Buccaneers estimated to have $10 million in cap spaceThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers don't have a lot of cap space to play with this year, but they can easily create enough to room to do some damage in free agency.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have around $10 million in cap space, OverTheCap.com estimates. According to NFLPA records, the Buccaneers currently have $6.8 million in cap space they'll carry over to next season, and the Bucs are on the hook for around $122 million in 2014 cap space.That's enough to sign a couple of reasonably-valued free agents, but not much more than that. The Bucs won't be able to sign any of the premium free agents with that kind of cap space, but they can easily create more space. While Carl Nicks' contract won't see him get cut, and cutting Mike Williams would similarly result in a hefty $6.4 million cap hit, releasing a few other players will give the Bucs a lot of cap relief.Most players account for very little dead money due to the way the Buccaneers have structured their contracts, making the creation of additional cap space very easy. Davin Joseph will almost certainly be cut, or at the very least he will have to take a hefty pay cut. He was one of the worst starting guards in the NFL last season, and his $6 million cap hit is much too large.Donald Penn might be asked to take a pay cut, too, as cutting him would free up $7.4 million in space. Penn had a below-average season for his standards, but was still an above average left tackle and the Bucs should be able to get a few more years of quality play out of him.Two special teamers might also provide some relief: Michael Koenen and Connor Barth account for a combined $5.25 million, which is a ridiculous amount to pay specialists. Koenen has been below average as a punter with the Bucs, and most of his value comes from his booming kickoffs. Those are valuable, but not $3.25 million per year valuable. Barth's $2 million is more reasonable, but because he doesn't have the leg to handle kickoffs, his value is diminished as well.Cutting those four players would give the Bucs an immediate $18.7 million in cap relief, and giving them a total of around $29 million in cap space to enter free agency. They'd have to replace those starters, of course, and they're unlikely to release all of them -- but they have the leverage to get these players to accept pay cuts, which would free up a significant amount of space as well.Finally, they could get some players to restructure their contracts, pushing cap hits into the future by converting salaries to bonuses. Darrelle Revis would be the main candidate, as he's due to earn $16 million this year. The Bucs are likely to keep him on the roster, but they could soften his cap hit this year by converting his salary to a roster bonus. The Bucs have the contractual right to do that, so they won't even need to negotiate over it -- not that Revis would have a reason to say no to that.Don't expect the Buccaneers to be overly active in free agency, though, at least in terms of signing premium free agents. That's not the philosophy general manager Jason Licht adheres to.
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Cuts: Joseph, Zuttah, KoenenRestructure: Penn, Barth
So tired of conflicting reports. I heard $17M and $20M for months.....now it's $10M? That sucks. We don't even have an expensive franchise QB and we have holes all over the roster.....and yet we are almost maxed out? No wonder Dom was fired. Mike Will only makes $1.8M this season....what happens in 2015 when his cap hit jumps up to $8M? We gotta resign David and Martin soon....smh. This roster does need blown up and rebuild. No way we should be this close to the cap limit.
So tired of conflicting reports. I heard $17M and $20M for months.....now it's $10M? That sucks. We don't even have an expensive franchise QB and we have holes all over the roster.....and yet we are almost maxed out? No wonder Dom was fired. Mike Will only makes $1.8M this season....what happens in 2015 when his cap hit jumps up to $8M? We gotta resign David and Martin soon....smh. This roster does need blown up and rebuild. No way we should be this close to the cap limit.
http://www.spotrac.com/premium/research/nfl/projected-2014-nfl-team-cap-space-420/ If we were paying the salary of an average QB we would be over the cap and people around here still want to go on the annual spending spree.
So tired of conflicting reports. I heard $17M and $20M for months.....now it's $10M? That sucks. We don't even have an expensive franchise QB and we have holes all over the roster.....and yet we are almost maxed out? No wonder Dom was fired. Mike Will only makes $1.8M this season....what happens in 2015 when his cap hit jumps up to $8M? We gotta resign David and Martin soon....smh. This roster does need blown up and rebuild. No way we should be this close to the cap limit.
Overthecap.com has us at $14 mil before making any cuts. I wish all these reports would say how they got their number instead of just throwing one out there and running with it.
So tired of conflicting reports. I heard $17M and $20M for months.....now it's $10M? That sucks. We don't even have an expensive franchise QB and we have holes all over the roster.....and yet we are almost maxed out? No wonder Dom was fired. Mike Will only makes $1.8M this season....what happens in 2015 when his cap hit jumps up to $8M? We gotta resign David and Martin soon....smh. This roster does need blown up and rebuild. No way we should be this close to the cap limit.
http://www.spotrac.com/premium/research/nfl/projected-2014-nfl-team-cap-space-420/ If we were paying the salary of an average QB we would be over the cap and people around here still want to go on the annual spending spree.
If's and but's....if Seattle wasnt paying Wilson what they were they wouldnt have had all that other talent. Annual spending spree? Have you only been a fan for the past couple years? Doing it for a couple years doesnt suddenly outweigh all the years of no spending whatsoever.
Isn't that Mike Williams cap hit of $6 mil wrong?
Isn't that Mike Williams cap hit of $6 mil wrong?
