Team Payroll

[Ebenezer]

There is an excellent article on Team Payroll in the USAToday. Payroll is the actual amount of money a team pays out during the season. This includes all bonus money. If differs from the SalCap in that the Payroll is the amount of money the team actually spent on players directly out of the teams wallets. Thus, because signing bonuses are amortorized over the length of the contract the actual payroll can exceed the salcap number.

Here is the top 3 spenders:
1. Denver-$99.0 mil
2. Cleveland-$85.4 mil
3. St. Louis-82.3

Here is the bottom 5 payrolls (due mainly because of past bonuses that count against the cap):
1. Dallas-$33.1 mil
2. Buffalo-$36.0 mil
3. Minnesota-$47.1 mil
4. Jax-$58.2 mil
5. KC-$59.0 mil

Top paid Bills?
Rob Johnson, Phil Hansen and Nate Clements (first round signing bonus)

Full article:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/2002-07-29-salaries.htm

[WG]

Yeah, but I'm expecting big things out of Rob this year. I think he'll contribute more to the Bills than he ever has before...

:D

*Yes, it was tongue-in-cheekly facetious since his biggest contribution will be off the team...

[Earthquake Enyart]

Old Ralphie boy is a sly one!:D