NFL: 2021 salary cap

[Mr Janny]

Expected to be in the $180 million range

Salary cap could be in the range of $180 million

Every December, the NFL gives the 32 teams an idea regarding the expected salary cap for the coming league year.

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That would be down about 18 million from this year.

12 teams, as of now, would be over the cap. New Orleans is by far the most underwater. Over 90 million over the cap as it stands right now.

Even if Brees retires, it doesn't free up a lot. They're going to look a lot different next year.

 

[Mr Janny]

I'm wondering if the league will look at ways of getting the cap up some? Like maybe borrowing against future years. It's going to be tough going for a bunch of teams

 

[Die4Cy]

I'm wondering if the league will look at ways of getting the cap up some? Like maybe borrowing against future years. It's going to be tough going for a bunch of teams

I thought the NFL offered a deal to hold a portion of the players' salaries in escrow this season for the management side, with borrowing salary cap from the future in return to make 2021 do-able. But the NFLPA said no way.

So now it sounds like teams that cannot convert salary to signing bonuses or some other paper shuffling to get by will have to cut players.

 

[Mr Janny]

I thought the NFL offered a deal to hold a portion of the players' salaries in escrow this season for the management side, with borrowing salary cap from the future in return to make 2021 do-able. But the NFLPA said no way.

So now it sounds like teams that cannot convert salary to signing bonuses or some other paper shuffling to get by will have to cut players.

I might have missed that. Going to be an interesting year. Maybe Urban Meyer was smart to sign up with the Jags. They've got tons of cap room. They could bring in a haul of free agents

 

[Die4Cy]

I might have missed that. Going to be an interesting year. Maybe Urban Meyer was smart to sign up with the Jags. They've got tons of cap room. They could bring in a haul of free agents

I'm sure that is part of the equation there.

 

[Jer]

There’s never been a better year for some of the forgotten franchises to make a move. Jags are a great example where if they step up, they could have a banner off-season. On the flip side, the Saints are going to look drastically different next year.

ESPN had a good article last week showing what each team would have to do to get close to cap and it was pretty brutal for many.

 

[Pat]

I might have missed that. Going to be an interesting year. Maybe Urban Meyer was smart to sign up with the Jags. They've got tons of cap room. They could bring in a haul of free agents

Tons of cap room plus drafting a stud QB that will be locked in at an artificially low salary for 5 years. Urban may be a despicable human, but he’s no dummy.