There are a number of teams that are well over the cap, and most will have to make some hard decisions on who gets let go in order to create some space to work with.
This means that there are going to be some names available that aren't slated to be free agents, and there *could* be some interesting ones.
Teams that are currently over the Cap:
Buffalo Bills $-1,330,816
Atlanta Falcons $-5,885,266
Tennessee Titans $-6,645,413
Los Angeles Rams $-10,052,364
New York Giants $-10,731,002
Minnesota Vikings $-14,020,023
Dallas Cowboys $-21,164,940
Green Bay Packers $-48,453,661
New Orleans Saints $-76,160,406
Now, the Rams is potentially exciting, but Andrew Whitworth will be retiring and that will almost completely wipe out their deficit in a single stroke.
The Bills may end up allowing some of their defensive line free agents to walk.
With the Cowboys, there is a *possibility* of Amari Cooper being released. The Cowboys are $21 million over and a pre-June 1st trade or release of Amari would free up $16 million for them.
Another Cowboys possibility is Demarcus Lawrence who would save them $8 million.
With the Packers, DT Kenny Clark is a possibility in that he would save them $5.8 million, while Randall Cobb would save them $6.7 million.
The Saints... well, they may just be trading away their entire roster, lol!
It is likely to be a bloodletting down there, but I'm also not certain that they even have enough contracts to cut that don't escalate even more money onto this year.... it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
Who do you think will be a surprise cap casualty, or who are you hoping to see made available??
** All info from
https://www.spotrac.com/
