Does anyone know the salary cap space for the boys in 2012??

Does anyone know the salary cap space for the boys in 2012??

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stephen said we'll have enough to sign whomever we want

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by Lissyyyyy on Jan 13, 2012 7:58 PM CST reply actions

Thanks, but......................

Thanks, but I was actually wondering about space under the cap. I wonder if we can only sign 1 top free agent and some smaller guys, or maybe 2 or 3 top free agents. Thanks in advance.

by chris.julsen on Jan 13, 2012 9:13 PM CST reply actions

from what I understand

Dallas is ~18 million under the cap right now

from what I understand Dallas is right around the cap for next year, however We can roll the ~18 million over plus with a few cuts They should be around 20 million under…..

Does that answer your Question?

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by I am Ironman!!! on Jan 13, 2012 9:41 PM CST up reply actions

Here is a (slightly outdated mind you) but good enough link

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220666

by I am Ironman!!! on Jan 13, 2012 9:48 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks for all the info. One more question, do any of you remember how far the iggles were last year when they went on that spending spree? Just wondering if we can get alot of impact guys like they did. Thanks.

by chris.julsen on Jan 13, 2012 10:47 PM CST up reply actions

iirc

the Eagles were 40 million under the cap…..

by I am Ironman!!! on Jan 14, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions

That number sounds about right.

JimmyK would know better than we would, though.

by Admiral Dallas on Jan 14, 2012 2:08 AM CST up reply actions

That’s about right.

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by JimmyK on Jan 14, 2012 7:10 AM CST up reply actions

Here is some good info that will help..

The Cowboys’ 2012 Cap Space
The Cowboys have about $28M in dead money next season. Fans were angry, and still are, wondering how the team can afford to sign anyone to improve the team (either in Free Agency or the Draft).

The Cowboys, however, knew what they were doing despite the growing anger of fans. During the off season following a dismal 6-10 record in 2010, the Dallas Cowboys made several cuts of key players.

They decided to go with youth, and cut away the likes of Andre Gurode ©, Marc Colombo (G), Leonard Davis (G) Marion Barber (RB) Igor Olshansky (DE) and Roy Williams (WR).

How could the team ever survive this? Well, let’s just assume that the cap in 2012 will be the same as this year’s $123M. That means the Cowboys would only have $95M to spend after the dead money, right?

Not so fast. Thanks to the new CBA, if you are a team who stays under the 2011 cap by at least $17M, then you can then roll that money into a credit for the 2012 dead money.

That means, in reality, the Cowboys only have $11M in dead money for 2012. The Cowboys would have $112M to work with.

But wait! There’s more! Thanks to the retirement of Jon Kitna, the Cowboys have just earned an extra $2.7M in cap space putting them at a cool $119.7M of cap space, with more moves to come.

If the Cowboys decide to part ways with Terrence Newman, which is very likely to occur, the Cowboys will have $7 more and a total of $126.7M to work with.

All the while fans were angry… oblivious to the fact that the moves were all coming to this: A very productive off season in preparation for 2012.

The Cowboys absolutely no problems at all. Free Agency… here the Cowboys come!

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by scandrick32 on Jan 13, 2012 10:03 PM CST via mobile reply actions

one small quibble Scandrick

the reason the Cap was 123 million was because Dallas used the 3 million veteran exemption allowed by the CBA….

That is replaced by a 1.5 million Exemption this year, so unless the Cap is reconfigured(unlikely) it will probably be a 121.5 “base cap”

other than that good breakdown

by I am Ironman!!! on Jan 13, 2012 10:35 PM CST up reply actions

yeah I think that is wrong

releasing Newman would save 4 million not 7

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by Archie Barberio on Jan 13, 2012 10:53 PM CST up reply actions

Wait… If the cap is 123, how will the Cowboys have 126.7?

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by JimmyK on Jan 14, 2012 7:12 AM CST up reply actions

also add in the fact Dallas will save 4 mill if they cut tnew.. thats a above average FA we can sign right there

We can sign probably 1 top FA and 2 decent agents for depth..

by lostar2009 on Jan 14, 2012 9:17 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Reports

They say that we had roughly a $10 Million hit last season and should face a $20 Million hit in 2012 SOURCE. This was configured though before Gurode was released. However I have also heard that we had $23 Million in dead money this year, meaning that we may have rolled a lot of the dead money over from next year to this year to allow us more cap room.

This really is just touchy information that no one else knows except for the front office, so really is almost useless to discuss it because we really don’t know how they have worked everything out. We can only hope that we have enough space to be at least a threat to make some big moves for free agents and things.

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by ProBowlFactory on Jan 14, 2012 12:11 AM CST reply actions

this is my thoughts on it

I think we can afford Robinson and one big signing in free agency, but thats about it

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by Archie Barberio on Jan 14, 2012 1:46 AM CST up reply actions

Carl nicks

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by KJDH2154 on Jan 14, 2012 3:12 AM CST up reply actions

My educated guess:

Based on something I saw a while back on Internet:

— I think we have about 90 million in salary committed so far for next year.
—We can save at least 3 or 4 million by cutting TNew.
—We have about 20 million in dead money (but also about 15 million in carryover since we were 15 mill under the cap last season)….. for a net effect of -5 million.

So that puts us around 90 million now. If we assume a 121.5 million cap, that means we have…..

More than 30 million to spend on draft picks, free agents, and trades.

Therefore, it is not impossible that we could afford Mario Williams or Carl Nicks or Laurent Robinson or Kyle Orton or some combination of them.

But this is just an educated guess on my part. We could also restrucutre contracts, so I think the 1st commenter had it about right when he quoted Jones.

by florida dodger on Jan 14, 2012 8:40 AM CST reply actions

Just don't get your hopes up

They might try to go under the cap so that when the tv contracts are redone and the cap jumps significantly, we have a lot of carry over as well as the jump and then have space to do all sorts of things whether it be re-signing veterans or free agents. I think 2013 is the year we will start to see this team not being in rebuilding mode anymore

by ProBowlFactory on Jan 14, 2012 10:16 AM CST up reply actions