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[jy23]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/47633/nfc-south-three-year-cap-check Its time for one of our periodic salary-cap checks for all four NFC South teams. But lets take this one a little further than usual. Lets look at where each team stands in relation to the cap for three years. Atlanta Falcons: Theyre $2.183 million under this years salary cap and they still have to sign their draft picks. But the Falcons will get $4.5 million in cap relief after June 1 when Tyson Clabos hit gets divided over two years. The Falcons already have $101.6 million in cap space committed for 2014 when the cap is expected to be slightly more than $120 million. That means the Falcons have some room to work with as they attempt to sign quarterback Matt Ryan to a contract extension. The good news is the Falcons have plenty of flexibility going forward because they only have $59 million committed toward the 2015 cap. Carolina Panthers: At the moment, the Panthers are $5.28 million under the cap. That gives them room to sign their draft picks and enough room to sign some players if injuries come during the season. But the Panthers, who had to work hard to get under this years cap, are going to face similar obstacles going forward. They already have $125 million committed toward the 2014 cap. Perhaps more importantly, they have $109 million committed toward the 2015 cap. Carolina has only 21 players under contract through 2015 and quarterback Cam Newton isnt one of them. General manager Dave Gettleman still has a long way to go to get out of the cap nightmare predecessor Marty Hurney left behind. New Orleans Saints: Theyre $3.1 million under this years cap after restructuring a bunch of contracts. But the downside to the restructures is that the Saints have pushed a lot of cap room into future years. They have $140.5 million (second only to Dallas at $145 million) already committed to the 2014 cap. The Saints only have 23 players under contract through 2015 and they already have $113 million in cap space committed toward that year. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: They still are $19.2 million under this years cap. Its likely a good chunk of that will be carried over to next year. Thats a good thing because the Bucs already have $117.9 million committed to 2014 and they might have to sign quarterback Josh Freeman to a big contract extension. The Bucs have $99.7 million in cap space committed to 2015.

[jy23]

TD and McKay have put us in such good shape its ridiculous. It's a wonderful time to be a falcon fan, almost makes you forget how bad it USED to be

[AHF]

TD and McKay have put us in such good shape its ridiculous. It's a wonderful time to be a falcon fan, almost makes you forget how bad it USED to be

Yep. I bet the "kids" today don't even realize how low this franchise was as a lot of us grew up. The Falcons seem transformed akin to the Braves - going from an embarrassment of a franchise to a model franchise.

[jy23]

The funniest part of it to me is having older free agents actually WANTING to come to Atlanta for a shot at winning a super bowl. Guys like Steven Jackson and Osi...never would have happened years ago. Good times good times