Raiders 53-man Roster Prediction: Dead Money & Cap Savings
Reggie McKenzie has proven himself to be a salary cap wizard. He dug the Raiders out of cap hell and has built a talented team, all while keeping contracts team-friendly.
Part of that is not taking on dead money if it’s avoidable. In some cases though, it’s simply not. Here is a look at the dead money and the cap savings for the Raiders if these are the players that are released.
Note: These figures are from Over The Cap.
Taiwan Jones: $0 dead money, $1.15M savings.
Jalen Richard: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Joe Hansley: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Max McCaffrey: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
K.J. Brent: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Marvin Hall: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Jaydon Mickens: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Jake McGee: Unknown, but presumably the same as the other UDFA’s.
Nathan Palmer: $0 dead money, $525K savings.
Colton Underwood: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Ross Burbank: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Terran Vaughn: Unknown, but presumably the same as the other UDFA’s.
Mitch Bell: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Matt McCants: $0 dead money, $1.671M savings.
Oni Omoile: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Denver Kirkland: Unknown, but presumably the same as the other UDFA’s.
Branden Jackson: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Derrick Lott: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Drew Iddings: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Darius Latham: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Greg Townsend Jr.: Unknown, but presumably the same as the other UDFA’s.
Lenny Jones: $5K dead money, $445K savings.
John Lotulelei: $0 dead money, $600K savings.
Kyrie Wilson: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Chris Edwards: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Antonio Hamilton: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Kenneth Durden: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Jimmy Hall: $13,334 dead money, $443,332 savings.
Tramain Jacobs: $0 dead money, $600K savings.
Chris Hackett: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Keith McGill: $222,600 dead money, $488,700 savings.
Dewey McDonald: $0 dead money, $600K savings.
Andrew East: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
Giorgio Tavecchio: $0 dead money, $450K savings.
That’s only $240,934 in dead money, with 92% of that coming from McGill. The savings isn’t exact because these contracts aren’t guaranteed, but everything in that column amounts to $16.75M.