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According to my figures the Patriots' 2017 cap commitment is for $148,508,284
with 90 signed or tendered players and some dead money).
I like to credit Brian McFarland @RavensSalaryCap for coming up with the idea of the below table.
| 2017 New England Patriots Salary Cap Status (as of 5/23/2017) | |
| 2017 League Salary Cap | $167,000,000 |
| 2016 Cap Space Carryover | $5,292,335 |
| Adjustments: | (-$4,731,847) |
| Patriots Adjusted Cap: | $167,560,488 |
| TOTAL Players Signed/Tendered (90) | $148,508,284 |
| RULE OF 51 - UNDER SALARY CAP: | $19,052,204 |
My Patriots cap space number of $19,052,204 does not match the NFLPA's number of $19,090,875 for unknown reasons.
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DISCLAIMERS - My numbers are a snapshot in time. Things will change between the as of date and a future date.
| How to Read This Table |
| First and foremost, please read the player's documentation if you have any questions. When I don't know the date when a roster bonus is due I presume it to have been due on March 9, 2017. |
| Please note that you can sort on the Salary, Signing Bonus, LTBE, Roster Bonus, Workout Bonus, Total Cap Figure and Cash Spending columns. |
| 2017 Salary Cap Information |
| Name | Salary - A Green Background means that salary is fully guaranteed | Prorated Signing Bonus | LTBE/Weight Bonus | Roster Bonus | Workout Bonus | Total Cap Figure | Remaining Guaranteed Money (includes 2017) | 2017 Cap Hit if Cut or Traded before June 2, 2017 | 2017 Cap Savings if Cut or Traded before June 2, 2017 | 2017 Cap Hit if Cut after June 1, 2017 | 2017 Cap Savings if Cut or Traded after June 1, 2017 | 2018 Cap Hit if Cut or Traded after June 1, 2017 | 2017 Cash Spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | $1,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $14,000,000 | $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 | -$14,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $385,000 | $14,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |||
| Nate Solder | $6,500,000 | $4,166,668 | $468,750 | $31,000 | $11,166,418 | $4,166,668 | $4,166,668 | $7,031,000 | $4,197,668 | $7,000,000 | $7,031,000 | ||
| Devin McCourty | $6,500,000 | $3,935,000 | $500,000 | $10,935,000 | $18,305,000 | $18,305,000 | (-$7,910,000) | $10,435,000 | $5,000,000 | $7,460,000 | $7,000,000 | ||
| Stephon Gilmore | $4,500,000 | $3,600,000 | $468,750 | $8,568,750 | $31,000,000 | $31,000,000 | (-$22,400,000) | $16,600,000 | (-$8,000,000) | $14,400,000 | $23,000,000 | ||
| Rob Gronkowski | $4,250,000 | $2,000,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | $6,750,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $750,000 | $2,000,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| Julian Edelman | $3,000,000 | $1,250,000 | $500,000 | $750,000 | $250,000 | $5,750,000 | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $4,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $3,750,000 | $4,500,000 | |
| Dont'a Hightower | $1,250,000 | $2,500,000 | $875,000 | $710,938 | $5,335,938 | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $170,938 | $9,500,000 | $170,938 | $7,500,000 | $12,625,000 | |
| Dwayne Allen | $2,500,000 | $2,437,500 | $4,937,500 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $5,000,000 | ||||||
| Alan Branch | $1,750,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,275,000 | $650,000 | $4,625,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $210,000 | $2,400,000 | $810,000 | $1,000,000 | $4,750,000 | |
| Stephen Gostkowski | $2,700,000 | $1,500,000 | $200,000 | $100,000 | $4,500,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $960,000 | $1,600,000 | $2,285,000 | $1,500,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| Patrick Chung | $2,500,000 | $1,600,000 | $400,000 | $4,500,000 | $2,400,000 | $2,400,000 | $1,735,000 | $800,000 | $2,900,000 | $800,000 | $2,900,000 | ||
| Malcolm Butler | $3,910,000 | $3,910,000 | $3,910,000 | ||||||||||
| Duron Harmon | $1,500,000 | $1,250,000 | $750,000 | $3,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $2,750,000 | $210,000 | $3,750,000 | $7,250,000 | |||
| Marcus Cannon | $1,350,000 | $1,400,000 | $100,000 | $468,750 | $50,000 | $3,368,750 | $4,200,000 | $4,200,000 | $1,850,000 | $1,550,000 | $4,650,000 | $2,800,000 | $4,650,000 |
