Please note that these will be rough estimates until some time in late February to March, when the results of the playoffs and compensatory picks will be fully known.

Rookie Pool Estimates

The Rookie Pool is the total cost in cap dollars that a team needs to sign its rookies in the summer. The cap space required to do this is less than the rookie pool. This is because every draft pick signed will replace a player already counting against the cap.

The effective cap spaced needed is equal to: Rookie Pool - ($610,000 x number of picks).