http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thedailydolphin/2012/05/10/salary-cap-101-why-the-miami-dolphins-only-need-2-36-million-in-salary-cap-space-to-sign-their-rookie-class/ A good article about our financial situation. Difficult to make sense of some of it but definitely worth a read if you want to try.
A thread with math?!?!?!??!? Burn it with fire!!!!!!!!!! What's next.....a thread about reading books?
To summarize it as best as I can, during the off-season only the top 51 contracts of the 90 people on the team count against the salary cap. Only 3 of our rookies (Tannehill, Martin, Vernon) will have salaries in the top 51 so they are the only 3 who count towards the salary cap during the off-season. The idea is once the rosters are cut down to 53 players some of the guys not in the top 51 will supplant guys in the top 51 and therefore create the necessary cap room.
I appreciate you finding this Trowa....but in the history of the NFL not a single team has ever been prevented from playing because of salary cap reason....I know we love to know all we can about Miami....but I just never worry or spend time over concerns with salary cap....we arent that loaded that I think its ever a concern. Math is for witches.......(signaling Pagan in 5,4,3,2,......)
Tell that to the Cowboys and Redskins fans. I actually learned something here today (this is almost like an episode of South Park)... The top 51 is established well before the final cutdown date. That I never knew.
Has Miami signed any rookies yet? I haven't seen any news about Miami's rookies, but it seems that the rest of the league has been signing most of their draft class.
I have been wondering that too, I see on twitter hourly updates about teams signing their players and not a peep out of MIA.
It's not a big deal. The rookies contract is pre-determined by their draft position. It's going to be same tomorrow as it is today. The rookies will be under contract by the time the team needs them to be.
