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AP, Marshawn, Harvin among 20 Stars who could be Cut
By Joel Corry
November 25th, 2014
Players taking pay cuts or getting released because their performances don’t justify their salaries is standard operating procedure in the NFL with the lack of fully guaranteed contracts. When a player is released or traded, the remaining proration of the salary components that are treated like signing bonus immediately accelerate into his team’s current salary cap.
For example, if a player signs a five-year contract with a $5 million signing bonus, $1 million of his signing bonus counts toward the salary cap for each year of his contract. If he is released after the second year of his contract, the $2 million of signing bonus proration from the last two years of the contract automatically accelerates into the club’s current cap so there is a $3 million cap charge for the player. This cap charge for a player who is no longer on a team’s roster is commonly referred to as dead money.
There are two major exceptions to this general rule of bonus proration accelerating. Only the current year’s proration counts toward the cap with players released or traded after June 1. The bonus proration in future contract years is delayed until the following season. A team can also release two players each year prior to June 1 (known as a Post-June 1 designation) that will be treated under the cap as if they were released after June 1. With a post-June 1 designation, a team is required to carry the player’s full cap number until June 2 even though he is no longer a part of the roster. The player’s salary comes off the books at that time unless it is guaranteed.
Here’s a look at 20 players whose immediate futures could be in jeopardy with their current teams in 2015.
Adrian Peterson (RB)-Minnesota Vikings
Larry Fitzgerald (WR)-Arizona Cardinals
Marshawn Lynch (RB)-Seattle Seahawks
Sam Bradford (QB)-St. Louis Rams
Andre Johnson (WR)-Houston Texans
Percy Harvin (WR)-New York Jets
Jake Long (OT)-St. Louis Rams
Vincent Jackson (WR)-Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dwayne Bowe (WR)-Kansas City Chiefs
Dashon Goldson (S)-Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ahmad Brooks (OLB)-San Francisco 49ers
Lardarius Webb (CB)-Baltimore Ravens
Danny Amendola (WR)-New England Patriots
LaRon Landry (S)-Indianapolis Colts
Matt Schaub (QB)-Oakland Raiders
Michael Griffin (S)-Tennessee Titans
Mike Williams (WR)-Buffalo Bills
Jon Beason (MLB)-New York Giants
Scott Wells (C)-St. Louis Rams
Cortez Allen (CB)-Pittsburgh Steelers
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...rshawn-harvin-among-20-stars-who-could-be-cut
By Joel Corry
November 25th, 2014
Players taking pay cuts or getting released because their performances don’t justify their salaries is standard operating procedure in the NFL with the lack of fully guaranteed contracts. When a player is released or traded, the remaining proration of the salary components that are treated like signing bonus immediately accelerate into his team’s current salary cap.
For example, if a player signs a five-year contract with a $5 million signing bonus, $1 million of his signing bonus counts toward the salary cap for each year of his contract. If he is released after the second year of his contract, the $2 million of signing bonus proration from the last two years of the contract automatically accelerates into the club’s current cap so there is a $3 million cap charge for the player. This cap charge for a player who is no longer on a team’s roster is commonly referred to as dead money.
There are two major exceptions to this general rule of bonus proration accelerating. Only the current year’s proration counts toward the cap with players released or traded after June 1. The bonus proration in future contract years is delayed until the following season. A team can also release two players each year prior to June 1 (known as a Post-June 1 designation) that will be treated under the cap as if they were released after June 1. With a post-June 1 designation, a team is required to carry the player’s full cap number until June 2 even though he is no longer a part of the roster. The player’s salary comes off the books at that time unless it is guaranteed.
Here’s a look at 20 players whose immediate futures could be in jeopardy with their current teams in 2015.
Adrian Peterson (RB)-Minnesota Vikings
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $15.4 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $13 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $2.4 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $13 Million
Larry Fitzgerald (WR)-Arizona Cardinals
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $23.6 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $16.25 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $14.4 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $9.2 Million
Marshawn Lynch (RB)-Seattle Seahawks
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $8.5 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $7 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $1.5 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $7 Million
Sam Bradford (QB)-St. Louis Rams
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $16.58 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $12.985 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $3.595 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $12.985 Million
Andre Johnson (WR)-Houston Texans
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $16,144,585
- 2015 Compensation: $11.5 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $7,319,585
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $8.825 Million
Percy Harvin (WR)-New York Jets
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $10.5 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $10.5 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: None
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $10.5 Million
Jake Long (OT)-St. Louis Rams
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $10.5 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $9.25 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $2.5 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $8 Million
Vincent Jackson (WR)-Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $12,209,777
- 2015 Compensation: $9,777,777
- 2015 Dead Money: $4.864 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $7,345,777
Dwayne Bowe (WR)-Kansas City Chiefs
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $14 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $11 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $9 Million ($3 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $5 Million ($11 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
Dashon Goldson (S)-Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $8 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $8 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $4 Million (None if traded)
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $4 Million ($8 million if traded)
Ahmad Brooks (OLB)-San Francisco 49ers
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $9,648,750
- 2015 Compensation: $7.3 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $5,546,250
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $4,102,500
Lardarius Webb (CB)-Baltimore Ravens
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $12 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $8 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $10 Million ($4 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $2 Million ($8 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
Danny Amendola (WR)-New England Patriots
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $5.7 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $4.5 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $3.6 Million ($1.2 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $2.1 Million ($4.5 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
LaRon Landry (S)-Indianapolis Colts
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $5.75 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $4 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $3.5 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $2.25 Million
Matt Schaub (QB)-Oakland Raiders
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $5.5 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $5.5 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: None
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $5.5 Million
Michael Griffin (S)-Tennessee Titans
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $8.1 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $6.3 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $3.6 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $4.5 Million
Mike Williams (WR)-Buffalo Bills
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $6.8 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $6.8 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: None
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $6.8 Million
Jon Beason (MLB)-New York Giants
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $7,366,666
- 2015 Compensation: $5.9 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $2,933,334 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $4,433,332 Million
Scott Wells (C)-St. Louis Rams
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $5 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $4 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $1 Million
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $4 Million
Cortez Allen (CB)-Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2015 Salary Cap Number: $6.981 Million
- 2015 Compensation: $5.631 Million
- 2015 Dead Money: $5.4 Million ($1.35 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
- 2015 Salary Cap Savings: $1.581 Million ($5.631 Million with Post-June 1 treatment)
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...rshawn-harvin-among-20-stars-who-could-be-cut