The Chargers are already projected to be a couple million over the 2014 salary cap as things currently stand. However, they have a lot of moves to make that can easily change the situation and very few impact players hitting free agency.
Here is a list of veterans they can cut and how it will impact the cap......
Freeney- $5.125M Cap hit - $1.625M Dead Money= Cut would save $3.5M towards cap
Clary- $6.250M Cap hit - $1.7M DM = $4.5M Cap Savings
Johnson- $5.5M Cap Hit - $3M DM = $2.5M Cap Savings
Royal- $6.0M Cap Hit - $1.5M DM = $4.5M Cap Savings
McClain- $3.333 Cap Hit - $833K DM = $2.5M Cap Savings
Mouton- $984K Cap Hit - $218K Dead Money = $766K Cap Savings
Total Current Cap Cost $27.189M
Potential Cap Savings $18.31M
Dead Money Costs $8.876M
**The cap projections already include the dead money for Gaither and Meachem. Rookie salaries generally amount to $5+ million (the cost savings in releasing JJ).
Here is the list of free agents after this season..........
English, Whitehurst, Butler, Stuckey, Thomas, Alexander, Rinehart, Bird (RFA), Marshall, Brown, Walker, Hawkins, Ohrnberger, Tutu, Keiser and Crezdin Butler.
OLB positions seems to be the biggest decision for Telesco this off-season with English and Keiser both hitting free agency and Freeney being large potential cap savings.
Here is a list of veterans they can cut and how it will impact the cap......
Freeney- $5.125M Cap hit - $1.625M Dead Money= Cut would save $3.5M towards cap
Clary- $6.250M Cap hit - $1.7M DM = $4.5M Cap Savings
Johnson- $5.5M Cap Hit - $3M DM = $2.5M Cap Savings
Royal- $6.0M Cap Hit - $1.5M DM = $4.5M Cap Savings
McClain- $3.333 Cap Hit - $833K DM = $2.5M Cap Savings
Mouton- $984K Cap Hit - $218K Dead Money = $766K Cap Savings
Total Current Cap Cost $27.189M
Potential Cap Savings $18.31M
Dead Money Costs $8.876M
**The cap projections already include the dead money for Gaither and Meachem. Rookie salaries generally amount to $5+ million (the cost savings in releasing JJ).
Here is the list of free agents after this season..........
English, Whitehurst, Butler, Stuckey, Thomas, Alexander, Rinehart, Bird (RFA), Marshall, Brown, Walker, Hawkins, Ohrnberger, Tutu, Keiser and Crezdin Butler.
OLB positions seems to be the biggest decision for Telesco this off-season with English and Keiser both hitting free agency and Freeney being large potential cap savings.
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