ChiefsPlanet - Football NFL Salary Cap Number up to 123.9 million

Chris Mortensen ‏@mortreport
Teams get more money to spend - salary cap for new league year is $123.9 million per team after accounting of league revenues, per sources.

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</header>March 1
BY ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star

The Chiefs have 2013 salary cap commitments of more than $129 million, a total that exceeds the NFL’s expected limit of $123 million, according to figures provided to The Kansas City Star.

But the Chiefs will be about $7.5 million under the salary cap when the league year begins on March 12 because they have $14 million of unused cap space from the 2012 season to carry over into 2013. That effectively makes the Chiefs’ 2013 salary cap about $137 million.

The $129 million figure includes the salary of quarterback Alex Smith, who will be acquired in a trade from the San Francisco 49ers once the league trading period begins on March 12. For the time being, Smith’s salary cap number of $9.75 million is being carried by the 49ers and not the Chiefs, though The Star has included Smith in the Chiefs’ calculation.

Starting March 12, each team’s top 51 salaries plus so-called “dead money” will count against the cap. The Chiefs’ top 51 salaries, including Smith, total $121,474,975 and they have paid $8,084,145 in dead money, which includes salary cap figures for players who were either released last year or voided the 2013 season from their contract. That equals $129,559,120, which is $6,559,120 over the cap.
But the Chiefs will carry over $14,079,650 in unused cap money from 2012, leaving them $7,520,530 of cap space.

Not including the contract of Smith, the Chiefs have more than $17 million of salary cap room.

The Chiefs can clear plenty more space under the salary cap by releasing defensive end Tyson Jackson. His salary cap number is almost $17.5 million and he is due a base salary of about $14.7 million.

Jackson would cost the Chiefs about $2.5 million if he is released. But that move would still save them about $15 million against their salary cap.

The Chiefs would also save almost $6 million against their cap when they trade or release quarterback Matt Cassel.

The Chiefs are going to need some cap room. They are trying to re-sign, among their other potential free agents, wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, punter Dustin Colquitt and tackle Branden Albert.

If they can’t re-sign Bowe, he is likely to be named as the Chiefs’ franchise player. While that would effectively keep him off the free-agent market, the Chiefs at the same time would be required to offer Bowe a one-year contract worth $11.4 million.
That figure is an automatic 20 percent raise from his 2012 salary because he would be a franchise player for the second straight season.

If the Chiefs can sign Bowe to a long-term contract, they may use the franchise designation on Albert, who then would be offered a one-year deal worth about $9.83 million.

If the Chiefs are going to designate a franchise player, they must do so by Monday.

Chiefs’ 2013 salary cap figures
<table class="story-table" style="max-width: 100%; background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 849.3333129882813px; table-layout: fixed; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><colgroup><col class="story-table-column"><col class="story-table-column"><col class="story-table-column"></colgroup><tbody class="story-table-body"><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">Player</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">Base salary</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">Cap number*</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DE Tyson Jackson</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$14,720,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$17,470,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Tamba Hali</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$12,250,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$15,500,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Eric Berry</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$7,009,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$10,211,700</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">QB Matt Cassel</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$7,500,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$9,825,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">QB Alex Smith</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$7,500,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$9,750,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">CB Brandon Flowers</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$7,350,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$9,600,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Eric Winston</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$4,900,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$6,500,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">RB Jamaal Charles</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,750,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$4,333,333</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Derrick Johnson</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,250,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$3,500,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Dontari Poe</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$904,456</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,572,728</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">PK Ryan Succop</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,950,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,400,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Jon Baldwin</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,061,510</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,059,528</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Andy Studebaker</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,055,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,055,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Jon Asamoah</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,323,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,551,030</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">TE Tony Moeaki</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,323,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,494,662</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Dexter McCluster</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$630,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,400,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Kendrick Lewis</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,323,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,374,725</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Jeff Allen</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$591,083</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,055,415</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">CB Javier Arenas</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$630,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,003,750</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Rodney Hudson</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$643,746</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$956,209</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Terrance Copper</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$840,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$915,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Justin Houston</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$747,812</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Allen Bailey</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$718,986</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Jalil Brown</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$682,325</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Donald Stephenson</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$664,375</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Cory Greenwood</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$630,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$656,250</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Marcus Dixon</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$630,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$630,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">QB Ricky Stanzi</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$619,763</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Devon Wylie</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$613,850</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Jerrell Powe</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$583,170</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Husain Abdullah**</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$715,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Mardy Gilyard</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Daniel Muir**</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$715,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Anthony Toribio</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$555,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">RB Cyrus Gray</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$514,918</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">RB Nate Eachus</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,833</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Josh Bellamy</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">FB Patrick DiMarco</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Ryan Durand</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Tysyn Hartman</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Junior Hemingway</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Jamar Newsome</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Rich Ranglin</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Neiko Thorpe</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">RB Shaun Draughn</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$480,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB De’Quan Menzie</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$464,613</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Steve Baker</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$410,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">TE Kevin Brock</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Jose Gumbs</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Lucas Patterson</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Tyler Shoemaker</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">PK Matt Syzmanski</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">QB Alex Tanney</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Dustin Waldron</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$405,000</td></tr></tbody></table>
*Cap number includes various bonuses

**Husain Abdullah and Daniel Muir have salaries larger than their cap numbers because each is playing under a one-year veteran minimum contract.

“Dead money”
In addition to their players under contract, NFL teams are obligated to count bonus money paid to players who were either released last year or had the 2013 season from their contract against the cap. The Chiefs have 17 players who received a total of $8,084,145 in so-called “dead money.”

<table class="story-table" style="max-width: 100%; background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 849.3333129882813px; table-layout: fixed; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><colgroup><col class="story-table-column"><col class="story-table-column"></colgroup><tbody class="story-table-body"><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">Player</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">Cap number</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Steve Breaston</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$3,000,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Glenn Dorsey</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,699,942</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">TE Kevin Boss</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,133,334</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Gabe Miller</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$99,250</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Cameron Sheffield</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$48,614</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Jerome Long</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$45,450</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Junior Hemingway</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$34,884</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Josh Bellamy</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$5,334</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Neiko Thorpe</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$3,334</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DL Brandon Bair</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,334</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Chandler Fenner</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,334</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">RB Taylor Gentry</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,334</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Justin Cheadle</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$2,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">WR Brandon Kinnie</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,667</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">DB Terrance Parks</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,667</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">OL Cam Holland</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$1,000</td></tr><tr class="story-table-row"><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">LB Dexter Heyman</td><td class="story-table-data" style="padding: 4px 8px;">$667</td></tr></tbody></table>
Out of contract
The following players have no contract for 2013:
OT Branden Albert
WR Dwayne Bowe
P Dustin Colquitt
DB Travis Daniels
DL Glenn Dorsey
DB Abram Elam
LS Thomas Gafford
OL Russ Hochstein
RB Peyton Hillis
LB Edgar Jones
OL Ryan Lilja
TE Steve Maneri
OL Bryan Mattison
DB Kyle McCarthy
TE Jake O’Connell
DL Ropati Pitoitua
QB Brady Quinn
TE Martin Rucker
LB Brandon Siler
DL Shaun Smith
LB Leon Williams

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