I think that is the number if we cut him because all of the prorated signing bonus that usually is spread over the life of the contract gets accelerated all on the year you cut the player. If we keep him its like 1.8 mil, cut him and its 6 mil
The following players have no guaranteed money and no penalty if cut/or traded.Davin Joseph $6MJeremy Zuttah $4.5MMichael Koenen $3.3MDerek Landri $1.5MGabe Carimi $1.4MTotal savings $16.7M.The following are a bunch of no names and guys that aren't likely to stick around under the new regime. They make very little, but it adds up.Luke Stocker $650kAnthony Gaitor $650kMichael Smith $550kLeonard Johnson $550kDanny Lansanah $570kKelcie McCray $570kChris Owusu $570kScott Solomon $570kRashaan Melvin $500Skye Dawson $500kKa'lial Glaud $500kMichael Hill $500kMatt Masifilo $500kBradley McDougald $500kPatrick Omameh $500kRussell Shepard $500kMarc Anthony $420kMarvin Booker $420kEmmett Cleary $420kJace Daniels $420kTotal savings $10.4M.Add both those groups together and we could gain a total of $27.1M in cap space for a total of $37.3M. guess it isn't as bad as it sounds.
So tired of conflicting reports. I heard $17M and $20M for months.....now it's $10M? That sucks. We don't even have an expensive franchise QB and we have holes all over the roster.....and yet we are almost maxed out? No wonder Dom was fired. Mike Will only makes $1.8M this season....what happens in 2015 when his cap hit jumps up to $8M? We gotta resign David and Martin soon....smh. This roster does need blown up and rebuild. No way we should be this close to the cap limit.
http://www.spotrac.com/premium/research/nfl/projected-2014-nfl-team-cap-space-420/ If we were paying the salary of an average QB we would be over the cap and people around here still want to go on the annual spending spree.
If's and but's....if Seattle wasnt paying Wilson what they were they wouldnt have had all that other talent. Annual spending spree? Have you only been a fan for the past couple years? Doing it for a couple years doesnt suddenly outweigh all the years of no spending whatsoever.
Aren't you so upset that we didn't sign Haynesworth and Asomugha?
The following players have no guaranteed money and no penalty if cut/or traded.Davin Joseph $6MJeremy Zuttah $4.5MMichael Koenen $3.3MDerek Landri $1.5MGabe Carimi $1.4MTotal savings $16.7M.The following are a bunch of no names and guys that aren't likely to stick around under the new regime. They make very little, but it adds up.Luke Stocker $650kAnthony Gaitor $650kMichael Smith $550kLeonard Johnson $550kDanny Lansanah $570kKelcie McCray $570kChris Owusu $570kScott Solomon $570kRashaan Melvin $500Skye Dawson $500kKa'lial Glaud $500kMichael Hill $500kMatt Masifilo $500kBradley McDougald $500kPatrick Omameh $500kRussell Shepard $500kMarc Anthony $420kMarvin Booker $420kEmmett Cleary $420kJace Daniels $420kTotal savings $10.4M.Add both those groups together and we could gain a total of $27.1M in cap space for a total of $37.3M. guess it isn't as bad as it sounds.
Problem with that second group is that even if you let them go, you need to back fill all those positions with similar level people and pay. The top group should be as good as cut.
So tired of conflicting reports. I heard $17M and $20M for months.....now it's $10M? That sucks. We don't even have an expensive franchise QB and we have holes all over the roster.....and yet we are almost maxed out? No wonder Dom was fired. Mike Will only makes $1.8M this season....what happens in 2015 when his cap hit jumps up to $8M? We gotta resign David and Martin soon....smh. This roster does need blown up and rebuild. No way we should be this close to the cap limit.
http://www.spotrac.com/premium/research/nfl/projected-2014-nfl-team-cap-space-420/ If we were paying the salary of an average QB we would be over the cap and people around here still want to go on the annual spending spree.
If's and but's....if Seattle wasnt paying Wilson what they were they wouldnt have had all that other talent. Annual spending spree? Have you only been a fan for the past couple years? Doing it for a couple years doesnt suddenly outweigh all the years of no spending whatsoever.
Aren't you so upset that we didn't sign Haynesworth and Asomugha?
Actually no. I didnt want Haynesworth at all and still consider that to be a huge bullet we dodged. I did was Asomugha at a certain price, but it went well above what I wanted. Aren't you still upset your boy Freeman didnt get his big money extension last year?
I'm upset the Glazers let Schiano run Freeman out of here. You will be too.
I'm upset the Glazers let Schiano run Freeman out of here. You will be too.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh man, that was a good one. When exactly am I going to be upset about this?
Cut Joseph, Koenen, Carimi, All the no namers that Jdub listed. Paycut for Penn or he's cut. I think Dotson deserves to be LT. Penn can take paycut and fight for it, or walk out the door. I'm tired of seeing a fat Penn whiff on blocks in December when he's fat fat fatty fat fat. Keep Zuttah, versatile backup with lots of starter experience. Keep Barth, because the Dimke/Tynes/Lindell combo was dreadful. Keep MikeWill, Revis.
