SALARY CAP ANALYSIS

FLOWERY BRANCH – The cap number on Steven Jackson’s three-year, $12 million deal is in.

Jackson’s deal, of which $4 million was guaranteed, has a cap number of $2.916 for 2013. (We nearly hit the projection on the head in the previous salary cap analysis blog when we projected the number at $3 million.)

He received a $3.5 million signing bonus and has base salaries are $1.75 million ($500,000 guaranteed in 2013), $3 million (2014) and $3.75 million (2015).  

The Falcons adjusted salary cap is now at $123,286,300.

With Jackson’s cap number (counting all 58 bplayers) the Falcons are $3.45 million under the cap. Going by the NFL rule of 51 (league count’s just the top 51 deals), they are $5.88 million under the cap.

Here are the top 10 Salary Cap numbers for 2013:

Matt Ryan, $12 million

Roddy White, $9.12 million

Justin Blalock, $7.66 million

Tyson Clabo, $6.05 million

Tony Gonzalez, $5.25 million

Jonathan Babineaux, $5.20 million

Ray Edwards, $4.6 million

Julio Jones, $4.4 million

William Moore, $3.9 million

Stephen Nicholas, $3.5 million

GRIMES FRONT: Former Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes visited the Dolphins and the Browns over the weekend.

A source told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he liked his visit to the shores of Lake Erie. 

SVITEK SIGNS: Also, former Falcons tackle Will Svitek signed a one-year, $1 million deal with the Patriots.