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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
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?
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We had a top 10 pick last year. This year our top pick is a second rounder.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
I understand that but if that's the case, there would be absolutely no reason for a League Mandated Rookie Salary Cap within the actual salary cap.
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The rookie pool is meant to limit rookie salaries.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
In addition to my other comment, teams still need the Cap Space in order to actually sign the players.
They're not cutting the bottom 7 players, freeing up cap space, then signing their draft classes.
They need designated cap space to sign their draftees before the bottom salaries drop below 51.
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Even if you have to have the full cap space to sign a rookie contract before the bottom player drops off, you don't sign all the rookie contracts at once. You'd only need the space to fit one contract at a time.
Wait, do you think we have to set aside the all rookie money before the draft? Because that's definitely not how it works. If it was, wouldn't we have had to cut Maclin before the draft last year?