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:
not
(The changes in likelihood from last week are italicized.)
Dont'a Hightower
Matthew Slater
Matthew Slater
OR
Earned with the Patriots' victory over the Jets on New Year's Eve.
Patrick Chung
Patrick Chung
Patrick Chung
Earned since Chung played in 87.6 percent of the defensive snaps this season AND the Patriots won 13 regular-season games in 2017
Patrick Chung
Possible since Chung played in 87.6 percent of the defensive snaps this season AND it is possible for the Pats to win the AFC this year.
Patrick Chung
Earned since Chung played in 87.6 percent of the defensive snaps this season.
Dont'a Hightower
Unearned since Hightower played in 22 percent of the defensive snaps this season.
James Develin
Earned since Develin played in 30.35 percent of the offensive snaps.
James Develin
Earned (See above for reason).
David Harris
Unearned since Harris played in 23 percent of the defensive snaps.
David Harris
Impossible. (See above for reason.)
Alan Branch
Unearned since Branch played in 25.73 percent of the defensive snaps.
Alan Branch
Impossible. (See above for reasons.)
Julian Edelman
Unearned
Unearned: $3,000,000
Earned: $1,800,000
$3,000,000
italicized
Ryan Allen
Nate Solder
Nate Ebner
Shea McClellin
Johnson Bademosi
Dont'a Hightower
Johnson Bademosi
Unearned since Bademosi did not have an interception.
Johnson Bademosi
Unearned since Bademosi played in only 20.26 percent of the defensive snaps
LaAdrian Waddle
Unearned since Waddle played in only 29.5 percent of the offensive snaps
LaAdrian Waddle
Unearned (See above for reason)
Dion Lewis
Unearned since Dion Lewis played in only 35.4 percent of the offensive snaps.
Dion Lewis
Dion Lewis
Lawrence Guy
Lawrence Guy
Lawrence Guy
Unearned since Guy played in only 54.85 percent of the defensive snaps.
Duron Harmon
Earned since Harmon played in 65.6 percent of the defensive snaps.
Duron Harmon
Unearned since Harmon played in 65.6 percent of the defensive snaps.
Alan Branch
Unearned since Branch played in 25.73 percent of the defensive snaps.
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Dont'a Hightower
playing-time incentives that would kick in at 70, 75 and 80 percent ($250,000 each). Unearned since Hightower played in only 22.34 percent of the defensive snaps.
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Shea McClellin
's playing-time incentives that would kick in at 60 and 70 percent ($250,000 each). Unearned since McClellin spent the entire 2017 season on Injured Reserve.
* Rob Gronkowski's $1 million incentive could have been earned in one of the following four ways:
- Scores 10 touchdowns
- Catches 60 passes
- Has 800 receiving yards
- 70 percent playing-time
Earned since Gronkowski played in 79 percent of the offensive snaps but now superseded by Gronkowski reaching the next tier.
* Rob Gronkowski's $3 million incentive could have been earned in one of the following four ways:
- 80 percent playing-time
- Scores 12 touchdowns
- Catches 70 passes
- Has 1,000 receiving yards
Earned since Gronkowski has 1,084 receiving yards for the season.
* Rob Gronkowski's $5.5 million incentive could have been 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
do
Summary
Unearned: $6,900,000
Probable: $2,500,000
Earned: $4,150,000
- Gronkowski's $3 million incentive that was earned with 1,084 receiving yards.
- Guy's $400,000 50 percent playing-time incentive
- Guy's $500,000 55 percent playing-time incentive
- Slater's $150,000 Pro Bowl honor
- Slater's $50,000 13 wins
- Harmon's $250,000 60 percent playing-time incentive
- Chung's $200,000 65 percent playing-time incentive
- Chung's $400,000 75 percent playing-time incentive
- Chung's $300,000 80 percent playing-time incentive AND 13 wins
- Chung's $500,000 85 percent playing-time incentive
- Develin's $100,000 20 percent playing-time incentive
- Develin's $100,000 30 percent playing-time incentive
- Gronkowski's $2.5 million incentive that can be earned with an AP All-Pro honor. Expect to hear the announcement on Friday.
- Chung's $300,000 80 percent playing-time incentive AND a Super Bowl appearance
Rex Burkhead
Stephon Gilmore
Austin Carr:
D.J. Killings:
Cody Hollister:
Brooks Ellis:
Jason King:
David Jones:
Kenny Moore:
LeShun Daniels:
Jason Thompson:
Credits:
Unearned LTBE incentives:
Unearned LTBE 46-man active roster bonuses:
Guaranteed Salary Offset Credit:
Total Credits:
plus
minus
League Cap:
Prior Year Carryover:
Adjustment:
Patriots Adjusted Cap:
2018 Cap Commitment:
Ted Karras
2018 Cap Space
Q: What would happen to a player's 2018 cap number if he reaches a NLTBE incentive in 2017?
Q: After projecting all season long that Matthew Slater would not garner the Pro Bowl honor, how surprised are you that he did?
Q: Can Gronkowski earn $9.5 (1+3+5.5) million in incentives this year?
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 2018. He will earn $250,000 if he plays in at least 65 percent of the snaps next year. He will earn another $450,000 if he plays in 85 percent. Since he averaged playing 87.3% 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, and 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. White has played in 35.6 percent of the snaps in the 2017 season and had 600 yards from scrimmage, so none of his four incentives would be considered LTBE for the 2018 season.
Q: How else can playing-time affect the Patriots cap?
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