A team's adjusted cap consists of three numbers:
- League cap number
- Prior year carryover adjustments for Likely To Be Earned (LTBE)/Not Likely To Be Earned (NLTBE) incentives
- Adjustments for Likely To Be Earned (LTBE)/Not Likely To Be Earned (NLTBE) incentives. In 2017, the Patriots were debited a total of $1,006,553 against their 2017 adjusted cap number because of LTBE/NTLBE calculations.
Vince Wilfork
Background
Earned LTBE incentives:
Unearned LTBE incentives:
Earned NTLBE incentives:
Unearned NLTBE incentives:
Matthew Slater
Dont'a Hightower
Impossible if Hightower is indeed placed on IR as recent reports have stated
Patrick Chung
Patrick Chung
Patrick Chung
Patrick Chung
Patrick Chung
Dont'a Hightower
Impossible if the reports that he will soon be placed on Injured Reserve are true.
James Develin
James Develin
David Harris
Impossible - If the Patriots defense continues to average 66 snaps a game and even if Harris were to play in 100 percent of them going forward his playing-time percentage for the year would be 54.36 percent.
David Harris
Harris
Alan Branch
Alan Branch
Alan Branch
Julian Edelman
Impossible
Unlikely - $1,075,000
Possible - $1,200,000
Probable - $700,000
$3,200,000
italicized
Ryan Allen
Nate Solder
Unlikely
Nate Ebner
Shea McClellin
Johnson Bademosi
Dont'a Hightower
Impossible
Johnson Bademosi
Johnson Bademosi
Johnson Bademosi
LaAdrian Waddle
LaAdrian Waddle
Dion Lewis
Dion Lewis
Dion Lewis
Lawrence Guy
Lawrence Guy
Lawrence Guy
Duron Harmon
Duron Harmon
Duron Harmon
Probable since Harmon has played in 80.3 percent of the defensive snaps.
Alan Branch
Dont'a Hightower
Impossible
Dont'a Hightower
Impossible
Dont'a Hightower
Shea McClellin
Shea McClellin
* Rob Gronkowski's $1 million incentive can be earned in one of the following four ways
- 70 percent playing-time
- Scores 10 touchdowns
- Catches 60 passes
- Has 800 receiving yards
1,018 receiving yards
68 receptions
80.5 percent playing time
* Rob Gronkowski's $3 million incentive can be earned in one of the following four ways
- 80 percent playing-time
- Scores 12 touchdowns
- Catches 70 passes
- Has 1,000 receiving yards
1,018 receiving yards
80.5 percent playing time.
* Rob Gronkowski's $5,5 million incentive can be earned in one of the following five ways
- 90 percent playing-time
- Scores 14 touchdowns
- Catches 80 passes
- Has 1,200 receiving yards
- Named first-team All-Pro
Zach Ertz
Summary
Edelman
McClellin
Rex Burkhead
Slater
Harris
Stephon Gilmore
Branch
Austin Carr
Cody Hollister
Jason King
David Jones
Kenny Moore
Credits
Unearned LTBE incentives
Unearned LTBE 46-man active roster bonuses
Guaranteed Salary Offset Credit -
Total Credits -
League Cap
Prior Year Carryover
Adjustment
Patriots Adjusted Cap
2018 Cap Commitment
Ted Karras
2018 Cap Space
Q: Your cap space number is currently around $5.2 million. Why do you think that they will end up with $3.5 million?
Q: Who are those eight players?
Dwayne Allen
Mike Gillislee
Chris Hogan
Q: How could the Patriots create more cap space?
Q: How can injuries change your estimates?
Q: How would a David Harris removal from roster affect your estimates?
Q: What would happen to a player's 2018 cap number if he reaches a NLTBE incentive in 2017?
Q: Can Gronkowski earn $9.5 (1+3+5.5) million in incentives this year?
Q: Will rushing for a touchdown, however unlikely, help Gronkowski reach his incentives?
Q: Some reports of Gronkowski's incentives do not mention scoring 14 touchdowns as part of his top tier?
Q: Besides the already mentioned players what Patriots have incentives for the 2018 season whose likeliness to be earned classification will be determined by how they do in 2017?
- David Andrews has two playing-time incentives that commence in the 2018 season. He will earn $250,000 if he plays in at least 65 percent of the snaps in 2018. He will earn another $450,000 if he plays in 85 percent. If he continues to play all of the snaps in the 2017 season, both incentives will be considered LTBE for the 2018 season increasing his 2018 cap number by $700,000.
- James White has four incentives that commence in the 2018 season. He will earn $250,000 if he plays in at least 50 percent of the snaps in 2018. He will earn another $250,000 if he plays in 60 percent. He will earn $250,000 if he has 1,000 total yards from scrimmage and another $250,000 if he has 1,200 total yards from scrimmage. James White has played in 46.6 percent of the snaps in the 2017 season and is on pace for 970 yards from scrimmage so none of his four incentives would be considered LTBE for the 2018 season.
Q: What is Eric Rowe's snap percentage?
Eric Rowe
Q: How else can playing-time affect the Patriots cap?
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