Salary Cap through Vaitai renegotiation

The War Room Detroit Lions — The Den
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Roster Signing
Signing/ Base Workout Cash Bonus Salary
Option Salary Bonus Due Amortization Cap Charge
Jared Goff - 20,975,000 5,000,000 25,975,000 5,000,000 30,975,000
Taylor Decker - 13,700,000 250,000 13,950,000 5,400,000 19,350,000
Frank Ragnow - 11,550,000 100,000 11,650,000 4,800,000 16,450,000
Romeo Okwara - 11,000,000 - 11,000,000 3,500,000 14,500,000
Halapoulivaati Vaitai - 9,400,000 100,000 9,500,000 2,948,194 12,448,194
Jeff Okudah - 1,010,000 4,172,072 5,182,072 5,486,096 10,668,168
Aiden Hutchinson - 870,000 1,458,336 2,328,336 5,788,343 8,116,679
Charles Harris - 6,000,000 - 6,000,000 1,988,333 7,988,333
Penei Sewell - 940,000 1,910,824 2,850,824 3,721,649 6,572,473
Tracey Walker 7,870,000 1,080,000 50,000 9,000,000 4,945,000 6,075,000
2023 Draft Pick #6 18,750,288 750,000 - 19,500,288 4,687,572 5,437,572
Cam Sutton 10,900,000 1,100,000 - 12,000,000 2,180,000 3,280,000
Kalif Raymond - 2,450,000 975,000 3,425,000 625,000 4,050,000
Jameson Williams - 1,148,718 350,000 1,498,718 2,469,871 3,968,589
Josh Reynolds - 1,800,000 1,450,000 3,250,000 750,000 3,929,412
Alex Anzalone 5,000,000 1,500,000 500,000 7,000,000 1,666,667 3,666,667
Jack Fox - 2,115,000 1,100,000 3,215,000 350,000 3,565,000
Jonah Jackson - 2,993,000 - 2,993,000 262,141 3,255,141
2023 Draft Pick #18 8,304,136 750,000 - 9,054,136 2,076,034 2,826,034
D’Andre Swift - 1,774,399 - 1,774,399 942,530 2,716,929
Jason Cabinda - 1,900,000 165,000 2,065,000 500,000 2,512,059
Levi Onwuzurike - 1,300,808 100,000 1,400,808 821,617 2,222,425
Josh Paschal - 1,056,621 - 1,056,621 701,483 1,758,104
Isaiah Buggs 1,000,000 1,100,000 100,000 2,200,000 500,000 1,700,000
Julian Okwara - 1,282,456 - 1,282,456 286,607 1,569,063
2023 Draft Pick #48 2,633,364 750,000 - 3,383,364 658,341 1,408,341
Alim McNeill - 1,101,290 25,000 1,126,290 272,578 1,398,868
Ifeatu Melifonwu - 1,070,078 25,000 1,095,078 210,154 1,305,232
Logan Stenberg - 1,010,000 - 1,010,000 185,411 1,195,411
2023 Draft Pick #55 1,857,372 750,000 - 2,607,372 464,343 1,214,343
Kerby Joseph - 870,000 64,314 934,314 212,255 1,146,569
Amon-Ra St. Brown - 940,000 - 940,000 196,315 1,136,315
Derrick Barnes - 940,000 - 940,000 195,302 1,135,302
Quentiz Cephus - 1,010,000 - 1,010,000 76,073 1,086,073
2023 Draft Pick #81 1,070,128 750,000 - 1,820,128 267,532 1,017,532
Ross Pierschbacher - 1,010,000 - 1,010,000 - 1,010,000
James Houston - 870,000 100,000 970,000 - 970,000
Jerry Jacobs - 940,000 - 940,000 1,167 941,167
Shane Zylstra - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Benito Jones - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Brock Wright - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Anthony Pittman - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Scott Daly - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Tom Kennedy - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Jarren Williams - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Craig Reynolds - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
Tommy Kraemer - 940,000 - 940,000 - 940,000
James Mitchell - 870,000 - 870,000 60,639 930,639
Malcolm Rodriguez - 870,000 - 870,000 46,982 916,982
Chase Lucas - 870,000 - 870,000 24,820 894,820
Trinity Benson - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Stanley Berryhill - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Maurice Alexander - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Mac McCain III - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Khalil Dorsey - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Kayode Awosika - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Brady Breeze - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Jermar Jefferson - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Demetrius Taylor - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
Jarren Williams - 870,000 - 870,000 - 870,000
2023 Draft Pick #152 344,892 750,000 - 1,094,892 86,223 836,223
2023 Draft Pick #183 211,428 750,000 - 961,428 52,857 802,857
2023 Draft Pick #194 190,300 750,000 - 940,300 47,575 797,575
Greg Bell - 750,000 - 750,000 5,000 755,000
Obinna Eze - 750,000 - 750,000 - 750,000
Darrin Paulo - 750,000 - 750,000 - 750,000
Derek Deese Jr - 750,000 - 750,000 - 750,000
Top 51 57,385,288 128,717,370 17,995,546 204,098,204 65,269,049 206,638,436
DJ Chark - - - 2,988,333 2,988,333 5,976,667
Michael Brockers - - - 3,975,000 - 3,975,000
James Houston - - - 33,003 66,006 99,009
John Penisini - - - 42,794 - 42,794
Jermar Jefferson - - - 19,581 19,581 39,162
Jason Cornell - - - 21,133 - 21,133
AJ Parker - - - 3,333 (3,333) -
Other 102,454
Cap Charges 216,894,655
2023 Base Bap 224,800,000
Cap Adjustments (262,400)
Workout Bonuses (849,600)
Practice Squad (3,500,000)
In-Season (5,000,000)
Going from 51 to 53 (1,740,000)
Carried Over from 2022 2,672,102 216,120,102
Cap Spece (774,553)
  • $11M under the cap - as of right now
  • $4M under the cap - budgeted for draft picks
  • $6.5M OVER the cap - budgeting for entire year (draft picks, PS, 53Man and in-season).

