NFL Cap Projected at $166-169 million

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

Your takes are just horrible these days.

It's huge for cap strapped teams.
Especially teams like us who are trying to retain their players and are facing uncomfortable tag situations.
A little extra breathing room goes a long way for teams with smart, resourceful GMs to do their jobs.

Every team has 11 million more, not just us.

Unless we tag Berry, every team will have 11 million more to offer him.

That goes for every free agent AND every potential free agent.

A big salary cap jump means every team will have more to keep their potential FAs. Which means less talent on the market to go after, reducing the talent pool available.

It's all relative

Now it does help if you want to tag someone immediately. We won't have to cut someone because of the tag. Means Dorsey won't have to restructure stuff or make as many early cuts. But in the big picture, it doesn't change much.

Just means that NFL players will make more money this year en masse.

In the end, it's still going to come down to which team wants to spend and how smart they are about spending what they have.