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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
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. |
Okay then, like I said in the part of my post you didn't quote, you don't sign your entire draft class at once. The post-dropoff cap space is all you have to save, because it's more than enough to sign each individual rookie contact.