I don’t really understand the comment, there isn’t an immediate cut when you draft a guy right, so there is no impact to the dead cap. I can see that dead cap comes into it if you later cut a guy with guaranteed money, but doesn’t seem directly related to the draft?

Well, Albert Breer pointed out this morning that Tre Boston (who's not a fit, IMO) and Reid are both unsigned and it took a while for Morgan Burnett to get a deal, which is just $5 million per.

I'd like to hope that Veach is just letting the market determine the value for a guy like Reid and since they already have nearly $19 million wrapped up in Berry, Sorenson and Murray at this point, he'd like to get a guy on the cheap.

To me, it would be a serious bummer if the Chiefs pass on Reid, who would be an instant upgrade, because of kneeling.

I dont think that you are understanding it.
https://image.ibb.co/dcXTuc/top51.jpg

Only the top 51 salaries and dead money count towards the salary cap.

When you add 8 players in the draft, they will replace someone above the cutoff on this list and the replaced player gets bumped down a slot.

Example, if we draft someone at pick 22 in the second round at an estimated 901K salary. Leon McQuay would drop off the top 51, and his 555K would be relieved from the top 51 cap number, essentially making the 2nd round pick cost 346K more against the cap.

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Goodbye West.

later charcandrick

I just hope DJ Chark and Charcandrick West end up on the same team so they can have Chark week.

I understand that but if that's the case, there would be absolutely no reason for a League Mandated Rookie Salary Cap within the actual salary cap.

In addition to my other comment, teams still need the Cap Space in order to actually sign the players.

They're not cutting the bottom 7 players, freeing up cap space, then signing their draft classes.

They need designated cap space to sign their draftees before the bottom salaries drop below 51.

Hmm, i didnt know it worked like that. It wouldnt be the first time I have been wrong. I figured that every signing would automatically push someone off the top 51. Learn something every day.

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Surely you jest.

Ramik Wilson to Rams.

They are building a defensive juggernaut!

Eric Reid has said he will NOT be kneeling next season. So If feeble minds within the organization were concerned about that, then there are no excuses now.