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Dead Cap

By tribewriter
2/16/2017 3:54 pm
My league includes teams with dead cap ranging from $4 million to $44 million. Is dead cap any indicator of the health of a franchise?

Re: Dead Cap

By Mcarovil
2/16/2017 4:15 pm
No. Just bad contracts. Without knowing details. Several things could have happened. Good and or bad. Previous owner cutting bad contracts to set up a good cap situation next season. Owner trading away players with large bonuses that accelerate cap hit just to name two.

Re: Dead Cap

By WarEagle
2/16/2017 4:21 pm
Another common occurrence is an owner not renewing for another season, then the Ai takes over and signs an aging vet to a long term deal with a big bonus. When that vet retires 1 day later, the team (and new owner) are on the hook for the signing bonus.

$44M could come from only one of those deals.

Re: Dead Cap

By DrNo99
2/27/2017 6:08 am
Also busting first and especalliy second round Talent with 4 years on the rookiecontracts. Cutting them after the TC will add Dead Money in the Range of about +6 Mill. depending on the round there drafted