First, here's a list of the players who are no longer on the 53-man roster, as per Giants.com's "list of players not on the final 53":
- DT Marvin Austin
- WR Ramses Barden
- LB Kyle Bosworth
- DE Matt Broha
- OL Bryant Browning
- FS David Caldwell
- OL Selvish Capers
- QB David Carr
- DB Terrence Frederick
- OL Stephen Goodin
- WR Kevin Hardy
- WR Marcus Harris
- OL Eric Herman
- DB Will Hill
- DB Charles James
- DT Markus Kuhn
- OL Matt McCants
- DE Adewale Ojomo
- DB Tyler Sash
- WR Julian Talley
- RB Ryan Torain
- DE Adrian Tracy
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Different roster moves for the 22 aforementioned players listed above. They are grouped as follows:
I. CUTS (Sixteen were Waived/1 was Released)
WAIVED (16):
- DT Marvin Austin
- LB Kyle Bosworth
- DE Matt Broha - P.S. eligible
- OL Bryant Browning - P.S. eligible
- FS David Caldwell
- DB Terrence Frederick - P.S. eligible
- OL Stephen Goodin - P.S. eligible
- WR Kevin Hardy - P.S. eligible
- WR Marcus Harris - P.S. eligible
- OL Eric Herman - P.S. eligible
- DB Charles James - P.S. eligible
- OL Matt McCants - P.S. eligible
- DE Adewale Ojomo - P.S. eligible
- WR Julian Talley - P.S. eligible
- RB Ryan Torain
- DE Adrian Tracy
RELEASED (1):
II. WAIVED INJURED (either with an injury settlement or without on)
WAIVED/INJURED (1):
- OL Selvish Capers (an injury settlement will be reached with him very shortly in all likelihood, just as one was reached with Tyler Sash).
WAIVED/INJURED w/an INJURY SETTLEMENT (1):
III. PLAYER(S) PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE:
INJURED RESERVE (1):
IV. PLAYERS PLACED ON SPECIALIZED LISTS:
RESERVE/PUP LIST (1):
- DT Markus Kuhn (he can return between week 7 and week 13, or the Giants can either place him on IR or waive him after he's healthy; if they add him to the 53-man roster then a corresponding roster move must be made to accommodate him then)
RESERVE/SUSPENDED LIST (1):
- FS Will Hill (suspended for 4 games due to use of marijuana; eligible to return to roster by week 5; the Giants will either waive him at that time or make a roster move in order to add him then)
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Now, the question the becomes the following: which of these players will still continue to count against the Giants' cap? I'll list them below:
- DT Marvin Austin - Waived
- DE Adewale Ojomo - Waived
- QB David Carr - Released
- SS Tyler Sash - Waived/Injured w/an Injury Settlement
- OL Selvish Capers - Waived/Injury
- OL Eric Herman - Released
- WR Ramses Barden - IR
- *DT Markus Kuhn - PUP LIST
The cuts of the following ten players had no impact whatsoever on the Giants' salary cap:
- LB Kyle Bosworth - WAIVED
- DE Matt Broha - WAIVED
- OL Bryant Browning - WAIVED
- FS David Caldwell - WAIVED
- DB Terrence Frederick - WAIVED
- OL Stephen Goodin - WAIVED
- WR Kevin Hardy - WAIVED
- WR Marcus Harris - WAIVED
- DB Charles James - WAIVED
- OL Matt McCants - WAIVED
- WR Julian Talley - WAIVED
- RB Ryan Torain - WAIVED
- DE Adrian Tracy - WAIVED
Players on the PUP List and on IR will count on the salary cap starting on September 5th. It should be noted that Markus Kuhn's salary will split. The amount of the split is most likely going to reduce his base salary from $480,000 to $303,000 (see below):
His cap number for this year is $491,474 for the year. I asked Joel Corry about Kuhn's situation and he wrote me that, "there are up & down splits where the player gets the lower amount when he's not on the 53 man roster. There are also splits that disappear after making the 53 man roster. Kuhn has an up & down or full split." He also said "the type of split is a function of team policy & leverage. Pre-season splits are most favorable for players." My guess is that Kuhn's base salary splits to $303,000 as I mentioned above, and this his 2013 signing bonus proration of $11,474 will still count though, making his cap number for 2013 $177,000 less than it was going to be. It'll change from $491,474 to $314,474. I'm not sure if this will still be in effect if he returns to the active roster though.
