Saleries for the Superbowl teams

Here's a look at both teams 2003 saleries.

CAROLINA PANTHERS
Player -- 2003 compensation -- Cap charge
OT Jordan Gross -- $5,896,500 -- $1,699,500
DE Julius Peppers -- $5,300,000 -- $2,475,000
RB Stephen Davis -- $4,100,000 -- $2,100,000
WR Muhsin Muhammad -- $4,000,000 -- $5,978,117
OT Todd Steussie -- $3,500,000 -- $5,041,667
QB Chris Weinke -- $3,400,000 -- $3,500,000
SS Mike Minter -- $3,100,000 -- $2,543,750
DE Mike Rucker -- $2,550,000 -- $2,404,000
QB Jake Delhomme -- $2,530,000 -- $1,780,000
DT Brentson Buckner -- $2,250,000 -- $1,097,333
C Jeff Mitchell -- $2,002,800 -- $1,866,550
QB Rodney Peete -- $2,002,000 -- $1,668,667
P Todd Sauerbrun -- $1,959,000 -- $1,247,753
DT Kris Jenkins -- $1,980,000 -- $996,785
C Bruce Nelson -- $1,565,000 -- $560,000
OG Doug Brzezinski -- $1,504,800 -- $1,004,800
RB Brad Hoover -- $1,400,000 -- $720,000
CB Reggie Howard -- $1,322,800 -- $1,322,800
OG Kevin Donnalley -- $1,200,000 -- $1,366,667
CB Terry Cousin -- $1,125,000 -- $1,250,000
OT Melvin Tuten (a) -- $1,029,800 -- $1,029,800
WR Ricky Proehl -- $1,007,000 -- $840,33
WR Kevin Dyson -- $1,004,000 -- $1,004,000
PK John Kasay -- $959,400 -- $1,298,234
LB Mike Caldwell (a) -- $905,000 -- $805,000
TE Kris Mangum -- $900,000 -- $1,100,000
OT Matt Willig -- $755,000 -- $450,000
SS Damien Richardson (a) -- $750,000 -- $908,333
TE Mike Seidman (a) -- $737,575 -- $395,858
CB Ricky Manning Jr. -- $707,125 - 385,708
DT Shane Burton -- $704,000 -- $737,333
DE Kavika Pittman (a) -- $680,800 -- $475,800
LS Jason Kyle -- $657,400 -- $707,400
OG Jeno James -- $609,800 -- $609,800
LB Lester Towns -- $609,800 -- $609,800
OG Tutan Reyes -- $609,400 -- $609,400
TE Jermaine Wiggins -- $609,000 -- $609,000
WR Karl Hankton -- $604,800 -- $629,800
LB Dan Morgan -- $593,750 -- $1,746,250
LB Greg Favors -- $558,200 -- $478,200
FS Colin Branch -- $516,000 -- $322,000
DE Al Wallace -- $454,000 -- $454,000
LB Brian Allen -- $393,800 -- $393,800
SS Jarrod Cooper -- $393,000 -- $340,804
RB Nick Goings -- $393,000 -- $394,000
WR Steve Smith -- $392,600 -- $559,266
FS Deon Grant -- $389,000 -- $614,000
RB Rod Smart -- $379,800 -- $379,800
WR Eugene Baker -- $375,000 -- $375,000
DT Kindal Moorehead -- $346,000 -- $265,333
SS Travares Tillman -- $330,882 -- $330,882
CB William Hampton -- $304,800 -- $304,800
DE Kemp Rasmussen -- $304,800 -- $305,633
LB Will Witherspoon -- $304,800 -- $478,133
RB DeShaun Foster -- $304,400 -- $839,400
CB Dante Wesley -- $302,800 -- $414,133
WR Walter Young (a) -- $263,000 -- $237,667
RB Casey Moore (a) -- $157,400 -- $139,133
TE Marco Battaglia -- $105,882 -- $105,882
OT Mike Houghton (b) -- $73,950 -- $73,950
C Louis Williams (b) -- $73,950 -- $73,950
TE Deitan Dubuc (b) -- $56,550 -- $56,550
LB Vinny Ciurciu -- $26,471 -- $26,471
DT Omari Jordan (b) -- $8,700 -- $8,700
DE Chris Demaree (b) -- $4,350 -- $4,350

Notes: (a) On injured reserve; (b) practice squad.


