Possible Cap Casualties - AFC East Edition
Possible Cap Casualties - NFC East Edition
Possible Cap Casualties - AFC North Edition
Possible Cap Casualties - NFC North Edition
Possible Cap Casualties - AFC South Edition
Possible Cap Casualties - NFC South Edition
Possible Cap Casualties - AFC West Edition
2014 Projected NFL Salary Cap: $126.3 million
NFC West:
Arizona Cardinals
2014 Projected Salary Cap: $123 million
Projected released players:
Daryn Colledge (Team saves $2.7 million)
Colledge somehow got a five-year deal last year despite being 31. Turning 32 next week, the team may look to free up cap space, especially with the return of Jonathan Cooper.
Drew Stanton ($1.3 million)
Palmer played decently last year, but committed way too many turnovers to be a long-term solution. I think Arizona will look to draft a quarterback early in 2014 and have him serve as Palmer's backup for a season before taking the reigns in 2015.
Mike Leach ($1 million)
Leach turns 38 in October, so there is a chance he may retire. If he does, Arizona will receive closer to $1.1 million in salary relief.
San Francisco 49ers
2014 Projected Salary Cap: $126.3 million
Projected released players:
Carlos Rogers ($5.1 million)
Rogers turns 33 in July and has been discussed as a cap casualty for some time now. His play regressed as expected last season.
Jonathan Baldwin ($1.4 million)
Baldwin was a non-factor in his first season with the 49ers. I can't imagine San Francisco keeping him around for another season.
Seattle Seahawks
2014 Projected Salary Cap: $126 million
Projected released players:
Projected released players:
One lingering issue that Seattle will likely have to deal with this offseason is the Russell Wilson situation. Coming off of a Super Bowl win, Wilson is only slated to make a base salary just over $662 thousand. It is very doubtful that Wilson's agent will allow him to play in 2014 with this contract, especially after leading Seattle to their first Super Bowl win. Wilson will likely get a big pay raise, forcing Seattle to dump a lot of talented veteran backups that they were able to afford due to Wilson's cheap salary.
Sidney Rice ($7.3 million)
Rice has only played a full 16 games once in the past five years and was horrible in eight games last season. I can't see Seattle keeping him on their roster for 2014.
Chris Clemons ($7.5 million)
Basically, who would Seattle rather keep, Clemons or Cliff Avril? Avril is younger (Clemons will turn 33 in October, Avril turns 28 in April), makes slightly less and had a better overall season.
St. Louis Rams
2014 Projected Salary Cap: $126.4 million
Projected released players:
Projected released players:
Sam Bradford ($10.4 million)
Bradford never had a quality offensive line in St. Louis, but it is hard to justify paying him this much when the Rams have never been a .500 team with him at quarterback. What makes matter worse, Matt Stafford, Cam Newton and Andrew Luck, all quarterbacks who were drafted first overall in the years before and after Bradford, have all made it to the playoffs at least once.
Harvey Dahl ($4 million)
Dahl turns 33 in June and is a weak link among their offensive line. Head Coach Jeff Fisher will likely remove him.
Cortland Finnegan ($4 million)
Finnegan struggled mightily during his second season in St. Louis. The Rams will have a difficult decision to make this offseason.
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