NOTE: TE Benjamin Watson was not activated from the exempt list, so that frees up $1,973,529 in cap space. The Patriots now have about $3.7 million available.
"The God of victory is also God in failure. I gave my all, but it was not enough to earn a spot on the Patriots roster," Watson said in a Tweet. "I’m beyond disappointed but even more upset for my family who has supported me with all the love a husband and father could ask for. They are my heroes. Rom 8:28"
Miguel will have more on this in a bit.
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- $4,936,941 in cap space would be created if the extension included four voidable years.
- $4,628,382 with three voidable years.
- $4,114,118 with two voidable years.
- $3,085,588 with one voidable year.
- Extend Devin McCourty by one year (Cap space created: $3,085,588)
- Extend Van Noy (Cap space created: $1,350,000)
- Break-glass option: Convert Hightower's salary (Cap space created: $2,320,882)
Answer: The team would have to first create cap space. As an example, in 2007, Tom Brady converted salary into a signing bonus in order to make room for Randy Moss. Let's continue to use Diggs as an example. The Patriots could create more cap space on the 3rd and then trade for him on the 4th of October. On the 5th they could then restructure his deal.
Answer: No, they could leave him on the 53-man roster and not have him active. This way they do not have to pay his replacement.
Answer: Five million. It consists of:
$4,500,000 - signing bonus proration of his $9,000,000 signing bonus
$250,000 - signing bonus proration of his $500,000 46-man roster bonuses. Because Brown's deal was signed after the start of the regular season, his roster bonuses were treated like a signing bonus.
$125,000 - two weeks salary
$125,000 - termination pay
Answer: Yes, they can. Ever since 2018 the trading of players on IR is allowed.
Answer: Yes, they can.
Answer: If Rob Gronkowski decides to un-retire during the regular season, his cap number would be $9 million divided by 17 times the number of weeks remaining in the season plus $46,875 times the remaining number of games. As Bedard illustrated in here, the deadline to unretire is Week 13.
Week 5 – $7,444,853
Week 6 – $6,868,566
Week 7 – $6,292,279
Week 8 – $5,715,993
Week 9 – $5,139,706
Week 10 – $4,610,294
Week 11 – $4,034,007
Week 12 – $3,457,721
Week 13 – $2,881,434
Answer:
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The 75 players include 16 of 22 SB LIII starters, 29 of 53 SB LIII active players, and 3 of 13 players who were on IR/NFI.