03-04-2016, 12:55 PM
Where can I find the nunmbers on how much teams are really spending on payroll. Too many people around here are impressed by big "play money" free agent contracts that never get paid out.
I know that as of last year the Bengals were not among the bottom third of the the league in the first two years of the '13-'16 four year window. At this time last year they would have only had two years worth of "cash spent" info, but according to this article 11 teams had spent below the 89% league mandated minimum and the bengals were not among those teams.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/02/17/salary-cap-cash-spending-union-nflpa-raiders-patriots/23522207/
Over the past two seasons, the Raiders spent the least cash: about $205.3 million, or 80.2% of the $256 million total they were allotted. . . Also underspending — as of Feb. 9, when the NFLPA calculated the numbers — were: the Carolina Panthers (80.8%), New York Jets (81.16%), Jacksonville Jaguars (82.2%), Dallas Cowboys (82.6%), New England (82.7%), New Orleans Saints (86.2%), Washington Redskins (87%), New York Giants (87.9%) and Pittsburgh Steelers (88.3%).
I know that as of last year the Bengals were not among the bottom third of the the league in the first two years of the '13-'16 four year window. At this time last year they would have only had two years worth of "cash spent" info, but according to this article 11 teams had spent below the 89% league mandated minimum and the bengals were not among those teams.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/02/17/salary-cap-cash-spending-union-nflpa-raiders-patriots/23522207/
Over the past two seasons, the Raiders spent the least cash: about $205.3 million, or 80.2% of the $256 million total they were allotted. . . Also underspending — as of Feb. 9, when the NFLPA calculated the numbers — were: the Carolina Panthers (80.8%), New York Jets (81.16%), Jacksonville Jaguars (82.2%), Dallas Cowboys (82.6%), New England (82.7%), New Orleans Saints (86.2%), Washington Redskins (87%), New York Giants (87.9%) and Pittsburgh Steelers (88.3%).
