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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...

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...

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...

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...

Before the Pats took the field, they were at a significant disadvantage. (data from OverTheCap contract files- early September, 2023) Comparing the two most salary cap extreme teams - the Eagles & Pats ** The Eagles have eleven players making $= > $10M, the Pats 2. ** The Eagles contracts with...