Feb 152016
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According to Spotrac.com, the New York Giants currently have approximately $58 million in salary cap space with 50 players currently under contract. Only the top 51 player salaries for a team count against the salary cap in the offseason.
Overview of the New York Giants salary cap situation:
- 2016 NFL Salary Cap: $154,000,000
- 2015 Rollover Cap: $11,193,230
- New York Giants Adjusted Salary Cap: $165,193,230
- Top 51 Contracts: $97,410,576
- Dead Money: $9,708,966
- Total (with Top 51 Contracts): $107,119,542
- Cap Space (with Top 51 Contracts): $58,073,688
The top five sources of the dead money are:
- Offensive Tackle Will Beatty ($5,000,000)
- Offensive Guard Geoff Schwartz ($1,916,667)
- Linebacker Jon Beason ($1,466,668)
- Punter Steve Weatherford ($875,000)
- Defensive End Damontre Moore ($143,813)
The top-10 players currently counting the most against the team’s 2016 salary cap are:
- Quarterback Eli Manning ($24,200,000)
- Wide Receiver Victor Cruz ($9,900,000)
- Cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie ($8,000,000)
- Running Back Shane Vereen ($4,916,667)
- Linebacker J.T. Thomas ($4,000,000)
- Wide Receiver/Returner Dwayne Harris ($3,800,000)
- Offensive Tackle Ereck Flowers ($3,270,845)
- Linebacker Jonathan Casillas ($3,166,666)
- Wide Receiver Odell Beckham ($2,838,054)
- Running Back Rashad Jennings ($2,812,500)
The following Giants are currently not under contract and scheduled to be unrestricted free agents:
- WR Rueben Randle
- WR Hakeem Nicks
- TE Daniel Fells
- OC Dallas Reynolds
- OG Brandon Mosley
- DE Jason Pierre-Paul
- DE Robert Ayers
- DE George Selvie
- DT Cullen Jenkins
- DT Markus Kuhn
- DT Barry Cofield
- LB Jasper Brinkley
- CB Prince Amukamara
- CB Jayron Hosley
- CB Trumaine McBride
- S Craig Dahl
- S Brandon Meriweather
- LS Zak DeOssie
- LS Danny Aiken
- PK Josh Brown
The following Giants are not under contract and currently scheduled to be exclusive rights or restricted free agents:
- RB Orleans Darkwa
- WR Myles White
- WR Marcus Harris
- TE Larry Donnell (restricted free agent)
- TE Will Tye
- TE Jerome Cunningham
- OG Adam Gettis
- S Bennett Jackson
- P Brad Wing
Eric Kennedy
Eric Kennedy is Editor-in-Chief of BigBlueInteractive.com, a publication of Big Blue Interactive, LLC. Follow @BigBlueInteract on Twitter.
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