Steelers 2012 Salary Cap & Total Players Under Contract
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE POST BELOW ORIGINALLY POSTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2011!!!
Now that the cuts have been made, I finally got around to crunching the complete numbers of the players under contract in 2012 and have compiled the dead money that will push forward next year so we now have a starting point for the Steelers 2012 salary cap situation. During my first glance that I mentioned a week ago, I projected the starting point to be around $135 million. After double checking the numbers and fixing two errors I had, I now have that number at a little over $129 million. This number includes roster bonuses due to LaMarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, Casey Hampton, Chris Kemoeatu, Maurkice Pouncey, Rashard Mendenhall, Ziggy Hood and Marcus Gilbert as there is no reason to think that they will not get them at this point.
You can see that there is nearly $2.5 million in dead money that will be charged towards 2012 as well and only 36 players under contract right now for 2012 in addition. It should be noted per my post last week, that this number also does not include the projected $10 million franchise tag for Troy Polamalu, should an extension not be worked out by then. It also does not include the high tender that Mike Wallace is likely to receive, nor does it include any other tenders that may be made to the other few restricted free agents the Steelers will have. Right now I think Wallace, Ramon Foster, Doug Legursky, Keenan Lewis, David Johnson and Ryan Mundy will be restricted free agents, while Isaac Redman and Steve McLendon should be exclusive rights free agents. I need to double check these though, but it sounds right.
I final reminder is that none of this includes the 2012 draft class either which will likely add another $5 million in cap charges or so.
As I mentioned in the previous post, the expected 2012 salary cap is expected to be around $125 million and that includes the $1.5 million total, three player credits the Steelers will surely use again. Should they not use them, it drops the cap number to $123.5 million. Remember that number is a projected number that many people I have talked to project it to be. You can clearly see now the cap hell I was referring to in my previous post. The Steelers will have to make some key cuts which I expect most to come on the defensive side of the ball. They also will be in no shape to make a run at any high profile free agents, not that they would anyway. They also need to think about extending players like Emmanuel Sanders, Antonio Brown or Mendenhall as well as all three will be entering their final year under contract.
Feel free to ask any questions below and this post will serve as the master 2012 salary cap page going forward and will be updated along the way. You might want to bookmark it for easy reference.
If you are looking for the current 2011 salary cap page just follow the link.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND ABOVE COMMENTARY WAS POSTED SEPTEMBER OF 2011. Lots of things have changed since the time this original post went up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATED 2/8/2012 The latest update reflects the restructure of LaMarr Woodley which you can read here and the release of Bryant McFadden, Arnaz Battle, Erik Clanton and Miguel Chavis. I have not yet added the futures contracts yet as they do not go into effect until the new league year starts in March.
UPDATED 2/9/2012 The latest update reflects the restructure of Lawrence Timmons that was announced on Thursday.
UPDATED 2/10/2012 The latest update reflects the restructure of Ike Taylor that was announced on Friday.
UPDATED 2/14/2012 The latest update reflects the 19 players signed to future contracts, the expected restricted tenders to 6 of the Steelers restricted free agents and the 3 players that are exclusive rights free agents. Based on all my projections right now, I have the rule of 51 number at $137,578,703.00 or about $12 million basically over the cap. Keep in mind the Steelers have a $500K credit from unused cap space from 2011.
UPDATED 2/21/2012 The latest update reflects the restructure of Willie Colon that saved $2.85 million in 2012 cap money. The new projected Rule of 51 number is right at about $135 million and this projects the expected tenders in that of which Wallace is projected to get only a first round tender and not the franchise tag.
