Because the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs trimmed their roster from 90 gamers to 53 on Tuesday afternoon, one of many strikes they made was to position defensive deal with Chris Jones on the group’s Reserve/Did Not Report listing. Jone is constant a holdout as he seeks an extension to his contract, which extends by way of the approaching season.
As we defined final week, in response to a definition printed on NFL.com final yr, Reserve/DNR does a number of issues:
Whereas on Reserve/DNR, Jones won’t rely in opposition to the group’s roster or wage cap. This additionally relieves the group from paying him each week.
Does this imply that the Chiefs abruptly have $28.3 million in salary-cap area accessible to them? The reply appears to be each sure and no.
Whereas Jones is on the Reserve/DNR listing, his $28.3 million cap hit won’t be a part of the group’s official wage cap calculation — however since he may report at any time, Kansas Metropolis might want to act as if he’s nonetheless on the energetic roster.
We imagine for this reason in related conditions, web sites that monitor NFL wage caps don’t open cap area for groups when gamers are staging contract holdouts: for the reason that participant may report at any time, cap area for his or her contract would nonetheless have to be accessible.
Wage-cap websites like Spotrac and OverTheCap replicate this actuality. The San Francisco 49ers positioned defensive deal with Nick Bosa on their Reserve/DNR listing on July 26, however each websites are calculating the group’s cap area as if he’s on the energetic roster.
But when Jones continues to carry out, nonetheless, there’s nonetheless potential for the group to achieve cap area it may well truly use. If he doesn’t report back to the group by 3 p.m. Arrowhead Time on Tuesday, September 5, he can not acquire the $1.08 million he might be owed for the primary recreation of the common season. That cash will then be accessible to the group as further cap area — and so long as Jones doesn’t report, that cap area will enhance by one other $1.08 million on every Tuesday that follows.