| Shea McClellin | $1,900,000 | $833,333 | $350,000 | $200,000 | $3,283,333 | $1,666,667 | $1,666,667 | $1,666,667 | $1,033,334 | $2,300,000 | $833,334 | $2,500,000 | |
| Rex Burkhead | $1,800,000 | $1,100,000 | $250,000 | $3,150,000 | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 | $1,510,000 | $1,100,000 | $1,510,000) | $3,150,000 | |||
| Danny Amendola | $1,250,000 | $1,516,668 | $225,000 | $50,000 | $3,041,668 | $2,766,668 | $2,766,668 | $225,000 | $2,816,668 | $225,000 | $1,700,000 | ||
| Chris Hogan | $2,500,000 | $468,750 | $2,968,750 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | -$115,000 | -$115,000 | $3,000,000 | |||||
| Lawrence Guy | $900,000 | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $200,000 | $2,600,000 | $4,900,000 | $4,900,000 | (-$2,300,000) | $2,100,000 | (-$40,000) | $3,000,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| Rob Ninkovich | $1,000,000 | $950,000 | $300,000 | $100,000 | $2,350,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | $1,035,000 | $1,050,000 | $760,000 | $1,500,000 | ||
| Malcom Brown | $1,127,112 | $949,224 | $2,076,336 | $3,025,560 | $3,025,560 | -$1,564,224 | $2,076,336 | -$615,000 | $949,224 | $1,127,112 | |||
| Ryan Allen | $1,200,000 | $500,000 | $200,000 | $1,900,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $360,000 | $500,000 | $785,000 | $500,000 | $1,400,000 | ||
| Cameron Fleming | $1,797,000 | $1,797,000 | $1,797,000 | ||||||||||
| James White | $690,000 | $1,099,272 | $1,789,272 | $4,099,272 | $4,099,272 | $1,099,272 | $3,000,000 | $4,690,000 | |||||
| Jonathan Freeny | $1,000,000 | $433,333 | $302,500 | $1,735,833 | $1,106,667 | $1,106,667 | $301,666 | $673,333 | $735,000 | $433,334 | $1,440,000 | ||
| Matthew Slater | $900,000 | $300,000 | $200,000 | $243,750 | $1,643,750 | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | $450,000 | $1,200,000 | $450,000 | $1,500,000 | ||
| Brandin Cooks | $781,599 | $781,599 | $1,563,198 | $781,599 | $781,599 | $166,599 | $781,599 | $166,599 | $1,563,198 | ||||
| Dion Lewis | $1,200,000 | $200,000 | $87,500 | $1,487,500 | $200,000 | $200,000 | $1,400,000 | $200,000 | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | |||
| James Develin | $800,000 | $150,000 | $200,000 | $200,000 | $25,000 | $1,375,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 | $525,000 | $585,000 | $150,000 | $1,325,000 |
| David Andrews | $615,000 | $405,000 | $300,000 | $1,320,000 | $1,605,000 | $1,605,000 | $405,000 | $300,000 | $1,200,000 | $2,515,000 | |||
| Nate Ebner | $825,000 | $250,000 | $125,000 | $1,200,000 | $250,000 | $200,000 | $335,000 | $250,000 | $335,00 | $950,000 | |||
| LaAdrian Waddle | $800,000 | $125,000 | $175,000 | $25,000 | $1,125,000 | $275,000 | $275,000 | $235,000 | $300,000 | $185,000 | $1,175,000 | ||
| Kyle Van Noy | $990,741 | $100,000 | $25,000 | $1,115,741 | $575,741 | $125,000 | $450,741 | $1,115,741 | |||||
| Jimmy Garoppolo | $820,077 | $213,436 | $75,000 | $1,108,513 | $213,436 | $213,436 | $885,077 | $213,436 | $885,077 | $885,077 | |||
| Jordan Richards | $722,414 | $239,827 | $50,000 | $1,012,241 | $479,654 | $479,654 | $107,414 | $289,827 | $57,414 | $239,827 | $772,414 | ||
| Cyrus Jones | $632,123 | $278,492 | $910,615 | $1,035,476 | $1,172,363 | -($726,859) | $615,492 | -($169,877) | $556,984 | $632,123 | |||
| Kony Ealy | $803,660 | $100,000 | $903,660 | $575,741 | $125,000 | $450,741 | $903,660 | ||||||
| Eric Rowe | $878,624 | $878,624 | $878,624 | ||||||||||
| Jacoby Brissett | $580,038 | $170,151 | $25,000 | $775,189 | $510,453 | $510,453 | $264,736 | $195,151 | $340,302 | $605,038 | |||
| Joe Thuney | $540,000 | $193,357 | $35,000 | $768,357 | $580,071 | $580,071 | $153,286 | $193,357 | $386,714 | $575,000 | |||
| Trey Flowers | $615,000 | $139,733 | $754,733 | $279,466 | $279,466 | -$139,733 | $139,733 | $139,733 | $615,000 | ||||
| Shaq Mason | $615,000 | $110,881 | $725,881 | $221,762 | $221,762 | -$110,881 | $110,881 | $110,881 | $615,000 | ||||
| Vincent Valentine | $540,000 | $161,354 | $15,000 | $716,354 | $484,062 | $484,062 | $217,292 | $161,354 | $322,708 | $555,000 | |||
| Brandon Bolden | $775,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $695,000 | $855,000 | ||||||||
