Chiefs Chiefs Real Salary Cap Number Is $37 Million

Mr_Tomahawk · 02-20-2012, 10:14 AM

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2012/2...ary-cap-number

Over the last week or so we've seen a number of published reports show the Kansas City Chiefs salary cap space at a whopping $63 million. We didn't pay a whole lot of attention to that number because we knew it would change pretty quickly once some updated bonus numbers came in. Guys receive bonuses and escalators based on their play in 2011 that will be reflected in their 2012 cap number.

Once you take those numbers into account, the Chiefs salary cap is pegged at $37 million. Adam Teicher of the KC Star has the complete story on the Chiefs salary cap and explains it all there.

The Chiefs have a few ways they'll be spending that money in the coming weeks and months.

First, the franchise tag. The Chiefs are now allowed to use the tag and Brandon Carr or Dwayne Bowe each seem like perfect candidates for the tag. Roughly speaking, the receiver tag will be around $9.5 million and the cornerback tag will be around $10.5 million.

Second, the Chiefs will sign some of their own free agents. They have 21 of them now and will bring a lot of them back.

Third, the Chiefs will sign other teams free agents. Free agency starts March 13 and I already can't wait. KC should be players in the free agency market.

Fourth, the draft picks. The Chiefs will need to sign their draft picks with the rookie pool money.

beer bacon · 02-20-2012, 10:17 AM

Only 37 million eh? That will comfort me when we let Brandon Carr go and we don't sign any big time free agents. I can just say to myself, "We were only 37 million under the cap, so we couldn't afford them."

In58men · 02-20-2012, 10:17 AM

“@AdamSchefter: Teams with most cap room today: Tampa Bay ($67 million under cap); KC ($62 mil): Cincy ($60 mil); Denver ($49 mil); Washington ($49 mil).”

jd1020 · 02-20-2012, 10:17 AM

The hopes and dreams of people wanting to sign Bowe, Carr, Manning, Nicks, and Soliai just got crushed.

**1ChiefsDan** · 02-20-2012, 10:19 AM

Who has more accurate info, Tiecher or Shefter?

**loochy** · 02-20-2012, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by denverdanchiefsfan

Who has more accurate info, Tiecher or Shefter?

I dunno. Ask Nick Wright.

keg in kc · 02-20-2012, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

Once you take those numbers into account, the Chiefs salary cap is pegged at $37 million. Adam Teicher of the KC Star has the complete story on the Chiefs salary cap and explains it all there.

Seems kind of silly to have an arrowhead pride link that doesn't do anything but mention a star blog report.

http://chiefsblog.kansascity.com/?q=node/1956

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The NFL distributed to its teams last week a salary cap accounting that shows the Chiefs lead the league in available salary cap space. The document shows the Chiefs with just less than $63 million of available room.

But the report didn’t take into account escalators that greatly increase the individual cap numbers for certain players. For instance, Tyson Jackson achieved certain playing incentives that pushed his 2012 salary cap number from about $5 million to about $10.75 million. A handful of other Chiefs players also reached their incentives to trigger much higher salary cap numbers and, in all, this will chew up about $20 million of that available salary cap space.

Also has a link to all the individual salary numbers: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/18...breakdown.html

jd1020 · 02-20-2012, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by denverdanchiefsfan

Who has more accurate info, Tiecher or Shefter?

I'm going with Teicher. If you went down the list of players the Chiefs still have signed and you just added up their base salaries we don't even have $62M in cap space.

**dirk digler** · 02-20-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by denverdanchiefsfan

Who has more accurate info, Tiecher or Shefter?

Tiecher doesn't know shit.

ShowtimeSBMVP · 02-20-2012, 10:33 AM

The star is wrong......

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Teams with most cap room today: Tampa Bay ($67 million under cap); KC ($62 mil): Cincy ($60 mil); Denver ($49 mil); Washington ($49 mil).

stonedstooge · 02-20-2012, 10:33 AM

Can't imagine the Chiefs putting out information that the monies available are only about half of what the national media is reporting. Clark's being sneaky again. Wonder why?

Brock · 02-20-2012, 10:34 AM

That settles it, it was on twitter.

stonedstooge · 02-20-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

The star is wrong......

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Teams with most cap room today: Tampa Bay ($67 million under cap); KC ($62 mil): Cincy ($60 mil); Denver ($49 mil); Washington ($49 mil).

Do one of your tweet things and see if you can get an answer from your connections as to who is giving the correct number

**loochy** · 02-20-2012, 10:36 AM

This reminds me of why I hate twitter: people just make stuff up with no accountability

ShowtimeSBMVP · 02-20-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by stonedstooge

Do one of your tweet things and see if you can get an answer from your connections as to who is giving the correct number

All the big time reporters are saying 62m why would they Lie? Peter king,adam and many more.

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