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    I like to thank everyone for their questions. I hope that this has been helpful.
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    Since I know that my cap page is read by a good number of Patriot player, I am proud to say that no agent has ever contacted me to correct information.
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    After Mankins' amortization ends, cutting him would mean no dead money on the Patriots cap.
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    In 2013 the Patriots spent in cash more than the $123 cap limit so I do not understand the notion that the Patriots do not spend to the cap
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    Why do teams do "funny money" deals? Why not? Does not hurt them. Probably helps them build relationships with the player and the player's agent. The Patriots have been rather easy to cover for me. Their deals are rather easy to figure out the cap numbers as long as the media reports the details...
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    Do I think that the Patriots will be able to keep all of their young stars?   Simple answer - no.   Why? They have a lot of good young talent that will be hitting free agency at the same time. Hightower, Chandler Jones, the entire 2013 draft class and the 2013 UDFAs, will become UFAs in the same...
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    Ed, I was always good at math. Majored in Economics. While I am an intuitive thinker, I am a very detailed person.
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    While I have some Google Ads on my pages, what I make from them in a year (between $100 and $150) does not come close to compensating me for my time. Why do I do this?   1.) to help my fellow Patriots fans understand the salary cap better. Let's just say that when I started my cap pages I...
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    Why did I start my cap pages? Because in 2000/2001 I was always reading in the papers, Patriots Usenet newsgroups, Internet forums different cap numbers for the same player. That did not make sense to me. So I thought that if I created a web page it would help clarify the salary cap for my...
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    I do not consider the Patriots to have behind the curve with the Mayo, Wilfork, and Mankins contracts. They were typical of the contracts given out during the 2006 CBA era. Patriots contracts have changed since then.
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    Yes, Ed, The LTBE/NTLBE delimiter is usually based on last year's stats. There are some incentives like Vince's weight bonus that are always considered LTBE because they are in complete control by the player. There is no limit to incentives.
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    A great resource to learn about the cap is http://in2theleague.wordpress.com/category/nfl-cba-series
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    Yes, I have seen the Patriots take a different approach to their contracts over the years. Since the new CBA in 2011 they have used more 46-game active roster bonuses than they have had in the past. They have also increased their use of incentives.
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