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Originally Posted by Jamie
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?
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Good lord, really?
No, teams don't have to "set aside" money to sign their draft picks before the draft.
But they cannot sign those draft picks without the adequate Cap Space to sign them.
The Chiefs or any other team, can't be at or over the cap AND sign their rookie draft choices because salaries would fall after 51.
The cap space has to be available
before the bottom 7 players (or however many in the draft class) drops below 51.