Teams like the Steelers, Dolphins, Redskins, Patriots have cap issues!

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(01-19-2017, 02:09 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Most fans believe it, because well some of those teams are creative with contracts and some sign big-name free agents. Well...this isn't exactly reality.

We are projected to have $47 million in cap space.

The Steelers are projected to have $46 million.

The Dolphins $42.5 million.

The Redskins $67 million.

The Patriots $71.5 million.

These numbers include rollover.

These teams also have some important players hitting FA.
Steelers - Timmons, Bell, Williams, Harrison, Jones, Villanueva
Patriots - Bennett, Vollmer, Sheard, Hightower, Blount, Ryan
Redskins - Cousins, Garcon, Baker
Dolphins - Alonso, Stills, Branch

All will either lose some important players or pay (much) more to retain them, closing up that cap space.
So it's not like they have a ton of room to really improve their teams beyond what they were this year (except maybe the Pats).