Salary cap recap 04.10.18: Jordan Matthews has potential to be low-risk, high-reward signing

Here's a look at some of the moves the Patriots have made in the last few days and their overall impact on the salary cap.

1) We learned the official numbers for Jordan Matthews: ESPN's Mike Reiss reported it was one-year deal with a maximum value of $1,700,000. Matthews' 2018 cap number of $1,000,000 consists of:

• Base salary: $790,000


• Offseason Workout Bonus: $130,000


• Signing bonus: $80,000

1. 1st round (No. 23): From the Rams as part of the Brandin Cooks trade


2. 1st round (No. 31): their original assigned pick


3. 2nd round (No. 43): From the 49ers as part of the Jimmy Garoppolo trade


4. 2nd round (No. 63): their original assigned pick


5. 3rd round (No. 95): their original assigned pick


6. 6th round (No. 198): From the Rams as part of the Cooks trade


7. 6th round (No. 210): From the Raiders as part of the Patterson trade


8. 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