ISAIAH BUGGS

Signing
Signing/ Base Per Game Workout Cash Bonus Salary
Year Option Salary Bonus Bonus Paid Amortization Cap Charge
2022 - 965,000 - 965,000 - 965,000
2023 1,000,000 1,100,000 100,000 2,200,000 500,000 1,700,000
2024 - 2,050,000 150,000 100,000 2,300,000 500,000 2,800,000
Total 1,000,000 3,150,000 150,000 200,000 4,500,000 1,000,000 4,500,000

CAMERON SUTTON

Signing
Signing/ Base Roster Cash Bonus Total Salary
Year Option Salary Bonus Paid Amortization Adjustment Adjustments Cap Charge
2023 10,900,000 1,100,000 12,000,000 2,180,000 - 3,280,000
2024 - 10,500,000 10,500,000 2,180,000 - 12,680,000
2025 - 10,000,000 500,000 10,500,000 2,180,000 - 12,680,000
2026 - - - - 2,180,000 2,180,000 2,180,000 4,360,000
2027 - - - - 2,180,000 (2,180,000) (2,180,000) -
Total 10,900,000 21,600,000 500,000 33,000,000 10,900,000 - - 33,000,000

ALEX ANZALONE

Signing
Signing/ Base Roster Per Game Total Cash Bonus Salary
Year Option Salary Bonus Bonus Bonuses Due/Paid Amortization Cap Charge
2021 - 1,500,000 - 250,000 250,000 1,750,000 - 1,750,000
2022 715,000 1,035,000 - 500,000 500,000 2,250,000 715,000 2,250,000
2023 5,000,000 1,500,000 - 500,000 500,000 7,000,000 1,666,667 3,666,667
2024 - 3,500,000 250,000 500,000 750,000 4,250,000 1,666,667 5,916,667
2025 - 3,500,000 500,000 500,000 1,000,000 4,500,000 1,666,667 6,166,667
Total 5,715,000 11,035,000 750,000 2,250,000 3,000,000 19,750,000 5,715,000 19,750,000
2023 Incentive 1,000,000 75% playtime AND Team imp
2024 Incentive 1,000,000 75% playtime AND Team imp
2025 Incentive 1,000,000 75% playtime AND Team imp

TRACEY WALKER

Signing
Signing/ Base Workout Total Cash Bonus Salary
Year Option Salary Bonus Bonuses Due/Paid Amortization Cap Charge
2018 881,988 480,000 - 1,361,988 220,497 700,497
2019 - 628,000 - 628,000 220,497 848,497
2020 - 750,000 - 750,000 220,497 970,497
2021 - 2,183,000 - 2,183,000 220,497 2,403,497
2022 6,965,000 1,035,000 - 8,000,000 2,321,667 3,356,667
2023 7,870,000 1,080,000 50,000 50,000 9,000,000 4,945,000 6,075,000
2024 - 7,950,000 50,000 50,000 8,000,000 4,945,000 12,945,000
2025 VOID 2,623,333 2,623,333
Total 15,716,988 14,106,000 100,000 100,000 29,922,988 15,716,988 29,922,988
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Well, that’s a buzz kill.

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Can we admitt there is no salary cap. Cough , cough saints, 49ers

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Thats why its not a Buzz kill we are doing ok its when you push huge amounts down the line example what Browns are doing with there QB 2024 he is at 64 million on cap. One player

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Sutton only cost 3.3mil against the cap this year. When you factor he knocks the lowest paid guy off the top 51, we used only used about 2.5mil in additional cap space to land him. We also have easy restructures with Ragnow and Decker available to us. We also have potential savings with a Vaitai, Harris, or Romeo cut/pay cut.

We are far from down at this point.

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12.6 under the cap is fine.

We have restructure candidates.

Come June 1 , Charles Harris gets us 6 mil Big V gets us 9 mil if we out right release them.

That’s an easy 15

Trim some fat like Stenberg , Cephus, etc there’s money to be there

Besides I think Reynolds and Raymond each make $3mil base salary…seems like easy reups and tack on some more years

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Saints have lost a ton of guys today. Kaden Ellis, Onyematta, Davenport, and Tuttle. So have the Eagles. Salary cap is easily manipulated, but eventually it catches up with you.

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This may be true but what are you gonna do? Wait till after June 1st to sign a couple big FAs?

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If you spend right up until the cap you can free that space later for draft picks, practice squad and in season moves.

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Nah that’s for our rookies bruh

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My point, but saint’s have been over for years.

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The Saints will not field a team capable of winning a playoff game for 5+ more years because of it. They have to put band aids everywhere and can’t afford to sign their own premier FAs.

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That’s why I was surprised they went after Carr… it’s like they are going for mediocrity. Just tank on purpose!!

tank GIF

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Horrible move by them, but I guess the GM is trying to save face. They can win that division this year with Carr. They will get smoked in the playoffs, though.

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Fair point, that division is wide open. I think the Panthers might take it.

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But isnt that what we want for a starting point?

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Yea division titles are nice I guess, but personally I want playoff wins, that’s all that really matters IMO. Like the Bucs won their division last year with a losing record and promptly got embarrassed on their own field in round 1.

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@DeadStroke where did you find the details of Anzalone’s deal?

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True, but 1st step is being the north winner with a home playoff game, and just maybe we can bite our nails and shit our paints during half time because we did it. Feel like we are stud lb away from reaching that, but we still got pink eye from a anal zone.

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Sick Bobs Burgers GIF by AniDom

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