New contract details (ONLY)

[Superman]

None of the draft picks have been signed yet, so we don't have details, but I'll add them based on projections, and edit later on when details come out. I'll also add the UDFAs, based on the information we have so far (should be close, if not right on). 

 

#29 Phillip Dorsett -- four years, $7.7m, $6m guaranteed, SB $3.9m, 2015 cap hit $1.48m, 2016 cap hit $1.65m, 2017 cap hit $2.1m, 2018 cap hit $2.47m; team option for 2019

#65 D'Joun Smith -- four years, $3.3m, $800k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $637k, 2016 cap hit $750k, 2017 cap hit $900k, 2018 cap hit $1.01m

#93 Henry Anderson -- four years, $2.9m, $550k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $588k, 2016 cap hit $660k, 2017 cap hit $770k, 2018 cap hit $882k

#109 Clayton Geathers -- four years, $2.75m, $480k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $569k

#151 David Parry -- four years, $2.5m, $200k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $490k

#205 Josh Robinson -- four years, $2.35m, $100k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $462k

#207 Amarlo Herrera -- four years, $2.32m, $95k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $461k

#255 Denzell Goode -- four years, $2.3m, $47k guaranteed / SB, 2015 cap hit $448k

 

All UDFAs -- three years, $1.575m, guarantee / SB TBD, 2015 cap hit $435k (times 15 players)

 

Added $5.135m (draft picks) + $6.525m (UDFAs) = $11.66m added to total cap 

Released four players = $1.815m subtracted from cap

Total active contracts: 90

Total cash output: ~$145m

Adjusted 2015 salary cap, including 2014 rollover -- $152.4m

Total 2015 cap obligations, including dead money, draft picks and UDFAs -- ~$154m

Top 51 cap obligations -- ~$141m

Adjusted cap space -- $11.4m

 

Noteworthy free agents: La'el Collins + http://nfltraderumors.co/updated-top-50-free-agents-list-2/

If you want some depth at OT or safety, there are several options, I think. And we have the cap space for them.

[HtownColt]

@RavensInsider: Clayton Geathers four-year Colts deal: $3.126 million max value, $533,928 signing bonus

[Superman]

@RavensInsider: Clayton Geathers four-year Colts deal: $3.126 million max value, $533,928 signing bonus

 

Read something from Andrew Brandt yesterday that said the signing bonuses for drafted players are going up by about 15% this year, for the first time under the new CBA (this is part of the money that was borrowed from earlier years in order to prop up the salary cap; that's all been paid back now). I guess that applies to the total contract values also. I'll wait for all the details to come in before I update.

[NewColtsFan]

Read something from Andrew Brandt yesterday that said the signing bonuses for drafted players are going up by about 15% this year, for the first time under the new CBA (this is part of the money that was borrowed from earlier years in order to prop up the salary cap; that's all been paid back now). I guess that applies to the total contract values also. I'll wait for all the details to come in before I update.

 

Brandt is typically a fountain of good information.    Granted his is more on the technical side,  the financial side, and not on the player side.....   but in a thread like this,  his info is often Gold.....

 

Good stuff!     

[Superman]

Brandt is typically a fountain of good information.    Granted his is more on the technical side,  the financial side, and not on the player side.....   but in a thread like this,  his info is often Gold.....

 

Good stuff!     

 

Yeah, I like most of his stuff. I've learned a lot from him.