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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan
....... The Chiefs’ cap is also relatively free of waste. They have just $62,000 in so-called dead money against their cap this year. Dead money is a portion of bonus money given to players released after June 1 last year.
San Diego is the next lowest team in dead money with $228,402. The league average is about $4.65 million and the Cowboys have about $24.5 million in dead money.
“It’s called dead money for a reason, because it’s useless against your cap,” Pioli said. “It’s for players who are no longer with your football team.
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This part kind of stuck out to me when I read rhis article. This COULD be a sign they have been trying to set themsleves up to be in good shape financially for a long term run and have all their $ available to pay players that will be on the team. Carr and Bowe for example.
Thats smart buisness as long as they keep spending $ and start spending it on some impact FA players as well.