Therecord-setting increase of the NFL salary capwas the result of media revenue for the 2024 season and the full repayments of advances made by teams and deferred by players during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the league. The $30.6 million increase is the largest year-to-year increa...
Veach doesn’t have many worries when it comes to creating future cap obligations. While the salary cap dipped from $198.2 million in 2020 to $182.5 million this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL is currently negotiating new television contracts that could potentially double their b...
On a team level, player trades can bring in fresh talent, fill gaps in the roster, or provide much-needed depth in certain positions. A trade can also shake up team chemistry, as new players adjust to their new surroundings and teammates. Coaches and general managers carefully consider the ...
The storm that’s been forecast is closing in on NFL teams, which have nine days left to get their salary caps in order before they have to be in compliance. So yesterday I had one team’s cap chief run the numbers for me—and list out how much space every team would have, straigh...
How much money do NFL practice squad players make? Players with two or fewer accrued NFL seasons earn at least $11,500 per week, which equals $207,000 for 18 weeks spent on the practice squad. (A player accrues a season when they are on full-time pay status for at least six re...
Give a player too much guaranteed money and you can be faced with a dilemma: Do you keep him on the roster when he’s wasting a spot or release him and wind up with a huge dead money charge on your salary cap? Dead money, simply put, is guaranteed salary not paid ...
Warren's value to the Steelers is much higher than his current contract, which has a base salary of $870,000 this season. He'll be a restricted free agent after the 2024 season, but the Steelers could secure his services by giving him a well-earned ext...
One basic issue with NFL parity: If a team wants to win a Super Bowl in today’s league, it pretty much has to have a great QB. There are maybe 10 of these QBs on the planet, but 32 NFL teams. If your team is lucky enough to have a great QB, it’s probably paying him a...
14 weeks into the 2024 NFL season, and the playoff picture is starting to come into focus. The Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, and Philadelphia Eagles are in. And both the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers are sure to punch their tickets to the postseason soon. In...
that money immediately. the spreading of the figure over a five year span is just for book keeping purposes. last week the nfl officially revealed the 2024 salary cap, which is set at a whopping $255.4 million. that figure represented a more than $30 million jump from last year'...