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I took each NFL clubs highest cap charged players as of 8/1 and compared to the contract value. A previous thread commented on this data as it pertains to the Patriots. The attached table has the results. Restructures, extensions, traded and cuts over the next 30 days will impact these numbers.

Focussing more on team total contract values (Annual pay per year -APY) and cap charges for those values rather than the current over-under cap number provides more insight. What does the data show about total team contract values? The findings might surprise you. Using Over The Cap as my...

Always winning. Having the ability to attract $50M more in contracts helps. Coaching, Talent evaluation, luck are probably more important.

No- has nothing to do with cash payments. It is just a method to lower current cap charges.

The introduction of the salary cap's initial strategy was likely a move to minimize dead money. However, the more recent approach of using void years to reduce the current cap, while it allows for higher contracts, also significantly increases the risk of accumulating dead money. This intricate...

Teams with higher player contract values tend to win more games than teams with lower total contract value. Teams that use aggressive cap accounting in 2023 (Bills- Browns- Jets- Chargers- Eagles) will be able to afford player contracts $40M to $60M higher than conservative clubs. (Patriots...

The Patriots cap performance stands out, but not in a good way. The Patriot's cap performance 2023 stands out from the rest of the NFL clubs, besides having the second-lowest value of contracts ($194M APY) beginning the 2023 season. Those contracts also had the highest cap charges of any club...

Good question. Look at the Rams- Dead cap went from $27M in 2022 to $75M in 2023. Their total contract value went from $255M in 2022 season to the lowest value in the league at $183M in 2023. The Rams made the playoffs. They were able to keep high cost Stafford, Donald and Krupp. The team had...

Yes, eventually the "bill becomes due." Let's take the Jalen Hurts contract with the Eagles as an example. He signed an extension to his rookie contract that runs thru the year 2035. The last seven years of the contract are years are void. The contract was valued at $43.2M Adjusted APY. A...

I believe Belichick is a good coach. Who determined the cap philosophy- I am sure Belichich had much to say about it. Time will tell if Krafts point is real or just words tumbling off his lips. The cap IS manipulated. One team with a player contract of $43M and a cap charge of $6M. Patriots...

Patriot sports fans need to think about the salary cap in a different light. An example to illustrate my point: In early September 2023, conventional sports reporting (my data from OverTheCap) would go like this: The Bills are down to less than a million in cap space, while the Patriots have...

220 NFL players have contracts = > $10M. If the salary cap was to provide an even playing field, how come the Eagles and Browns can afford eleven players with contracts = > $10M while the Patriots have two players? Under current cap rules, winning the Super Bowl requires teams to win two games...

The problem is it is not a hard cap = cost. The contract that is agreed to is broken down by season based on the design of the contract- having no bearing to true cost. So the Eagles can sign Hurts to a contract that costs $43M per year and only have a cap hit of $6M for this year. Mahomet cap...

That is correct. The Eagles signed Jalen Hurts to an extended contract. The contract will cost them $43M (effective APY) per year. The 2023 cap charge is $6M. (Mac Jones is $4M) The contract has void years at the end with $98M of cap assigned to it. Patrick Maahomes cap hit is $37M. The problem...

Good question. When I tracked the top 25% of player contracts by position- a interesting fact. -- the team with the most top 25% player contracts - Carolina Panthers (1-6) at 20. -- the average is 14- the Patriots have 15. So it comes down to Player evaluation in the end.

This year is the key. Until a team has a quarterback capable of taking them to the Super Bowl does it make any sense manipulating the cap to gain extra flexibility.

I agree 100%. It only makes sense when you have a quarterback capable of taking you to the Super Bowl. Then you free up cap to maximize the amount quality players you can obtain. In the end- it all comes down to player evaluation.

In the 2023 season, the Eagles had $57 of dead cap with $174 for active contracts. The Patriots had $24M of dead cap with $193M for active contracts. When the dust settles- the Eagle players have contracts worth $277M - the Patriots $184M. In the current salary cap- up is down and down is up.

Do you want the winner of the Super Bowl based on who played the best on the field or who manipulated the cap the most?