Ryan Kalil's cap figure next year is 11+m

[Ruff]

lol

[Nick_81]

You're surprised?

[Ruff]

We also can't save money by releasing him, because his dead money hit would 12m.

lolololol

[R0CKnR0LLA]

CJ's is over 20

 

lol oh hurney

 

[Icege]

Best part?

Kalil's salary next season is actually close to equal to what we're paying for the entire starting OL this season.

Kalil makes up $7M of the $12M going to this season's OL.

[Peppers90 NC]

he has been as disappointing as all the other linemen including Bell and Chandler. only slightly better than Amini

[PanthersClinic]

We should cut him right now and pay him 12 million next season for nothing.

 

#Gettlemagic

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

Even an All-Pro looks like trash when surrounded by trash alla Cam 

[jtnc]

he has been as disappointing as all the other linemen including Bell and Chandler. only slightly better than Amini

He doesn't have ANY help.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

It's not only the cap hit but also how terribly these contracts were structured. Both CJ and Kalil, their prorated bonuses (essentially dead money) are larger parts of their cap hit than their actual base salary. This puts the team in a horrible position trying to get them to take paycuts if they don't live up to their contracts.

 

CJ - Base salary: $9,750,000 - Bonus money: $10,020,000

Kalil - Base salary: $5,366,000 - Bonus money: $6,179,000

 

If, for example, Kalil had a 12M cap hit with 11M base salary and only 1M bonus money it would put the team in 1000X better position to negotiate a paycut, because they would have leverage. If Kalil got cut he wouldn't make 11M on the open market, so of course he'd be better off taking a paycut in line with what his market value would be. Howver, with the huge amount of guaranteed already paid dead money, and his base salary being only $5.3M of the near $12M cap hit, there's not much the team can do.

 

Compared to Gano's contract (the only real multi-year deal DG has given out)

Base salary: $2,300,000 - Bonus money: $750,000

[Panthers8969]

Even an All-Pro looks like trash when surrounded by trash alla Cam 

 

in regards to ur sig, id love to see 2014 cam on the 2011 team, or on any team after the jake era

[TheRumGone]

:-(

[Peppers90 NC]

He doesn't have ANY help.

he doesnt help ANYONE either. he is often left there standing blocking nobody.

[AU-panther]

There is a misconception on this forum that we are somehow cheap when it comes to players.  We spend as much as most teams do.  The problem is where we spend it.

 

Instead of having a LT making 10m we have a center with a 11m cap hit next year.

Instead of having a receiver making 8m we have 2 running backs counting for almost 15m next year.

Instead of having a cornerback making 9m we have a olb with a cap hit of 10m next year.

Instead of a safety making 7m we have a DE with a cap hit of 20m next year.

 

Because of the salary cap there are just so many "big" contracts you can have on a team.  I think we have 7 players with cap hits over 4 million.  This is pretty consistent with the other teams in the league. 

 

In theory every team should be getting good production out of their big salary guys.  All of those players are on 2nd or 3rd contracts.  You should know what you are getting with them.  Conversely you shouldn't expect much out of cheap free agents.  There is a reason they are cheap.

 

Everyone likes to get mad at players like Bell but in reality a high dollar player that isn't producing hurts your team way more then a cheap player who isn't.

 

Players on rookie contracts are the one spot teams have the abilty to get to get high production for cheap prices.  A quality draft class would go a long ways in helping us transition away from some of the bad contracts on this team.