2014 Huddle mock offseason Defense FA pool

[DaCityKats]

Free Agency Rules

 

Free agency and player trading will commence on Saturday, February 8th 12:00 pm EST. FA officially ends @ the end of the draft. The draft will begin February 28th @ 6:00 pm EST.

The top five URFAs from each team will enter the free agent pool. All other FAs will stay with their original team and you can treat these players just like anyone else under contract. You may also not put those guys on your depth chart if you want. RFA's will remain with the current team they are with, but can be traded away. I will look at overthecap.com, spotrac.com, and walterfootball.com to decide each team top 5 FAs to put into the FA pool. Position, age, and productivity will play a role into the decision.

 

Cap Space

 

At no time can your total outstanding bids be higher than the amount you have to spend! This is up to you and you only to keep track of. If you exceed your spending limit you will be penalized, your total cap space reduced by $10.

 

Bidding on Players in FA

 

Players are signed 1 day (exactly 24 hours) from the time of the highest bid. For example, if your high bid was posted on Sunday 1PM the player will officially be signed and added to your roster Monday 1PM so long as nobody outbids you during that 1 day. If someone outbids you, then the day waiting period starts again from the time of their top bid. This 1 day waiting period may be reduced to 12 hours or less toward the end of the free agency period.

 

Home Team Advantages

 

Teams resigning their own free agents will have a couple advantages. First, they can simply match the top offer rather than having to outbid( When matching a offer please put the $ amount as well). Second, they will get a discount off the final price after the player is officially signed. The discount will be applied as followed:
Final bid: $3-$6 = $1 discount.
Final bid: $7-$10 = $2 discount.
Final bid: $11-$14 = $3 discount.
Final bid: $15+ = $4 discount.

If somebody is a FA and appears in the pool, please take them off our depth chart until you win the bid for that player. Again, we will use a combo of walterfootball.com, spotrac.com, and overthecap.com to determine the top 5 FAs from each team.

 

Teams cap space

 

The projected ceiling is $127. But we are rolling over cap space from 2013 to increase the spending. Below are the teams and the cap space money. These numbers are from overthecap.com.

 

2013 cap space

http://www.overtheca...e.php?Year=2013

 

2014 cap space

http://www.overtheca...2.php?Year=2014

 

Arizona Cardinals- BigSyke

$3

Atlanta Falcons- X-Clown

$16

Baltimore Ravens- DaCityKats

$3
Buffalo Bills- Munch4455

$20

Carolina Panthers- C47

$10

Chicago Bears- Ken

$15

Cincinnati Bengals- TylerVagyler

$24

Cleveland Browns- DaCityKats

$41

Dallas Cowboys- L-TownCat

-$22

Denver Broncos- panthers90

$13

Detroit Lions- DeSim

-$5

Green Bay Packers- bdub515

$27

Houston Texans- MichaelNewtonII

$14

Indianapolis Colts- Promethean Forerunner

$35

Jacksonville Jaguars- CaliPanthers

$53

Kansas City Chiefs

$2
Miami Dolphins- carpanfan96

$41

Minnesotta Vikings- App Panther

$25

New England Patriots- BigSyke

$8
New Orleans Saints

-$14

New York Giants- jdpanther5

$12

New York Jets- Soul Rebel

$20

Oakland Raiders- Riverboat Ron

$63

Philadelphia Eagles- carolina-chuck

$21
Pittsburgh Steelers- Jackofalltrades

-$12

San Diego Chargers- Swan

-$2

San Francisco 49ers- Kevin Greene

$11

Seattle Seahawks- Camsfanclub

$4

St.Louis Rams- carolina-chuck

$11

Tampa Bay Buccaneers- micnificent28

$13

Tennessee Titans- CaliPanthers

$17

Washington Redskins- Third Degree

$16

 

Cutting players

 

Each team will be allowed to cut up to 5 players on their roster to create some cap room. Deadline to cut a player is the same as the tag which is Feb, 6th @ 8:00 pm EST.Catch-22 is your player that gets cut now enters the FA pool(which bumps your 5 fa to 10 at most), and you are still on the hook for a % of that player cap hit based off years left on the contract. A player with 1 year = 60%, 2 years = 50%, 3 years = 40%, 4 years = 30%, 5+ years = 20% off their cap hit for 2014. You have to let everyone know who you are cutting in the offense or defense FA threads. Also let us know how much money you are freeing up so I can add it to your cap total.

Ex. Player X has a contract with 3 years and $12 left, meaning he has a cap hit of $4. You cut him so you would have to pay 40% of $4, which would free up about $2 off your cap.


Thanks again Munch for the idea.Good Luck

[DaCityKats]

Franchise tag

 

Each team will be able to franchise one of their free agents. This will cost a set amount based on position and will count towards that teams cap. The deadline for designating a franchise tag will be 8:00pm EST on Thursday, February 6th. Please post who you wish to franchise tag in the appropriate FA Offense or Defense thread.

