How much cap space do we have.

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(02-27-2022, 12:27 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Last off season the Stealers had to cut players for cap reasons and it hurt them this year.

The best teams don't swing wildly from year to year from going "all in" and then folding.  You can move cap space down the road, but you can't make it disappear.

The best teams develop draft picks to step in and start when a vet demands too much money.  No team can be good for any extended period of time on free agents.  The math does not work.  You have to get a decent amount of production from some players on their first contracts.

 

From an article today…

And the cap angle is overblown. Teams know how to manage the annual spending limit, and that will get easier and easier as the annual spending limit shoots higher and higher, given the huge increases in broadcasting rights and gambling revenue.

If the Packers want to pay Rodgers $50 million per year, they can. The question is whether that even matters at this point. If Rodgers decides he wants out, the promise of $100 million to stay for two more years won’t matter.