Thursday, February 21, 2008

Pushed 2008 NFL Salary Cap Numbers from 2007 for Each Team

Pushing cap room forward from 2007 to 2008
Data compiled by AdamJT13 from a sports forum:

There were 23 teams that pushed unused cap room from 2007 into 2008 by using the bogus incentive loophole (the incentives were charged against the 2007 cap and will be credited back in 2008 because they were never earned).

Here are the amounts each team pushed forward, from most to least --

Minnesota $20,780,500
Jacksonville $16.5 million
Tampa Bay $14,572,039 (plus $606,912)
Philadelphia $13,615,833 (plus $90,833)
Buffalo $13 million
Kansas City $11.29 million
Cleveland $11.025 million (plus $3.025 million)
Green Bay $8.965 million
New Orleans $8,266,988 (plus $3,553,088)
Indianapolis $8 million (plus $4 million)
Seattle $7.4 million
Oakland $7,345,532
Carolina $6.67 million (plus $2.67 million)
Tennessee $6 million
New England $5,602,500 (plus $5,602,500)
Miami $4,876,323 (plus $873,677)
New York Jets $4.7 million
Atlanta $4 million
Dallas $3.5 million
St. Louis $3,174,300 (plus $3,174,300)
Baltimore $2.6 million
San Francisco $2,111,678
Washington $1,821,260

The "plus" amounts are additional cap room that could be gained from prorated amounts of last year's bogus incentives currently being charged against the 2008 cap. If those charges disappear, that amount of additional cap room will be gained.

Here are the players involved for each team that used the loophole --

Atlanta -- Dwayne Blakley, $4 million

Baltimore -- Matt Katula, $2.6 million

Buffalo -- Shaud Williams, $3.5 million; Aaron Schobel, $3 million; Leon Joe, $2.5 million; Tim Massaquoi, $2 million; Corey Mace $1 million; Scott Mayle, $1 million

Carolina -- Jason Carter, $4 million; Nai'il Diggs, $2.67 million/year over four years

Cleveland -- Ryan Pontbriand, $8 million; Ken Dorsey $3.025 million/year over four years

Dallas -- Tony Curtis $3.5 million

Green Bay -- Ryan Krause, $4 million; Craig Nall, $3.265 million; Donald Lee, $1.7 million

Indianapolis -- Craphonso Thorpe, $4 million; Tyjuan Hagler, $4 million/year over two years

Jacksonville -- Tutan Reyes, $10 million; Shantee Orr, $6.5 million

Kansas City -- Keyaron Fox, $10 million; Mickey Pimental, $1.29 million

Miami -- Lance Schulters, $3 million, Chester Harris, $1,126,323 (plus $873,677 in 2008); Samkon Gado, $750,000

Minnesota -- Pat Williams, $12.25 million; Steve Hutchinson, $4.75 million; Bobby Wade, $2.4 million; Heath Farwell, $803,000; Ben Leber, $577,500

New England -- Kyle Eckel, $5,602,500/year over two years

New Orleans -- Josh Cooper, $4,713,900; Josh Savage $3,553,088/year over two years

New York Jets -- Abram Elam, $4.7 million

Oakland -- Mark Wilson, $7,345,532

Philadelphia -- Reno Mahe, $4 million; Akeem Jordan, $2.5 million; Shawn Andrews, $2.125 million; Tanard Davis $1.6 million; Darren Howard, $1.5 million; Marcus Paschal, $1 million; Brian Dawkins, $800,000; Jon Dorenbos $90,833/year over six years

San Francisco -- Roderick Green, $1.5 million; Bryan Gilmore, $611,678

Seattle -- Pork Chop Womack, $7.4 million

St. Louis -- Brock Berlin, $3,174,300/year over two years

Tampa Bay -- Chad Lucas, $7 million; Lionel Gates, $6 million; Jerramy Stevens, $678,951; Kenneth Darby $893,088 (plus $606,912 in 2008)

Tennessee -- Ben Hartsock, $6 million

Washington -- Randall Godfrey, $1,821,260