2003 salaries
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Player -- 2003 compensation -- Cap charge
LB Rosevelt Colvin -- $6,554,700 -- $1,554,700
CB Ty Law -- $6,105,600 -- $8,806,965
DT Ted Washington -- $4,150,000 -- $1,650,000
DT Ty Warren -- $3,765,000 -- $1,265,000
LB Willie McGinest -- $3,658,900 -- $1,979,400
QB Tom Brady -- $3,129,700 -- $3,323,450
TE Daniel Graham -- $3,079,600 -- $1,283,350
LB Mike Vrabel -- $2,478,800 -- $2,053,800
CB Tyrone Poole -- $2,455,100 -- $1,105,100
FS Eugene Wilson -- $2,285,000 -- $693,125
LB Ted Johnson -- $2,204,500 -- $3,642,416
WR Bethel Johnson -- $2,024,000 -- $624,000
OG Damien Woody(a) -- $2,020,600 -- $2,790,600
RB Antowain Smith -- $2,005,600 -- $2,305,600
PK Adam Vinatieri -- $1,654,500 -- $2,320,676
LB Roman Phifer -- $1,500,100 -- $1,750,100
OG Mike Compton(a) -- $1,205,600 -- $1,588,267
SS Rodney Harrison -- $1,155,800 -- $1,155,800
WR David Patten(a) -- $1,104,300 -- $1,354,300
DE Anthony Pleasant -- $1,005,600 -- $1,079,932
DE Richard Seymour -- $984,200 -- $2,528,200
LB Tedy Bruschi -- $854,300 -- $1,520,966
WR Troy Brown -- $810,600 -- $2,451,433
TE Fred Baxter -- $784,700 -- $479,700
LS Lonnie Paxton (a) -- $759,700 -- $515,700
OG Joe Andruzzi -- $719,700 -- $857,200
RB Kevin Faulk -- $714,700 -- $914,700
DE Bobby Hamilton -- $710,600 -- $860,600
QB Damon Huard -- $704,700 -- $829,700
TE Christian Fauria -- $704,300 -- $970,967
SS Je'Rod Cherry -- $684,700 -- $479,700
DT Rick Lyle -- $684,700 -- $479,700
LB Don Davis -- $682,000 -- $477,000
LB Matt Chatham -- $646,700 -- $518,700
RB Larry Centers -- $563,823 -- $133,235
SS Chris Akins -- $559,200 -- $479,200
DT Dan Klecko -- $545,000 -- $305,000
CB Asante Samuel -- $537,500 -- $303,125
LB Larry Izzo -- $533,200 -- $601,950
OT Adrian Klemm(a) -- $530,600 -- $775,600
FS Antwan Harris -- $454,200 -- $471,700
RB Mike Cloud -- $405,694 -- $405,694
OT Matt Light -- $394,100 -- $721,600
OT Brandon Gorin (d) -- $379,700 -- $3,380,950
OG Steve Neal (b) -- $379,700 -- $379,700
OT Wilbert Brown -- $375,000 -- $308,824
OG Russ Hochstein -- $375,000 -- $352,941
RB Fred McCrary (a) -- $374,118 -- $374,118
RB Patrick Pass -- $370,588 -- $370,588
C Dan Koppen -- $341,000 -- $254,000
OT Tom Ashworth -- $304,700 -- $304,700
WR David Givens -- $304,700 -- $313,700
DE Jarvis Green -- $304,700 -- $386,367
WR Deion Branch -- $304,500 -- $509,500
QB Rohan Davey -- $304,200 -- $386,700
LB Tully Banta-Cain -- $255,750 -- $199,158
WR Dedric Ward -- $158,824 -- $158,824
QB Kliff Kingsbury (a) -- $146,333 -- $146,333
SS Shawn Mayer -- $79,412 -- $79,412
DT Ethan Kelley (c) -- $73,950 -- $73,950
OT Tim Provost (c) -- $73,950 -- $73,950
LS Brian Kinchen -- $52,941 -- $52,941
LS Sean McDermott (a) -- $40,882 -- $40,882
WR Chas Gessner (c) -- $26,100 -- $26,100
WR Jarmin Elliott (c) -- $21,750 -- $21,750
OG Jamil Soriano (c) -- $8,700 -- $8,700
WR J.J. Stokes(e) -- $0 -- $0

Notes: (a) On injured reserve; (b) physically unable to perform; (c) practice squad; (d) cap number is so high because Patriots used bookkeeping maneuver involving "likely to be earned incentives" to use up remaining cap room for 2003 and be able to carry over about $3 million into the 2004 cap; (e) because Stokes was signed during the playoffs, he does not earn a base salary and has no cap charge.

 

Cooper should say - FREE by his name

 

When did Walter Young go on IR?

 

It'll be fine next year, and glad it MOSTLY ALL was a one year cap hit. If you consider we paid him $2.5 million in escalators from his crap year, plus Giblet cost I believe either $9 or $11, and we made the Superbowl with Weinke's pay and also with all the dead money we have, it's actually really good news.

The cap problems that plagued us are pretty much OVER.

Now we need to re-sign the folks we drafted.

 

How is Jordan Gross raking in so much loot? He's a rookie.

 

December 20, 2003

 

Am I correct that only the top 53 of those count against the salary cap?
Or am I thinking about something else?

 

No. All IR salaries count as well.

Keep in mind that most of the guys who rank high have recently gotten bonuses - Gross got a sizeable bonus, and Peppers was due part two of his signing bonus. Weinke, since he came up, was due a $2.5 mil roster bonus.

 

Poor Vinny Ciurciu mkaes less money than 3 practice squad guys

 

He was signed at the end of the season, maybe two games left, so that's a reflection on two or three games' worth of the rookie minimum. I don' tknow if they were smart enough to count his PS money.

Same for Battaglia, minus the part about the PS