| Joe Cardona | $615,000 | $25,000 | $45,000 | $685,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | -$25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $660,000 | |||
| Malcolm Mitchell | $540,000 | $144,498 | $684,498 | $433,494 | $433,494 | $251,004 | $144,498 | $288,996 | $540,000 | ||||
| Rob Housler | $775,000 | $5,000 | $620,000 | $780,000 | |||||||||
| Geneo Grissom | $615,000 | $10,000 | $625,000 | $625,000 | |||||||||
| Darius Kilgo | $615,000 | $615,000 | $615,000 | ||||||||||
| Justin Coleman | $615,000 | $615,000 | $615,000 | ||||||||||
| Totals | $87,418,388
Only Top 51 - $80,083,388 |
$48,393,738 | $3,150,000 | $12,940,037 | $1,601,000 | $145,848,163 | $150,292,237 |
| Name | Salary - The salaries of these players are not currently counting against the salary cap because of the rule of 51 | Prorated Signing Bonus | LTBE | Roster Bonus | Workout Bonus | Current Cap Number | Remaining Guaranteed Money (includes 2017) | 2017 Cap Hit if Cut or Traded before June 2, 2017 | 2017 Cap Savings if Cut or Traded before June 2, 2017 | 2017 Cap Hit if Cut after June 1, 2017 | 2017 Cap Savings if Cut or Traded after June 1, 2017 | 2018 Cap Hit if Cut or Traded after June 1, 2017 | 2017 Cash Spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon King | $615,000 | $615,000 | |||||||||||
| Ted Karras | $540,000 | $25,089 | $565,089 | $75,267 | $75,267 | $489,822 | $25,089 | $50,178 | $540,000 | ||||
| Elandon Roberts | $540,000 | $25,089 | $25,089 | $75,267 | $75,267 | $489,822 | $25,089 | $50,178 | $540,000 | ||||
| Jonathan Jones | $540,000 | $3,333 | $3,333 | $6,667 | $6,667 | -$3,334 | $3,333 | $3,334 | $540,000 | ||||
| Michael Williams | $540,000 | $540,000 | |||||||||||
| DJ Foster | $540,000 | $540,000 | |||||||||||
| Jamil Douglas | $540,000 | $540,000 | |||||||||||
| Woodrow Hamilton | $540,000 | $540,000 | |||||||||||
| Matt Lengel | $540,000 | $540,000 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Gronkowski | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Chase Farris | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Trevor Bates | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Josh Augusta | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Corey Vereen | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Jason Thompson | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Dwayne Thomas | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Max Rich | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Kenny Moore | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Adam Butler | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Devin Lucien | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Derek Rivers | $465,000 | $465,000 | |||||||||||
| Antontio Garcia | $465,000 | $465,000 |
| Status | Player | Salary | Signing Bonus | Offseason Workout Bonus | 2017 Cap Hit | 2018 Cap Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released | KeShawn Martin | $300,000 | $300,000 | |||
| Waived | Geneo Grissom | $290,974 | $290,974 | |||
| Traded | Josh Kline | $250,000 | $250,000 | |||
| Waived | Tre' Jackson | $261,870 | $261,870 | |||
| Released | Clay Harbor | $200,000 | $200,000 | |||
| Waived | Bryan Stork | $119,250 | $119,250 | |||
| Waived | Kamu Grugier-Hill | $75,267 | $75,267 | |||
| Waived | Devin Lucien | $64,059 | $64,059 | |||
| Traded | A.J. Derby | $56,026 | $56,026 | |||
| Waived | Darryl Roberts | $27,112 | $27,112 | |||
| Waived | C.J. Johnson | $10,000 | $10,000 | |||
| Waived | Stephen Scheu | $10,000 | $10,000 | |||
| Waived | V'Angelo Bentley | $6,667 | $6,667 | |||
| Waived | Cre'von LeBlanc | $6,667 | $6,667 | |||
| Waived | DJ Foster | $3,334 | $3,334 | |||
| Waived | Bryce Williams | $1,667 | $1,667 | |||
| Waived | Woodrow Hamilton | $1,667 | $1,667 |
NFL Minimum Salary Levels for the 2017 season
| Rookie | $465,000 |
| 1 Credited Season | $540,000 |
| 2 Credited Seasons | $615,000 |
| 3 Credited Seasons | $690,000 |
| 4 to 6 Credited Seasons | $775,000 * |
| 7 to 9 Credited Seasons | $900,000 * |
| 10+ Credited Seasons | $1,000,000 * |
*All salaries for players with four or more years of experience AND who sign contracts that qualify for veteran's exemption will only count $615,000 (the minimum salary of a player with two credited seasons) against teams' salary caps.
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