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AlbaNY_Ram
source: overthecap.com [
overthecap.com]
The Rams currently have $51M in cap space in 2018, $91M in cap space in 2019, and $153M in cap space in 2020. (Sadly that's as far as overthecap.com projects cap space.)
Who knows what Donald will sign for but just for comparison purposes suppose it's Suh's contract plus 10% or so. Essentially that would give Donald 6 years, $127M, $66M guaranteed, $30M signing bonus. Based loosely on how Suh's contract is structured ( [
overthecap.com]) here's a way to to Donald's contract:
2018: $1.1M salary (guaranteed). cap hit: $7.1M (including pro-rated signing bonus)
2019: $8.1M salary (guaranteed). cap hit: $14.1M (including pro-rated signing bonus)
2020: $15.3M salary (guaranteed). cap hit: $21.3M (including pro-rated signing bonus)
2021: $23.0M salary ($11.3M guaranteed). cap hit: $29.0M (including pro-rated signing bonus)
2022: $25.2M salary (none of it guaranteed). cap hit: $31.2M (including pro-rated signing bonus)
2023: $24.5M salary (none of it guaranteed). cap hit: $24.5M
Donald already counts $6.9 against the 2018 cap under his current contract. If he signs the contract I described the Rams would have $50.8M in cap space in 2018 instead of $51M.Personally I think the Rams will sign Donald for less than that. Suh was a free agent, able to negotiate the best price among all 32 teams. Donald is under contract thru 2018 and can be tagged in 2019 & 2020. If he doesn't play nice with the Rams he might not get that big contract until 2021 ...
