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February 26, 2016 at 7:12 pm #39634AgamemnonModerator
The NFL and NFLPA have finalized a 2016 salary cap of a $155.27 million per team, per sources.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 26, 2016
February 26, 2016 at 9:59 pm #39658znModeratorThe NFL salary cap just got a huge increase for the 2016 season
John Breech | CBSSports.com
When NFL free agency kicks off March 9, the league’s 32 teams are going to have some serious money to spend, thanks in large part to a salary cap increase of almost $12 million.
CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reports that the 2016 salary cap has been set at $155.27 million. That’s an increase of $11.99 million over the 2015 cap.
The cap increase will likely come as good news to teams like Miami, New Orleans, Baltimore and Buffalo, who are currently the only four teams with less than $10 million in cap space available, according to the most recent numbers.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Jaguars, Raiders and Bears are going to have a huge amount of cap space. The Jaguars rolled over almost $32 million from last year’s cap, which means they’re going to have almost $75 million to spend during free agency.
That carryover money from 2015 is added to the 2016 cap number, which means all 32 teams will have a different “hard” number that they’re allowed to spend.
As for the salary cap itself, at $155.27 million, it has more than doubled since 2003. The salary cap was first instituted in 1994 when teams had all of $34.6 million to spend.
NFL Salary Cap since 2003
2016: $155.27 million
2015: $143.28 million
2014: $133 million
2013: $123 million
2012: $120.6 million
2011: $120 million
2010: UNCAPPED
2009: $123 million
2008: $116 million
2007: $109 million
2006: $102 million
2005: $85.5 million
2004: $80.58 million
2003: $75 millionFebruary 29, 2016 at 2:08 pm #39806znModeratorRams have more than $58 million in cap space
Nick Wagoner
ESPN Staff Writerhttp://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/27197/rams-have-more-than-58-million-in-cap-space
EARTH CITY, Mo. — The Los Angeles Rams have plenty of money to spend this offseason.
Now that the NFL has reportedly set the 2016 NFL salary cap at $155.27 million, a jump of nearly $12 million from last year, the Rams and the rest of the NFL have more than an estimate of what they’ll be working with when the new league year opens on March 9.
For the Rams, that amount is substantial. Including their 2015 cap carryover of $933,521, the Rams’ 2016 total cap number comes in at $156,203,521. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Rams have $91,179,797 committed toward players under contract for 2016 and another $6,512,714 in dead money.
Adding the committed money and the dead money and subtracting it from the cap number leaves the Rams with a whopping $58,511,010 in salary-cap space. Releasing tight end Jared Cook, linebacker James Laurinaitis and defensive end Chris Long saved the team about $24 million in cap space.
With that much room to spend, the Rams figure to be extremely active in free agency, but it’s likely that most of that spending will be used to keep their own free agents. It’s also entirely possible they could use the franchise or transition tag to keep one of their prized cornerbacks before free agency begins.
In addition to their unrestricted free agents, the Rams have tender offers to make to their restricted and exclusive rights free agents, such as quarterback Case Keenum, who is restricted. They’re also working to get deals done with ascending players closing in on the end of their rookie deals such as defensive tackle Michael Brockers and linebacker Alec Ogletree.
So while the Rams are loaded with room to operate, it’s best to manage expectations when it comes to some sort of wild shopping spree when the business of the new league year actually begins.
March 8, 2016 at 8:18 pm #40160znModeratorNFLPA takes away some of Rams’ 2016 salary cap space
NFLPA takes away some of Rams' 2016 salary cap space
By: Simon A Chester | 3 minutes ago
On Monday the NFLPA released revised figures for each NFL team’s salary cap, just in time for the new financial year, which begins tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET.
For half of the 32 teams it resulted in gaining more salary cap space, but the other half saw a reduction in their cap number. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Rams were in the wrong half:
In practical terms, the Rams had their salary cap number reduced by $538,332 according to the NFLPA’s own website.
This is not an astronomical figure by any means, and for a team with as much cap space as the Rams already have, it makes little difference. But for a team short of cap space these reductions have been painful. The Denver Broncos, for example, had their salary cap reduced by over $4 million.
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