much more, which I believe they could have cutting a couple guys, like Bethel who we absolutely should not be counting on to live up to his salary).