Here's a quick recap of recent Patriots' transactions and their impact on their 2019 salary cap:
1. The Patriots will be signing offensive tackle Jared Veldheer to a one-year deal.
His cap number will be $3,187,500. It consists of:
--$1,500,000 salary - $500,000 of which is fully guaranteed
--$750,000 signing bonus
--$937,500 in 46-man active roster bonuses ($78,125 per game). Veldheer was active for twelve games in 2018 -- 78,125 times twelve equals $937,500. Starting with the 13th game Veldheer is active for, the Patriots will lose $78,125 in cap space in the days immediately after the game. If Veldheer is active for all 16 games, his 2019 cap number will then become $3.5 million.
Veldheer has four $750,000 playing-time incentives (66 percent, 70 percent, 75 percent, and 80 percent). Since he played in only 65.5 percent of the Broncos' offensive snaps in 2019, all four incentives are classified as NLTBE (Not Likely to Be Earned). It is not a coincidence the lowest tier (66 percent) is slightly above 65.5 percent.
The Patriots salary cap space number decreased by $2,617,500 as Veldheer displaced Ja'Whaun Bentley's $570,000 salary from the Top 51 list. My Patriots salary cap space number is now $11,924,747.
Veldheer has the 16th-highest cap number on the Patriots, the fourth-highest of any Patriots offensive lineman, and the second highest of any Patriots offensive tackle.
With this move, it's natural to ask about Marcus Cannon and his cap numbers -- here are his totals.
2019 - $7,456,250
2020 - $7.75 million
2021 - $6.35 million
None of his remaining cash is guaranteed. He has $2.8 million in signing bonus proration remaining. If Cannon is released or traded during roster cutdowns, that would create $5,411,250 in cap space. If Cannon is released or traded during roster cutdowns the Patriots would have $1.4 million in dead money in both 2019 and 2020.
2. Signed undrafted free agent (UDFA) wide receiver Xavier Ubosi. Do not know yet the details of his three-year deal.
Question: What is your current Patriots 2019 salary cap space number?
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The 93 players include 17 of 22 SB LIII starters, 41 of 53 SB LIII active players, and 6 of 13 players who were on IR/NFI.