Salary cap recap 03.20.18: Patriots end day with $10,583,238 in cap space

Here's a quick recap of the Patriots' transactions from Monday and their impact on their salary cap.



1) Learned the official numbers for Adrian Clayborn. The Boston Globe's Ben Volin reported Clayborn got a "two-year, $10m deal with one year, $5.5m guaranteed. $4m signing bonus, $1.5m base salary in 2018, a non-guaranteed $3.5m base salary in 2019, and $500k in per-game roster bonus each year ($31,250 per game active). Cap hits of $4m and $6m."

2) Please note that while we're waiting for the official numbers for Matthew Slater. ESPN's Mike Reiss reported it was a two-year deal. I need more details before I can update my salary cap space number, like his salary, signing bonus amount, offseason workout bonus amount (if any), roster bonus amount (if any) and LTBE incentive amount (if any).

3) While I expect Patrick Chung's extension will lower his 2018 cap number of $3.8 million, please note we're still waiting for the official numbers. I need more of the same details as Slater's deal.

4) Please note we are still waiting for the official numbers for Matt Tobin. ESPN's Mike Reiss reported the deal was for one year. My guess is since no numbers were announced, Tobin's 2018 cap number will be in the range of $900,000 to $1,400,000 if he did not sign a minimum salary benefit deal -- that would make his 2018 cap number $720,000. Like Chung I need more details besides the length of his contract before updating my salary cap space number.

Answering some logical follow-up questions:

Question: Do you expect Cordarrelle Patterson and the Patriots to lower Patterson's $3.25 million cap number?

Answer: Yes, I do. In fact, I now expect the savings to in effect pay for Slater.

Question: How many core special teamers are now on the Patriots roster?

Answer: Six.

1. Slater


2. Patterson


3. Brandon Bolden


4. Brandon King


5. Nate Ebner


6. Nicholas Grigsby

1. 1st round (No. 31): their original assigned pick


2. 2nd round (No. 43): From the 49ers as part of the Jimmy Garoppolo trade


3. 2nd round (No. 63): their original assigned pick


4. 3rd round (No. 95): their original assigned pick


5. 4th round (No. 136): Compensatory pick for Jabaal Sheard


6. 6th round (No. 210): From the Raiders as part of the Patterson trade


7. 7th round (No. 219): From the Browns as part of the Jason McCourty trade

1. 1st round: their original assigned pick


2. 2nd round: their original assigned pick


3. 4th round: their original assigned pick


4. 5th round: their original assigned pick


5. 7th round: their original assigned pick