2012

Dead Money 

Name	Position	Cap  Value
TOTAL		$22,283,533
Light, Matt	OL	$3,000,000
Bodden, Leigh	CB	$3,000,000
Warren, Ty	DE	$2,750,012
Banta-Cain, Tully	LB	$2,000,000
Ochocinco, Chad	WR	$1,683,333
Fanene, Jonathan	DE	$1,383,333
Brace, Ron	DE	$1,291,294
Shiancoe, Visanthe	TE	$1,200,000
Branch, Deion	WR	$998,529
Kaczur, Nick	OL	$875,000
Butler, Darius	CB	$542,500
Gallery, Robert	OL	$500,000
Wright, Mike	DT	$450,000
Price, Taylor	WR	$352,290
Koppen, Dan	OL	$325,000
Moore, Sterling	CB	$272,636
Salas, Greg	WR	$272,577
Carpenter, Bobby	LB	$202,059
Tate, Brandon	WR	$188,750
Develin, James	RB	$160,165
Gaffney, Jabar	WR	$150,000
Tarpinian, Jeff	LB	$149,612
Williams, Malcolm	CB	$131,665
Smith, Lee	TE	$128,610
Tennant, Matt	C	$127,059
Addai, Joseph	RB	$125,000
Kopa, Matt	T	$114,660
Warren, Jeremiah	OL	$107,200
Winslow, Kellen	TE	$97,059
Petrus, Mitch	G	$95,294
Forston, Marcus	DT	$95,098
Stroud, Marcus	DT	$75,000
Hilliard, Lex	FB	$72,353
Carter, Markell	DE	$70,539
Koutouvides, Niko	LB	$65,000
Ihedigbo, James	S	$65,000
Warren, Gerard	DE	$60,000
Stallworth, Donte	WR	$50,000
Rivera, Mike	LB	$45,882
Silvestro, Alex	DE	$42,234
Austin, Thomas	C	$35,280
McClain, Terrell	DT	$27,353
Aiken, Kamar	WR	$22,941
Weston, Kade	DT	$19,850
Williams, Malcolm	CB	$18,000
Fayson, Jarred	WR	$17,100
Quarles, Cyhl	S	$17,100
Ohrnberger, Rich	OL	$15,000
Maneri, Steven	OL	$15,000
Ebert, Jeremy	WR	$12,050
Lavarias, Aaron	DE	$12,000
Taylor, Kerry	WR	$11,400
Logan, Tony	WR	$11,400
Brown, Sergio	S	$9,708
Woods, Corey	OL	$8,000
Draheim, Tommie	C	$5,700
Harris, Jerrell	LB	$5,700
Berry, Mike	OL	$5,334
Austin, Thomas	OL	$5,000
Yeatman, Will	TE	$4,667
Nurse, Clay	DE	$3,334
Coulson, Ryan	LB	$1,667
Roark, Matt	WR	$833
Ross, Jeremy	WR	$667

There has been a lot of talk about Dead Money, here it is in its current form for the year.

That is last season's.

In response to pcmIV's comment:
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That is last season's.

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Hmm have to see if this years is broken down

 

http://www.overthecap.com/teamcap.php?Team=Patriots&Year=2013

 

 

Dead Money

 

NameCap
Number TOTAL $4,644,196 Jon Fanene $2,566,667 Chad Ochocinco $1,583,334 Dan Koppen $175,000 Jabar Gaffnet $125,000 Spencer Larsen $125,000 Jeremy Ebert $36,150 Jeremiah Warren $12,000 Sergio Brown $9,711 Marcus Forston $6,667 Kyle Hix $3,000 Matt Roark $1,667

In response to pcmIV's comment:

 

http://www.overthecap.com/teamcap.php?Team=Patriots&Year=2013

 

 

Yah found it for some reason the table from this page didn't stay formatted.

 

Only reason I wanted to post this is there have been a lot of people talking about dead money around here. I  just want to post the breakdown.

$4.6 million in dead money really isn't a problem.  It's less than 5% of the cap.  

In response to prolate0spheroid's comment:

I'm not posting this as a bad or good thing just what it is... I'm sure some others might want to see a break down.  I'm the type who always says I'm going to look something up but then never get a chance to becuase of life.  This morning is a nice lazy sunday at my house so I did.  I figured I'd post it for others.

In response to csylvia79's comment:

Didn't mean to seem critical.  Appreciate the info, actually.  Was just commenting that it is a good number and won't be a problem for the Pats this year.  

Rivera and Fortson are still on the roster, why would they be on this list?

In response to prolate0spheroid's comment:

Ya, but the 22+ last year was.  (20% of the cap).  ugh   That extra 20M would have gone a long way in securing a talented backfield this year and last and next! 

Maybe even a championship.

In response to Muzwell's comment:

The list in the original post is a year old.  

 

This is the real list for this offseason (Csylvia79 revised the numbers further down the thread): 

Number TOTAL $4,644,196 Jon Fanene $2,566,667 Chad Ochocinco $1,583,334 Dan Koppen $175,000 Jabar Gaffnet $125,000 Spencer Larsen $125,000 Jeremy Ebert $36,150 Jeremiah Warren $12,000 Sergio Brown $9,711 Marcus Forston $6,667 Kyle Hix $3,000 Matt Roark $1,667 

In response to pezz4pats' comment:

 

In response to prolate0spheroid's comment:

 

$4.6 million in dead money really isn't a problem.  It's less than 5% of the cap.  

 

Ya, but the 22+ last year was.  (20% of the cap).  ugh   That extra 20M would have gone a long way in securing a talented backfield this year and last and next! 

 

Maybe even a championship.

 

Except, I'm not so sure that first list is really accurate since some of those guys ended up on the roster last year.  I do agree, however, that $20 million in dead money would be problematic. 

 

In response to prolate0spheroid's comment:

I still don't understand why Fortson (or now Ebert) is on this new list. The money is peanuts, but he's on the roster. Maybe because he was cut and resigned after clearing waivers? Did I answer my own question?

Also, why is a guy like Fanene who was cut in the preseason last year, still dead money this year? Wouldn't that have all been counted last year? I thought it was accelerated when a guy is cut. Or is it spread over the contract term ife he's cut after June 1? Maybe I answered my own question again...

4m or so isn't Too bad. I would have thought they would have recouped the Fanaene money, and that could get added to the cap An extra 2.5 which is a decent amount. I think they count on the 2.5 being recouped at some point and that becomes the reserve they go into the season with in case they have to sign additional guys inseason.

In response to Muzwell's comment:

I think if you're cut after a certain date, the team has the option to move the dead money into the following season's cap.  I'm not sure exactly how it works, but I do know that the cap hit for some late preseason cuts can be carried forward into the following season.  

Not sure why Ebert and Fortson are dead money--maybe has something to do with their practice squad status at times during the year. 

In response to prolate0spheroid's comment:

The dead money is from their original contract signing bonus and became 'dead' the minute they were cut. When they were resigned they did not get bonus money so while they are currently signed, the dead money is from the previous 'contract'.