Steelers 2012 Players Under Contract Salary Cap
| PLAYER | POS | BASE SALARY | CAP CHARGE |
| Ben Roethlisberger | QB | $11,600,000.00 | $16,920,000.00 |
| James Harrison | LB | $5,565,000.00 | $9,030,000.00 |
| Troy Polamalu | S | $6,250,000.00 | $8,887,500.00 |
| Casey Hampton | NT | $4,890,000.00 | $8,056,668.00 |
| Heath Miller | TE | $4,274,000.00 | $7,070,500.00 |
| Chris Kemoeatu | G | $3,577,000.00 | $5,261,666.00 |
| LaMarr Woodley | LB | $700,000.00 | $4,940,000.00 |
| Hines Ward | WR | $4,000,000.00 | $4,610,000.00 |
| Brett Keisel | DE | $2,825,000.00 | $4,500,000.00 |
| Ike Taylor | CB | $825,000.00 | $4,279,166.00 |
| Ryan Clark | S | $3,000,000.00 | $4,250,000.00 |
| Lawrence Timmons | LB | $700,000.00 | $3,985,000.00 |
| James Farrior | LB | $2,825,000.00 | $3,825,000.00 |
| Larry Foote | LB | $3,000,000.00 | $3,600,000.00 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | RB | $2,077,500.00 | $3,427,500.00 |
| Aaron Smith | DE | $2,109,191.00 | $2,984,191.00 |
| Willie Colon | T | $700,000.00 | $2,850,000.00 |
| Jonathan Scott | T | $2,200,000.00 | $2,700,000.00 |
| Maurkice Pouncey | C | $666,125.00 | $2,166,750.00 |
| Ziggy Hood | DE | $615,000.00 | $1,728,535.00 |
| Shaun Suisham | K | $1,350,000.00 | $1,687,500.00 |
| Will Allen | S | $1,280,000.00 | $1,605,000.00 |
| Cameron Heyward | DE | $679,774.00 | $1,523,870.00 |
| Greg Warren | LS | $825,000.00 | $925,000.00 |
| Jason Worilds | LB | $540,000.00 | $895,000.00 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | WR | $540,000.00 | $735,357.00 |
| Marcus Gilbert | T | $465,000.00 | $733,503.00 |
| Curtis Brown | CB | $465,000.00 | $595,300.00 |
| Stevenson Sylvester | LB | $540,000.00 | $578,854.00 |
| Jonathan Dwyer | RB | $540,000.00 | $565,948.00 |
| Antonio Brown | WR | $540,000.00 | $564,359.00 |
| Cortez Allen | CB | $465,000.00 | $562,875.00 |
| Al Woods | DE | $540,000.00 | $540,000.00 |
| Chris Carter | LB | $465,000.00 | $505,700.00 |
| Baron Batch | RB | $465,000.00 | $476,628.00 |
| Weslye Saunders | TE | $465,000.00 | $466,333.00 |
| Mortty Ivy | LB | $465,000.00 | $465,000.00 |
| Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith | S | $465,000.00 | $465,000.00 |
| John Clay | RB | $390,000.00 | $396,667.00 |
| Chad Spann | RB | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Troy Smith | QB | $700,000.00 | $700,000.00 |
| Chris Scott | T | $540,000.00 | $540,000.00 |
| Derrick Williams | WR | $540,000.00 | $540,000.00 |
| Walter McFadden | CB | $465,000.00 | $465,000.00 |
| Tyler Beiler | WR | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Mike Blanc | DE | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Corbin Bryant | DE | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| David Gilreath | WR | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Brandon Hicks | LB | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Jerrod Johnson | QB | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| John Malecki | G | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Jamie McCoy | FB | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Marshall McFadden | LB | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Myron Rolle | S | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Antonio Smith | CB | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Juamorris Stewart | WR | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Trevis Turner | T | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Kade Weston | DT | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Jimmy Young | WR | $390,000.00 | $390,000.00 |
| Mike Wallace | WR | $2,742,000.00 | $2,742,000.00 |
| Ramon Foster | G | $1,260,000.00 | $1,260,000.00 |
| David Johnson | TE | $1,260,000.00 | $1,260,000.00 |
| Doug Legursky | G | $1,260,000.00 | $1,260,000.00 |
| Keenan Lewis | CB | $1,260,000.00 | $1,260,000.00 |
| Ryan Mundy | S | $1,260,000.00 | $1,260,000.00 |
| Jeremy Kapinos | P | $700,000.00 | $700,000.00 |
| Steve McLendon | NT | $540,000.00 | $540,000.00 |
| Isaac Redman | RB | $540,000.00 | $540,000.00 |
| TOTAL PROJECTED |
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$96,990,590.00 | $138,667,370.00 |
| Max Starks | T | $0 | $2,000,000.00 |
| Arnaz Battle | WR | $0 | $325,000.00 |
| Antwaan Randle El | WR | $0 | $300,000.00 |
| Bryant McFadden | CB | $0 | 166,668.00 |
| Keith Williams | G | $0 | $68,250.00 |
| Chris Scott | G/T | $0 | $46,686.00 |
| Crezdon Butler | CB | $0 | $39,724.00 |
| Mario Harvey | LB | $0 | $6,667.00 |
| Anthony Gray | DT | $0 | $5,334.00 |
| Terrence McCrae | WR | $0 | $4,000.00 |
| Trevis Turner | T | $0 | $4,000.00 |
| Niles Brinkley | CB | $0 | $3,334.00 |
| Miguel Chavis | TE | $0 | $2,667.00 |
| Vaughn Charlton | TE | $0 | $2,000.00 |
| Brett Greenwood | S | $0 | $2,000.00 |
| Erik Clanton | LB | $0 | $1,334.00 |
| Eric Greenwood | WR | $0 | $1,334.00 |
| Colin Miller | C | $0 | $1,334.00 |
| Adam Mims | WR | $0 | $1,334.00 |
| Armand Robinson | WR | $0 | $1,334.00 |
| Aaron Bates | P | $0 | $667.00 |
| Ty Boyle | DE | $0 | $667.00 |
| Derek Chard | LS | $0 | $667.00 |
| Chris Dieker | QB | $0 | $667.00 |
| Josh Harrison | T | $0 | $667.00 |
| TOTAL DEAD MONEY | ~ | $0.00 | $2,986,335.00 |
| TOTAL 2012 RULE 51 | ~ | N/A | $135,017,038.00 |
| TOTAL 2012 | ~ | $93,190,590.00 | $141,653,705.00 |
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