'Dead money' eating into Lions' cap space

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“Dead Money” Weighing Heavy On Lions ‘08 Salary Cap
Published 4/10/2008 by Steve at Detroit Lions Weblog
... “Killer” Kowalski is reporting on MLive.com that the Lions have $15.2 million in “dead money” on their current payroll books due to trades, releases, etc. This large amount of money tied up in players who are no longer on their current roster is about $5 million above the league average, and will eat up about 10% of their total cap space. ...

Wednesday Notes: Roy Williams Still Isn't Getting Traded
Published 4/10/2008 by Sean Yuille <info@prideofdetroit.com> at Pride Of Detroit
... Bodden certainly sounds like he will make the Lions' secondary better.  And as Lewis pointed out, he is much better than a fifth-round draft pick. The Lions are just barely under the salary cap right now due to "dead money" taking up a good part of it. Jon Kitna pulled a prank on April Fool's Day that had Lions backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky thinking he was getting traded to the Colts. Colts coach Tony Dungy knows Rod Marinelli so well that he correctly predicted the Lions' first-round pick back in 2006.  Dungy was ...

You’re going to have “dead money” under the salary cap when your GM is brain dead
Published 4/11/2008 by Big Al at SideLion Report | A Blog For Detroit Lions Fans
The Lions have over $15 million in salary cap “dead money” being paid to 13 former players. When asked about this, all Matt Millen could say was, “Whoops!” Actually, everything above is true, save for the Millen quote. Though it wouldn’t surprise if the porn ’stached goon did say as much. According to Mlive’s Killer Kowalski , the following 13 former Lions are counted against their 2008 salary cap. Read ‘em, and weep… • DT Shaun Rogers — $4.27 million • OL Damien Woody — $3 million • CB Fernando Bryant — $2.33 million • S Kenoy Kennedy — $1.36 million • DE Kalimba Edwards ...

A Totally Objective Assessment: The Lions Resume Worst Offense in the NFL Status
Published 4/22/2008 by The Ghosts at The Ghosts of Wayne Fontes
... . We can't blame him for the Vicodin habit, but we can blame Mike Martz for pushing a franchise player into a career threatening position just three days after a serious back injury. What an ass, Martz. Furthermore, we learned that Roy Williams is looking for about $12 million guaranteed this year, so combined with the $15+ million in dead cap space, this is looking like a killer rebuilding year. ...