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Here's how much salary cap rollover your favorite NFL team will have in 2017
The NFLPA released the salary cap rollover numbers for the 2017 league year
John Breech
Jan 18, 2017

For 28 of the NFL's 32 teams, the offseason has begun, so they're already focusing on free agency.

When teams are putting together a plan for free agency, they have several things to consider, like what their positional needs are and, more importantly, how much money they'll have to spend on unsigned players.

Although every team has to stay under the salary cap, not everyone will be on the same spending playing field when free agency kicks off March 9. Thanks to "carryover" space from 2016, some teams will have a lot more money to spend during free agency.

The NFLPA released the official carryover numbers on Wednesday, which will give you a good idea of your team's financial situation as it heads into free agency (and also to re-sign its own players).

As the NFLPA notes, you should look at those numbers like rollover minutes on a cellphone plan.

With the salary cap expected to be between $163 million and $165 million, the above chart means that the Raiders will have between $171 million and $173 million in cap space thanks to their $8 million in carryover money.

Although that sounds like a lot, that's nowhere near that $50.1 million that the Browns will be rolling over into 2017. If the front office can't turn things around with that kind of cash flow, Jimmy Haslam should probably just fire everyone and start over.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Rams and Chargers carryover money combined wouldn't even be enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. At $304,000 and $113,000, those two teams rank 31st and 32nd in carryover money.

As for the four teams that are still playing, the Packers have the most carryover money with $8 million.
Once the 2017 salary cap is officially set, the carryover amount will be combined with a few other small adjustments from the 2016 season, and that will give us each team's official salary cap position.
Here's a look at the carryover room for each team.

Team: Carryover space
1. Browns: $50.1 million
2. Jaguars: $39.3 million
3. 49ers: $38.7 million
4. Titans: $24.0 million
5. Redskins: $15.1 million
6. Panthers: $13.2 million
7. Dolphins: $8.4 million
8. Bears: $8.1 million
9. Raiders: $8 million
10. Packers: $8 million
11. Eagles: $7.9 million
12. Broncos: $7.2 million
13. Colts: $6.7 million
14. Bengals $6.6 million
15. Saints: $5.8 million
16. Buccaneers: $5.3 million
17. Patriots: $5.3 million
18. Chiefs: $5.0 million
19. Texans: $5.0 million
20. Lions: $4.7 million
21. Cardinals: $4.4 million
22. Steelers: $3.3 million
23. Bills: $2.8 million
24. Ravens: $2.6 million
25. Cowboys: $2.4 million
26. Seahawks: $2.1 million
27. Giants: $1.8 million
28. Falcons: $926,541
29. Vikings: $400,184
30. Jets: $371,487
31. Rams: $304,311
32. Chargers: $113,693

FYI, this means the Browns will have, roughly, $109 million in the war chest.

If they get aggressive, they could remake the team quickly.

I think it's time to get aggressive ...

I am not so sure ... I'd like to add a piece or two - resign Collins and Pryor. Then put the final touches together next year.

To me, while I believe we have laid a foundation to be successful moving forward, we are a year away from competing for the playoffs. And rather than make one big splash this year, I'd like to continue the build as a process. If we win 5-6 or more games next year, we will be a much more viable team for some of the top FA's - that helps with not over paying and not having to sign unfriendly contracts.

Wow, the Rams. They have a worse long-term record than us and have no money to spend.

Cautiously so. The key word that most tend to forget is "Sustainability"!

Remember under Butch Davis, we spent like drunken sailors, had a decent season, but couldn't hold the team together because of the lack of CAP space.

SO yeah, sustainability is the key.

Maybe we can win 6 or 7 games in a season before we start worrying about sustainability. I'm not sure this fan base can be sustained if we have many more 1-15, 2-14, 3-13 seasons. The old timers are dying off and the youngsters are all Steeler and Cowboy fans. Its time to win some damn games.

Yeah so far so good. We're sustaining losing to perfection and that all important first in cap space placing. Hey, the Browns have to be winners in something. Keep on keeping on for the Criminal...

So you are advocating the antithesis of sustainability? You don't believe the NE Patriots are a role model for good management?

Please, we're the opposite of the Pats. You can be stingy with the cap money when you're the Pats because you can draft. THE BROWNS CAN"T DRAFT!