Potential cuts/trades

[IronEagle]

Eckel delves into moves the Eagles could make to free up cap room here. Some are no brainers, other not so much. Can someone explain why it appears more cap room gets created if players are released after June 1?

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2...under_the.html

[slag]

Stole this from a google search

If a player is released after the CBA mandated deadline of June 1st, the team gets the benefit of being able to spread the Salary Cap hit – or dead money – over two years. When a player is released after June 1, the team is again relieved of paying that player’s base salary for the year in which he is released (and all future years) and the only amount that counts against the team’s Cap in that year is the player’s bonus proration for that year. The remaining unaccounted-for bonus pro-rations accelerate against the Cap in the following year.

So, using the above example, instead of having to eat $6M in dead money in the 4th year of the contract, the team would only have to carry $3M in dead money against the Cap for that year (which is that year’s bonus proration), but would have to account for the other $3M in dead money against the Salary Cap in the following year.

In the simplest terms, when a player is released after June 1, the team’s Cap savings for that year is the player’s Base Salary (P5), while the player’s bonus proration for that year is all that remains to count against the Salary Cap. The balance of the player’s bonus pro-rations will count in the following year.

EDITED TO ADD COMMENT: Appears it's a way to spread dead money.

[IronEagle]

At this point, if possible I would consider moving Daniel and signing Foles.

[RSE]

When the haberdasher ran things the Eagles never had to worry about dead cap money. Of course his philosophy for getting there created a whole host of other issues.

[headknocker]

At this point, if possible I would consider moving Daniel and signing Foles.

I would love to see that happen. The Rams have been a freakin' mess offensively for quite awhile and IMO it's hard to evaluate anyone in their scheme. As a WVU fan I hope someday Tavon Austin goes somewhere where they know how to incorporate him into an attack effectively. He's a special talent. I wouldn't want to see it happen but I think he'd be an absolute terror in the Pats attack.

[Raptor]

That would work....

At this point, if possible I would consider moving Daniel and signing Foles.

I have no beef with Daniel, Howie gave him a fat offer and he smartly grabbed it. i know he was suppose to be a transition piece but at this point he is too costly as a back up.

[thegodfather]

Eckel delves into moves the Eagles could make to free up cap room here. Some are no brainers, other not so much. Can someone explain why it appears more cap room gets created if players are released after June 1?

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2...under_the.html

The fact that Eckel is a jackass, some of those moves seem realistic. No on the Sproles that would be insane and No on Kendricks (cutting him) trade maybe, but saving 1.8 mil. is not allot when the guy does have skills. Daniels is a NO BRAINER...