RandomFan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 According to a tweet from DOL, the Falcons are currently around $15.5m under the cap, and will need to allocate around $5m of that to the rookie draft pool, leaving around $10.5m left to spend on free agents.That could always increase if we need it to by freeing up another $3m or so from cutting Osi if we choose to; and also if we restructure and extend Roddy's contract reducing his cap hit this year.We have to take into account that the Falcons, like most teams, usually try to leave themselves a few million dollars under the cap in case they need to make midseason acquisitions to fill the spots of injured players.So as of today, we realistically have about $8 to $9m still available to spend on mid-tier free agents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Kent™ Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Yeah I believe we kept about $7m last year to roll over. I could be wrong, but I think it was something around that. And there are still a ton of good guys in FA still out there.Would love to cut Clff Matthews and replace him with Robert Ayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ICEMAN Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 No they have 15.5 mil left to spend if thats what there cap space isThey can always create more cap space with restructures for the rookies cap hits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomFan Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 No they have 15.5 mil left to spend if thats what there cap space isThey can always create more cap space with restructures for the rookies cap hitsNot if they don't wish to do so, which is how TD has traditionally managed to keep us in a healthy cap situation year after year. In which case, I'll refer you to the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDogg1215 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Only last year TD carried some over he has always used almost all of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomFan Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Only last year TD carried some over he has always used almost all of itLast year we carried over around $3.5m. Other years we've carried over 1 to 2m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I still think we should get a FA FS. Chris Clemons would be good for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOR Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Strief, munerlyn, ClemonsBoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csdabest Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 We have 15.5 to spend. Not including rookie money. Thats always reserved. We throw that number in overrall as community to let us know but they dont add those numbers in because its redundant. 15.5 mil to go man. Lets make this count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Could be smart of them to roll around 10 mill over to next year and Pay off a huge chunk of Julio's contract in year 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomFan Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 With our 10.5m to spend on free agents, we might end up adding 1 more free agent after giving the market some time to settle. Once some of these FA's are sitting out there realizing they aren't worth what they thought they were, then we can swoop in and get some team friendly deals.I don't really see any free agent FS worth a sack of footballs right now. You can bet if Clemons was worth anything, Nolan would be all over him right about now since he coached him in Miami. The fact we haven't shown interest in him should tell you all you need to know about him. FS is going to have to come from the draft, or someone a team cuts down the road.I could see us grabbing a TE in free agency still. Someone like Daniels or Pettigrew.Other than that, we might just grab some people to bolster depth at a few positions. There aren't really any quality OT's to try and pick up.My guess is we sign maybe one more FA before the draft, then save our money for the post draft cuts that always happen and try to get a deal on a few FA's then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole9782 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 According to a tweet from DOL, the Falcons are currently around $15.5m under the cap, and will need to allocate around $5m of that to the rookie draft pool, leaving around $10.5m left to spend on free agents.That could always increase if we need it to by freeing up another $3m or so from cutting Osi if we choose to; and also if we restructure and extend Roddy's contract reducing his cap hit this year.We have to take into account that the Falcons, like most teams, usually try to leave themselves a few million dollars under the cap in case they need to make midseason acquisitions to fill the spots of injured players.So as of today, we realistically have about $8 to $9m still available to spend on mid-tier free agents.I'm assuming Roddy and Julio's extensions will basically offset each other (probably not even that good): the savings from Roddy's extension will go to pay off Julio's extension. Basically, while Julio was on his rookie contract, Roddy was our highest paid receiver. Now, it will reverse and Julio will be paid more than Roddy. Roddy will take a pay cut, hopefully finish his career with the organization that drafted him, and win a Super Bowl or two.But that won't effectively create us any longterm cap space. Maybe for one year...but I think it's clear based on the contracts that were signed this week that we're not interested in winning just one championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole9782 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) I say we buy good safety (maybe Chancellor) a good tight end (maybe Owen Daniels). A backup NG on the cheap. Then use the draft to pick up a starting left or right tackle plus some depth at LB and on the interior of the offensive line. And then get ready for battle.Also need a little cap room to be able to respond to injuries during camp and the preseason. Edited March 13, 2014 by Nole9782 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS91 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Strief, munerlyn, ClemonsBoomYes please. That would pretty much free us up to go BPA throughout the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F_A_1_C_O_N Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 DOL Department of LaborMan are we that bad off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 That number is incomplete. After removing Hawley and Johnson's contracts, we have somewhere just over 13.5. And yes, all of that, we can spend, since we are, bare minimum, still going to extend Roddy this offseason, so the money for the rookies will come from that and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I say we buy good safety (maybe Chancellor) a good tight end (maybe Owen Daniels). A backup NG on the cheap. Then use the draft to pick up a starting left or right tackle plus some depth at LB and on the interior of the offensive line. And then get ready for battle.Also need a little cap room to be able to respond to injuries during camp and the preseason.Cam Chancellor is locked up long term for Seattle. I think his contract does not expire until 2017 or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL30342 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 saints signed byrd with less cap space then that! anythings possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSICKxWITHxITx Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I say we buy good safety (maybe Chancellor) a good tight end (maybe Owen Daniels). A backup NG on the cheap. Then use the draft to pick up a starting left or right tackle plus some depth at LB and on the interior of the offensive line. And then get ready for battle.Also need a little cap room to be able to respond to injuries during camp and the preseason.Chancellor? Dude is just a big hitter. He sucks in coverage and is not as good a W Moore. So he would not be a good fit. We need a FS and he is only an in the box SS. Plus he's not a FA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 My guess is that the rest of free agency will be spent getting veteran depth at positions that need it the most, namely CB and TE, so they don't have to spend picks for depth there. I would also be very tempted to bring in Edelman to take the slot WR spot from Douglas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaigle Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 and if you have to sign a Trueblood, a Locklear, a Gaither at midseasonneed about 2.0M at vet minimums there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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