no surprise here : 12:46AM - Jets Receive Lowest Rookie Allocation In The League May 8th, 2007 by Gary Grund According to a list at ESPN.com by Len Pasquarelli, the New York Jets received only $2.653 million worth of cap space to sign their rookies. This is good for worst in the league due to the Jets only having four draft picks in this years draft class. With the combination of the four draft picks and any undrafted free agents the Jets sign, it cannot exceed the above amount in cap space.
That's to be expected, will also help in negotiations with Revis & Harris, I would think..."We'd LOVE to pay you X, but we're only allowed to go up to Y".
Unless I remember wrong, only a certain number of players count against the cap. 2nd day picks and UDFA's generally end up not counting towards the cap. With that said... is the 2.6M in addition to the cap space we already have? Revis alone will count more than that against the cap this year...
Is there a chart or site that lists rookie salaries based on draft position from previous years? I've searched for this a couple times with no luck.
I'm not aware of one, but I'm sure one exists. My point about Revis is that he'll likely get a 4-5 year deal with a ~10M signing bonus. Even with a minimum salary this season, that eats up 2.6M in cap space. That's without signing Harris. The rookie allocation must just get added on to whatever available space the team already has.
Here's what I found on Tye Hill - CB selected 15 last year: Sounds like they get creative in pushing the cap hits to future years.
Doubtful. Revis / agent will expect money in between the 13th and 15th picks in the draft. Harris similarly will expect a deal consistent with other mid-second rounders. The salary cap number hold for rookies will only mean than more money will be shifted forward in the form of signing and roster bonuses to boost the value of the deal.
They're going to get paid like the 14 and 47 picks respectively. If they were to hold out it would really foul the Jets up. In fact given that Revis represents 2+ picks to the Jets including their 1st and 2nd rounder he has more leverage than he otherwise would. Can you imagine what happens if he sits the year out and re-enters the draft? Not that he would, but it would be an unmitigated disaster for the team.
Hopefully we steer clear of cap-killing clauses deferred to later years. The last thing we want is a contract that lessens our options down the road. Ideally you want to be able to cut a guy in any given year of his contract without sabotaging your cap that or the next year.
Revis and Harris were also offered first choice of the Cheerleaders. Wait til they get to camp and find out we aint got none!!! Suckers!!!
It looks like we are all missing something--Oakland, with 11 picks, including #1 gets under 7 million. Doesn't it seem like they would be over that with their first 2 picks? I guess the first year is always cap friendly, and the hits come in the later years-- which is probably why DeWayne has had a cap number like a QB the last couple seasons.
I thought the 2.5 would be added to the 27.m or so they had to begin with before the free agent signings. If memory serves correct, it was reported that we had the 3rd or 4th highest amount of sal. Cap in the league after the end of the 06 reg. Season. Don't quote me on it. But I think I seen something like that on nfl/network.
It's not added, it's subtracted and allocated only to rookies. You can't use any of your other cap room for rookies.
br4dw4y5ux's prediction would be absolutely hilarious if it came true...just because it would be so disastrous hahaha
Doesn't sound like a lot of money. That must not include signing bonuses or it would be impossible to sign all 4 and there would be no chance of signing any UDFAs. League minimum is $260k so at least a million of that is taken up before they even start to talk to anybody and no 1st or 2nd rounder will get the minimum without heavily backloaded contracts.
