- Tom Brady – 14.6 million
- Richard Seymour – 6.8 million
- Randy Moss – 6.0 million
- Adalius Thomas – 5.4 million
- Matt Light – 5.0 million
- Ty Warren – 4.3 million
- Mike Vrabel – 3.8 million
- Wes Welker – 3.7 million
- Kevin Faulk – 3.5 million
- Jarvis Green – 3.3 million
As you can see the Patriots have commited just over $56 million dollars in cap room to their top 10 players. Leaving around $63 million in adjusted cap room to fill out the remainin pieces of our roster. Now take a look at the Colts:
- Peyton Manning – 17.8 million
- Marvin Harrison – 12.0 million
- Bob Sanders – 8.2 million
- Reggie Wayne – 6.7 million
- Robert Mathis – 6.6 million
- Ryan Diem – 6.3 million
- Dwight Freeney – 5.8 million
- Jeff Saturday – 5.2 million
- Raheem Brock – 4.7 million
- Dallas Clark – 3.0 million
They have committed over $76 million in cap room, leaving them $47 million dollars in adjusted cap room. (the Colts have $123 million compared to the $119 million for the Pats)
This really shows how the Patriots strive to have the best guys in the 30-53 man positions on their team, while teams like the Colts go more top-heavy with starting talent. Which way works better? We shall see in about 8 or 9 months.
Pretty soon the Pats will have to dish out big contracts to Wilfork and Mankins.>>and if they want to keep Hobbs, James Sanders, and Kaczur, they will all be getting big raises as well.