Hypothetical Cap if we cut or trade players

[Luvnit2]

(03-23-2023, 01:48 AM)casear2727 Wrote: Once the season has started, all players – whether on the 53-man roster, Injured Reserve (IR), Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) or the Practice Squad (PS) – count against the team’s Salary Cap.  The only players that do not count against the Salary Cap are players who are on one of the NFL’s exempt lists.

TY, your comment is correct, after preseason, the salary cap is based on top 53 salaries.

A practice squad player does not make the league minimum so they will never be a part of the top 53.

IN most cases players 52 and 53 make less than $900,000 so after preseason, each team is looking at less than 2 million for 53 players versus 51.

TY for clarifying.

• Per the collective bargaining agreement, teams must count their top 51 players with the largest salary CAP hit towards that year’s salary CAP. Then, after the preseason ends, the number of players counted against the salary CAP goes up to 53.