 

Franchise Tag- Defense

DE- $13

DT- $9

LB- $11

CB- $11

S- $8

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1920765-seattle-seahawks-free-agents-whos-in-play-for-the-franchise-tag#articles/1920765-seattle-seahawks-free-agents-whos-in-play-for-the-franchise-tag

[DaCityKats]

Defense FA pool

 

DE 4-3/ 3-4

Antonio Smith, DE/DT, Texans. Age 32

Lamarr Houston, DE, Raiders. Age 26.... signed for $9 HTD = $7 Raiders

Daniel Te'o- Nesheim, DE, Bucs. Age 26

Jared Allen, DE, Vikings. Age 31.... signed for $2 Raiders

Alex Carrington, DE/ DT, Bills. Age 26

Willie Young, DE, Lions. Age 28.... signed for $1 Bears

Ropati Pitoitua, DE, Titans. Age 28.... signed for $1 Titans

Justin Tuck, DE, Giants. Age 30.... signed for $4 HTD = $3 Giants

Brett Keisel, DE/ DT, Steelers. Age 35

Anthony Spencer, DE/ OLB, Cowboys. Age 29.... signed for $1 Titans

Jarius Wynn, DE/ DT, Cowboys. Age 27

Arthur Jones, DE/ DT, Ravens. Age 27.... signed for $1 Ravens

Tyson Jackson, DE, Chiefs. Age 27.... highest bid $1 Giants

Michael Johnson, DE, Bengals. Age 26.... signed for $4 Jags

Fili Moala, DE, Colts. Age 28

Greg Hardy, DE, Panthers. Age 25.... Franchised

Robert Ayers, DE, Broncos. Age 28.... signed for $1Cards

Michael Bennett, DE, Seahawks. Age 28.... signed for $8 Bengals

Julius Peppers, DE, Bears. Age 34.... signed for $1 Broncos

Mathias Kiwanuka, DE, Giants. Age 30.... highest bid $1 Falcons

 

DT/ NT

Earl Mitchell, DT, Texans. Age 26.... signed for $1 Bears

Brandon Deadrick, DT/ DE, Jags. Age 27

Vance Walker, DT, Raiders. Age 26.... highest bid $4 Broncos

Jonathan Babineaux, DT, Falcons. Age 32.... signed for $1 Falcons

Peria Jerry, DT, Falcons. Age 29

Corey Peters, DT, Falcons. Age 25.... signed for $1 Rams

Kevin Williams, DT, Vikings. Age 33

Linval Jospeh, DT, Giants. Age 25....Franchised

Henry Melton, DT, Bears. Age 27.... signed for $4 HTD = $3 Bears

Jason Hatcher, DT/ DE, Cowboys. Age 31.... highest bid $3 Packers

Randy Starks, DT, Dolphins. Age 30.... signed for $2 Dolphins

Paul Soliali, DT, Dolphins. Age 30.... signed for $2 Dolphins

BJ Raji, NT, Packers. Age 27.... signed for $4 Jags

Cam Thomas, NT, Chargers. Age 27.... signed for $1 Bengals

Kendall Langford, DT, Rams. Age 27.... signed for $3 Falcons

Kevin Vickerson, DT, Broncos. Age 31

 

 

OLB 4-3/ 3-4

Brian Orakpo, OLB/ DE, Redskins. Age 28.... signed for $8 Jags

Jonathan Casillas, OLB, Bucs. Age 26

JoLonn Dunbar, OLB, Rams. Age 28.... signed for $1 Bears

Jason Worilds, OLB/ DE, Steelers. Age 25.... signed for $1 Bengals

Ernie Sims, OLB, Cowboys. Age 29

Calvin Pace, OLB, Jets. Age 33

Parys Haralson, OLB, Saints. Age 29

Wesley Woodyard, OLB, Broncos. Age 27.... highest bid $2 Dolphins

Stephen Nicholas, OLB, Falcons. Age 30

 

 

ILB

Daryl Sharpton, ILB, Texans. Age 26

Perry Riley, ILB, Redskins. Age 26

Arthur Moats, ILB, Bills. Age 25.... signed for $1 Giants

Jon Beason, ILB, Giants. Age 29.... signed for $1 Broncos

Karlos Dansby, ILB, Cardinals. Age 32.... highest bid $2 Packers

Donald Butler, ILB, Chargers. Age 25.... signed for $2 Browns

 Brandon Spikes, ILB, Pats. Age 26.... signed for $2 Titans

Jameel McClain, ILB, Ravens. Age 28

 

 

 

