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Giants Create $5.84 Million in Salary Cap Space
Prior to the start of the regular season the Giants gave themselves a little more breathing room with the salary cap with a simple restructure of Jevon Holland’s contract. The team converted $11.685 million of his salary to a bonus to reduce Holland’s 2026 salary cap figure by $5.84 million. The team did not add […]
Lions Open Up $35.68 Million In Cap Space
The Detroit Lions have moved a significant amount of cap space to the future following contract restructures of WR Amon-Ra St. Brown and OT Penei Sewell to free up $35.68 million in cap room for 2026. Prior to these moves the Lions were close to the salary cap limit and are now 2nd in the […]
Falcons Create $11.76 Million in Cap Room
In a move designed to maximize salary cap carryover for 2027 and increase their flexibility for 2026 the Falcons have created $11.76 million in cap room with a restructure of Chris Lindstrom’s contract. The team converted $14.7 million of his salary into a bonus and added an additional void year to maximize the proration of […]
Panthers Restructure TerShawn Wharton’s Contract
The Carolina Panthers are the final team in the NFL to become cap compliant for the 2026 regular season following a restructure of OT TerShawn Wharton’s contract. The Panthers converted $12.235 million in salary to a bonus to reduce his cap number by $9.788 million for 2026. His 2027 salary cap number now increases by […]
Rams Restructure Quentin Lake’s Contract For Cap Relief
The Rams are now under the salary cap for 2026 following a simple restructure of S Quentin Lake’s contract. The team converted $4.285 million in salary to a bonus and added two void years to lower Lake’s cap number by $3.42 million. His cap number in future years increased by $857,000 per year. The Rams […]
Saints Restructure Cesar Ruiz Contract For Cap Relief
The Saints are now salary cap compliant for the 2026 regular season following a simple restructure of OL Cesar Ruiz’ contract. The team converted $8.285 million in salary to a signing bonus to create $6.2 million in cap room. The restructure will add $2.07 million to all future years of his contract, including the two […]
2026 Salary Cap Update
Though the NFL will not switch to full season accounting until next week when the regular season starts, I did change our estimates to reflect in season accounting rules. During the offseason only the top 51 active players and other bonuses count on the salary cap for the active 90 man roster. When next week […]
$50M QBs in the NFL
Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield made his feelings known today about his contract situation with the team and indicated that he feels like he should be in the $50M per year club. He also disclosed that the two sides are far apart on a number. Is either side really wrong though? For years the QB market […]
Offensive Line Investments for 2026
I thought we could take a look today at offensive line investments across the NFL. I decided to do the valuations a bit differently here. For any player who was on a non drafted contract I used their standard APY to calculate their average salary value. For a draft pick I used their projected value […]
Should a Team Have Claimed Terrion Arnold
It was made public today that four NFL teams are interested in former Detroit Lions CB Terrion Arnold despite the fact that he is facing a number of charges related to armed robbery and kidnapping. While teams will often “monitor” situations like this for a former first round pick, it sounds like this has gone […]
Insurance Refunds and the Salary Cap
I had received a few questions yesterday concerning a post at PFT that detailed the insurance refunds received by the Browns for DeShaun Watson’s injuries and how those work on the salary cap. While the way that PFT arrived at the figure was incorrect and likely overstates, by a significant amount, what the Browns received […]
Brenton Strange Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
Brenton Strange signed a three year extension with the Jaguars worth $36 million with a maximum value of $48 million. The contract will make Strange the 10th highest paid tight end in the NFL, slightly trailing Pat Freiermuth’s $12.1 million per year contract with the Steelers. The $25 million injury guarantee is 8th among tight […]
Jeffery Simmons Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
Jefferey Simmons and the Titans agreed to a historic $105.8 million contract extension that would make Simmons the highest paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL, raising the market by about $3.5 million per year. The contract would make him the 8th highest paid defender in the NFL. His $100 million in guarantees eclipses Chris […]
Joe Tippmann Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
Joe Tippmann and the New York Jets agreed to a $62 million contract extension which makes him the 15th highest paid guard in the NFL and would make him the 4th highest paid center if he were to move back to that position. Tippmann received just over $34.9 million in guarantees which ranks 12th. The […]
Looking at Patrick Mahomes Record Setting Contract with the Chiefs
The news came out last night that the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes agreed on a revised contract that would now place him under contract to the Chiefs through 2033 and Albert Breer had the complete breakdown of this record setting contract that makes Mahomes the highest paid player in the NFL. The contract, which we […]
Drake London Contract and Salary Cap Breakdown
The numbers are in for Drake London’s five year $141 million contract extension with the Falcons. The official guarantee is $100 million with just over $83 million being the new money guarantee. The contract makes him the 3rd highest paid receiver in the NFL while the guarantee ranks and signing bonus rank 4th. The contract […]
Looking at the Myles Garrett Contract Decisions
The contract decisions from Myles Garrett’s team have been pretty interesting to see over the last two years as he has now executed three contracts since March of 2025. The latest one with the Rams really has me a bit baffled at the decision making process but perhaps sheds some light on what the two […]
Rams and Browns Agree to Trade Involving Myles Garrett
Superstar EDGE Myles Garrett will be changing teams moving from the Browns to the Rams as part of a blockbuster trade. The Browns will receive a future 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick along with Jared Verse. This trade possibility was foreshadowed months ago when Garrett agreed to delay a $29.2 million option bonus from […]
2026 Post June 1 Salary Cap Savings
It’s officially June 1 in the NFL which signifies the first major salary cap accounting change for the league year. Today is the final day where releasing or trading a player will cause all future prorated money to accelerate into 2026. Starting on June 2nd a team will only be responsible for this year’s salary […]
Steelers Tender Aaron Rodgers
As Aaron Rodgers ponders his NFL future, the Steelers protected their rights in the event that he decides to play football this year by extended the UFA tender to Rodgers. The UFA tender is a one year contract that is worth 110% of his prior year salary- about $15 million in this case- and does […]
Thoughts on Will Anderson’s $150M Contract Extension
The numbers are in for Will Anderson’s record setting $150 million contract extension with the Texans so let’s see just how it stacks up with the rest of the league and how it may help contracts move forward in the future. First the basic details of the contract. Anderson’s three year extension contains $150 million […]
Valuing the 2026 Draft’s 1st Round Trades
With the 1st round complete I decided to evaluate each trade using the Fitzgerald-Spielberger draft chart. The chart which Brad and I created is based on past results of NFL drafts. These values are not going to be indicative of typical trade markets in the NFL but they do provide you the expected returns on […]
Bears Open Up $10.375M in Cap Room
To gain more flexibility prior to the draft the Bears restructured the contracts of OL Jonah Jackson and TE Cole Kmet to gain $10.375M in cap room. Prior to the restructures the Bears had the least amount of cap room in the NFL, well under $1 million. This gives Chicago some wiggle room in the […]
Estimating The Number Of 2026 UDFAs For Each Team
It’s been a while since I’ve done this exercise, but with the 2026 NFL Draft just a few days away, I thought I’d revisit an estimation on the number of UDFA signings that each team might sign. This is calculated with some very simple math: take the sum of current rostered players as estimated by […]
Bengals Trade for DL Dexter Lawrence
The Bengals made a big splash just a few days before the draft trading for DT Dexter Lawrence of the Giants and giving up the 10th overall pick to make it happen. It’s a huge price to pay for a player who will turn 29 during the 2026 season and is looking for a contract […]
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