Patscap thoughts – Memorial Day 2016
First off, I like to honor those who gave their lives in service to this great country. Thanks so much.
Had some various thoughts that were not long enough to justify blogging on them so I decide to create this mish-mash.
* Julian Edelman has four different ways to earn a $500,000 NLTBE incentive.
1.) He catches 80 passes AND the New England Patriots win 13 games
2.) He catches 80 passes AND the Patriots get to the Super Bowl
3.) He has 1,057 receiving yards
4.) He has 70 receptions plus seven TDs
Really like his chances to earn this incentive. For the record, if he does all four, he will still earn $500,000, not $2 million.
* I have been covering the cap since 2001. Have never seen an correlation between cash spending and winning games.
* I have been covering the cap since 2001. Have never seen an correlation between cap space and winning games.
* It is shameful how “the Patriots are cheap” crowd ignore how many Patriots became the highest player at their position during the Kraft era (Law, Milloy, Mankins, Mayo, Brady, Gronkowski, Vollmer, Paxton, Gostkowski, Vinatieri).
* A NFL team’s cash spending is cyclical. It goes up one or two years and then goes down for one or two years. “The Patriots are cheap” crowd chirp a lot when it is reported that the Patriots have not spent a great deal of cash in one year. See early 2015 when it was reported that the Patriots were under the 89% cash spending requirement. Same crowd is silent the years the Patriots do spend a great deal of cash. See early 2016 when it was reported that the Patriots were over the 89% cash spending requirement.
* I still continue to believe that the Patriots will extend all of the Big Three.
* Very doubtful that the Patriots will receive a 3rd round compensatory pick in 2017. The Patriots have signed 5 qualifying free agents (Washington, Kuhn, Harbor, McClellin, and Knighton) while losing two free agents (Hicks and Wilson)
* As of 5/30/2016 11AM I have the Patriots with $9,709,249 in cap space. In 2013 the Patriots entered training camp with about 10m in cap space; in 2014, around 6 million; and in 2015, around 8.9 million.
* If you wish to know what Patriots players are eligible to be placed on the practice squad, I highly recommend bookmarking this blog piece of mine.
* For any Patriot removed from the club’s roster or whose contract is assigned via waivers or trade on or after June 1, any unamortized signing bonus amounts for future years will be included fully in team salary at the start of the 2017 League Year. These Patriots are currently signed past the 2016 season and have future signing bonus prorations so they would be affected by the June 1 amortization rule (Tom Brady, Cyrus Jones, Rob Gronkowski, Ryan Allen, Stephen Gostkowski, Danny Amendola, Devin McCourty, Julian Edelman, Malcom Brown, Jordan Richards, Patrick Chung, Shea McClellin, Clay Harbor, KeShawn Martin, Nate Ebner, LaAdrian Waddle, Joe Cardona, David Andrews, Jimmy Garoppolo, Nate Solder, Duron Harmon, Bryan Stork, James White, Cameron Fleming, Dion Lewis, Josh Kline, Jordan Richards, Geneo Grissom, Trey Flowers, Tre’ Jackson, James White, Jacoby Brissett (when signed), Vincent Valentine, Malcolm Mitchell, Kamu Grugier-Hill, Elandon Roberts, Ted Karras, Devin Lucien, A.J. Derby, Darryl Roberts, CJ Johnson, Stephen Scheu, V’Angeleo Bentley, Jonathan Jones, Crevon LeBlanc, DJ Foster, Woodrow Hamilton, Bryce Williams, and Shaq Mason). Basically, if the listed players are cut/waived by the Patriots after 4PM June 1 there will be 2017 dead money for the Patriots.
* The Patriots have had an undrafted free agent (UDFA) make the Week 1 roster for 12 straight years. Will CJ Johnson, Stephen Scheu, V’Angeleo Bentley, Jonathan Jones, Crevon LeBlanc, DJ Foster, Woodrow Hamilton, or Bryce Williams keep the streak going?
* A player can be placed on Reserve-PUP during roster cutdowns ONLY IF he was on Active PUP the entire preseason. That is, taking part in one training camp practice makes the player ineligible for Reserve-PUP.
* I blogged about the salary cap ramifications of the Los Angeles Rams signing Dominique Easley.
* Proven Performance Escalator (PPE) – As part of the new CBA there is a proven performance escalator for draft picks chosen in Round 3 through 7. An eligible player will qualify for the Proven Performance Escalator in his fourth League Year if: (1) he participated in a minimum of 35% of his Club’s offensive or defensive plays in any two of his previous three regular seasons; or (2) he participated in a “cumulative average” of at least 35% of his Club’s offensive or defensive plays over his previous three regular seasons. Out of Jacoby Brissett, Vincent Valentine, Malcolm Mitchell, Kamu Grugier-Hill, Elandon Roberts, Ted Karras, and Devin Lucien I consider Valentine to have the best chance to earn the PPE which would increase his 2019 salary by over a million dollars.
* 4PM December 31 is a deadline for these two things
1.) Clubs must provide the Management Council with written notice, signed by the individual club’s owner, indicating the amount, if any, of the club’s 2016 league year salary cap room to be credited to the club’s 2017 team salary.
2.) Redo a player’s deal and have any signing bonus proration count against the 2016 salary cap
* CSNNE.com put up a video on May 28th talking about who is the priority to extend on the Patriots defense.
lists Butler as an UFA. He is going to be a RFA after the 2016 season. He will have 3 accrued seasons (2014/2015/2016). NFL players need 4 accrued seasons to become an UFA.
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