oldschooler Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 The beginning of December I read an article from theMilwaukee Journal that said the Bengals were #3 as far as havingthe most cap money. It said that the Bengals were going to be $19.9 million under the cap. And that was if the cap stayed the sameas it was in '05. Then I read that the cap is going to be $92 million in '06.But that was all before the Palmer deal.Anyway this article says the Bengals are #10 for teams under the salarycap for '06 with $16 million to spend. And it`s factoring in the Palmer deal.10 Cincinnati Bengals $16 M This number, includes Carson Palmer's contract extension, which paid out $15 M in guaranteed, up-front money and will pay him a base of $6.75 M in 2006. Clearly the Bengals, who made the playoffs this year for the first time in 15 years, have done a nice job bringing along their young talent -- and they appear to be financially strong enough to contend for a number of years.http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/numbers.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 23 Pittsburgh Steelers $-4 M The Steelers cap condition is not as bad as it appears. For example, all indications are that Jerome Bettis will be calling it quits at the end of this season. The Bus is scheduled to make a little over $5.35 M in base salary alone in 2006.So even if "The Bus" does retire that means the Steelers willstill only be $1.35 million under the cap.Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Good find. That figure will come down a few million more once we tender our RFAs, but they should still have something like $13 million to play with. At the very least that's plenty to get multiple o-line extensions done. We may also free up some more space if we cut some marginal guys still under contract for next year.Interesting footnote: I found it surprising how many of this year's playoff teams are all in the red. Only 4 are in good shape: us, Jax, Chicago and Seattle. NYG are just $3 million ahead, Colts and Pats are flat, and the rest of the playoff field is $1 million to $26 million over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clevelandbengal Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 What is the point of hvaing a salary cap if teams can exceed it? What is the penalty for going over the cap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 What is the point of hvaing a salary cap if teams can exceed it? What is the penalty for going over the cap?No one is over it; these are the projected figures for this year. Teams that are over will have to cut players or restructure contracts before the FA period begins in March in order to get under the new cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 What is the point of hvaing a salary cap if teams can exceed it? What is the penalty for going over the cap?you can't go over, IE why titans cut good players last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdoc Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Does anyone have a good link to the salary caps for all the teams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Does anyone have a good link to the salary caps for all the teams?That would be the link in the 1st post.All teams will have the same cap #, estimated between $92-95 million, for the 2006-07 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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