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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
And apparently, you didn't read the very first comment:
Pretty poor article to be honest. It's stating the obvious and yet acts like it's really teaching something. It's also misleading. Your effective cap hit numbers are against a 51-man salary cap, not a 53-man salary cap. You also don't account for dead space due to guaranteed money when a player gets cut. I mean, honestly, who doesn't realize the concept that signing a Draft class means that they are beating out other players on the roster?
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If signing rookies was irrelevant to the Cap because 8-10 players would drop off the roster, why did the Chiefs need to cut Jeremy Maclin last year in order to create $10 million dollars in order to sign all of their rookies?
Again, there is some serious misunderstanding of the Rookie Salary Pool in this forum.
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I dont think that you are understanding it.
Only the top 51 salaries and dead money count towards the salary cap.
When you add 8 players in the draft, they will replace someone above the cutoff on this list and the replaced player gets bumped down a slot.
Example, if we draft someone at pick 22 in the second round at an estimated 901K salary. Leon McQuay would drop off the top 51, and his 555K would be relieved from the top 51 cap number, essentially making the 2nd round pick cost 346K more against the cap.