CB

DeAngelo Hall, CB, Redskins. Age 30

Josh Wilson, CB, Redskins. Age 30

Chris Cook, CB, Vikings. Age 26.... signed for $1 Rams

Alterraun Verner, CB, Titans. Age 25.... signed for $4 HTD = $3 Titans

Peanut Tillman, CB, Bears. Age 32.... signed for $3 Packers

Corey Graham, CB, Ravens. Age 28.... signed for$1 Bengals

Brent Grimes, CB, Dolphins. Age 30.... signed for $7 Eagles

Nolan Carroll, CB, Dolphins. Age 27.... signed for $2 Dolphins

Antoine Cason, CB, Cardinals. Age 27

Sam Shields, CB, Packers. Age 26.... signed for $5 Raiders

Brandon Ghee, CB, Bengals. Age 26.... signed for $1 Bears

Vontae Davis, CB, Colts. Age 26.... signed for $9 Jags

Captain Munnerlyn, CB, Panthers. Age 25.... signed for $3 Raiders

Aqib Talib, CB, Pats. Age 27.... signed for $2 Browns

Tarell Brown, CB, 49ers. Age 29.... highest bid $1 Panthers

Dominique Rodgers- Cromartie, CB, Broncos. Age 27.... si $6 Bengals

Brandon Browner, CB, Seahawks. Age 29.... signed for $1 Texans

Walter Thurmond, CB, Seahawks. Age 26.... signed for $4 Dolphins

Asante Samuel, CB, Falcons. Age 33.... signed for $1 Panthers

Dimitri Patterson, CB, Dolphins. Age 30

 

 

FS/ SS

TJ Ward, S, Browns. Age 27....Franchised

Jarius Byrd, FS, Bills. Age 27.... signed for $11 Raiders

Bernard Pollard, SS, Titans. Age 29.... highest bid $2 Titans

Stevie Brown, S, Giants. Age 26.... highest bid $1 Pats

Darian Stewart, S, Rams. Age 25

Major Wright, S, Bears. Age 25.... signed for $2 Bears

Ryan Clark, S, Steelers. Age 34

Chris Clemons, S, Dolphins. Age 28.... signed for $4 HTD = $3 Dolphins

Nate Allen, S, Eagles. Age 26.... highest bid $1 Broncos

Kurt Coleman, S, Eagles. Age 25

Taylor Mays, S, Bengals. Age 25.... signed for $2 Bengals

Darrell Stuckey, S, Chargers. Age 26

Antoine Bethea, S, Colts. Age 30.... signed for $1 Rams

Malcolm Jenkins, S, Saints. Age 26.... signed for $5 Eagles

Mike Mitchell, S, Panthers. Age 26.... signed for $3 Packers

Donte Whitner, SS, 49ers. Age 28.... highest bid $3 49ers

Charles Godfrey, S, Panthers. Age 28.... signed for $1 Panthers

Thomas DeCoud, S, Falcons. Age 27.... signed for $1 Broncos

David Bruton, S, Broncos. Age 26

[C47]

Are you just using the base salary to figure out cap hits, or bonus money too? Question is, is Godfreys salary left 15 million, or the 20.6 it actually is?

[DaCityKats]

Are you just using the base salary to figure out cap hits, or bonus money too? Question is, is Godfreys salary left 15 million, or the 20.6 it actually is?

 

strictly his cap hit for next year, 2014. that number times % according to the years left on his contract. looking at Godfrey hit next year it is $7.he has 3 years left so $7 x 40%= $3. so you would save $4 from cutting him. hopefully that helped answer the question.

[C47]

strictly his cap hit for next year, 2014. that number times % according to the years left on his contract. looking at Godfrey hit next year it is $7.he has 3 years left so $7 x 40%= $3. so you would save $4 from cutting him. hopefully that helped answer the question.

Yep got it. Also, did you mean to say two cuts or was that a typo because later you said each team could end up with a maximum of 10 FA after cuts.

[DaCityKats]

Yep got it. Also, did you mean to say two cuts or was that a typo because later you said each team could end up with a maximum of 10 FA after cuts.

 

thanks for heads up, i meant 5. i had changed it before, but it did not save. so i had to copy and change some things again, and forgot to change that.

[C47]

Panthers Franchise Tag Defensive End Greg Hardy. 

 

Panthers Cap space is now $2

 

Also!

 

Panthers listening to offers for Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson.

[TylerVagyler]

Please add the following FAs from the Bengals to the pool:

 

Michael Johnson, DE

Taylor Mays, S

[carolina-chuck]

St. Louis Rams cut:
 

Kendall Langford: 2 years left / 11 mil (5.5mil cap)
6*.5= $3

 

[C47]

Carolina Panthers Release

 

Safety, Charles Godfrey: Cap savings $4

 

New Cap Space: $6

[carolina-chuck]

Carolina Panthers Release

 

Safety, Charles Godfrey: Cap savings $4

 

New Cap Space: $6

 

This should really be override. No way the Panthers cut Godfrey.

[X-Clown]

The falcons have cut Stephen Nicholas. He had 7.5 million due to him over 2 years, which frees up $2 in cap space.

The falcons have cut Asante samuel. He had one year left at 3.5 million, which frees up $2 in cap space.

The falcons now have $11 in cap space

[carolina-chuck]

Rams cut:

William Hayes: 2 years left / 6 mill (3mil cap)
3*.5= $2