Ramses Barden's cap number of $620,000 will count fully on the cap now that he is listed on Injured Reserve.
This brings us to Dead Money. It is as follows for the following 5 players:
- Marvin Austin - His dead money total is $623,018. Since he has two years left on his deal (including this year), and post June 1st cut rules are still in effect, his total will be split up over two years. $311,509 will count as Dead Money in 2013, and $311,509 will count as Dead Money in 2014.
- Adewale Ojomo - Ojomo's dead money total is $1,000. Since he also has two years left on his deal (including this year), and post June 1st cut rules are still in effect, his total will be split up over two years. $500 will count as Dead Money in 2013, and $500 will count as Dead Money in 2014.
- David Carr - His $65,000 signing bonus is all that will count against the cap as Dead Money. Since he signed a 1 year Minimum Salary Benefit (MSB) contract, all $65,000 will accelerate into this year's Dead Money total.
- Tyler Sash - His Dead money total of $39,340 will be spread out over two years for the same reason as Marvin Austin and Adewale Ojomo (he has two years left on his contract as well). Sash's total will be split up over two years. $19,670 will count as Dead Money in 2013, and $19,670 will count as Dead Money in 2014. Keep in mind that Sash's injury settlement will affect the cap as well, but that won't kick in until September 5th. The Dead Money amount counts now.
- Eric Herman - His Dead money total will be spread out over 2 years. He was drafted in the 7th round this past April. His signing bonus of 55,952 is prorated over 4 years. As a result, the first year proration of $13,988 will count this year, while the remaining 3 years totaling $41,964 will accelerate into next year's dead money total.
- The additional total amount of Dead Money as the result of these transactions for 2013 is going to be $410,667.
- The additional total amount of Dead Money as the result of these transactions for 2014 is going to be $373,643.
The dead money amount counts now on the cap. The injury settlements for Sash and Capers (I'm assuming one for Capers), whatever they may be (I'm guessing around $100K to $150K for each), will not count until Thursday, September 5th when the Salary Cap accounting rules change.
Here are the players who were waived/injured and are going to receive Injury Settlements:
1. Antonio Dennard
2. Jeremy Horne
3. Kris Adams
4. Chris DeGeare
5. Keith Carlos
6. Laron Scott
7. Tyler Sash
8. Selvish Capers
As mentioned above, their injury settlement totals will start counting on the salary cap in about 5 days. The same will apply to the players on IR (Stevie Brown and Ramses Barden), and Markus Kuhn on the PUP List. Will Hill is another case though.
Since Hill is on the Reserve/Suspended List, the Giants will get a cap credit for the amount of time that he is suspended. In this case, it will be 4 games. This means that if Hill is back on the team in week 5, then only 13/17ths of his $480,000 salary (which also happens to be his cap number; he doesn't have any bonus money) will count on the Giants' 2013 salary cap. In this case, it would be $367,059, thereby saving the Giants $112,941 in cap room during the time that he will be suspended.
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To conclude, here are the players who made today's final 53 courtesy of this link from Giants.com below:
Let's see who makes it to Dallas 8 nights from tonight. I have a STRONG feeling that not all of these will (Andre Brown is a good bet to go on Temporary IR on Tuesday, September 3rd):
Offense (26)
QB (3): Eli Manning, Curtis Painter, Ryan Nassib
RB: (4): David Wilson, Andre Brown, Da’Rel Scott, Michael Cox
FB (1): Henry Hynoski
WR (5): Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz, Rueben Randle, Louis Murphy, Jerrel Jernigan
TE (4): Brandon Myers, Bear Pascoe, Adrien Robinson, Larry Donnell
OL: (9): David Diehl, Chris Snee, Will Beatty, Kevin Boothe, David Baas, Justin Pugh, Jim Cordle, Brandon Mosley, James Brewer
Defense (24)
DE (5): Justin Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul, Mathias Kiwanuka, Damontre Moore, Justin Trattou
DT (5): Linval Joseph, Cullen Jenkins, Shaun Rogers, Johnathan Hankins, Mike Patterson
LB (5): Dan Connor, Keith Rivers, Spencer Paysinger, Mark Herzlich, Jacquian Williams
CB (6): Corey Webster, Prince Amukamara, Aaron Ross, Terrell Thomas, Jayron Hosley, Trumaine McBride
S (3): Antrel Rolle, Ryan Mundy, Cooper Taylor
Specialists (3)
K: Josh Brown
P: Steve Weatherford
LS: Zak DeOssie
