2023 NFC East Free Agents and Projected Salary Cap Space by Team

[USArmyVet]

Dallas Top 6 salary cap hits for 2023:


Dak $49.13M
DLaw $26M
Martin $19.89M
Tyron Smith $17.6M
Zeke $16.7M
Gallup $14M

Serious moves to decide what to do with and interesting that 5 of 6 top cap hits in 2023 are on offense.

 

[USArmyVet]

..of course he will. Zeke is good guy and team player.
I don't see him leaving Dallas. He's home brewed to the Star. Same as Dak.

The question though is should Dallas restructure him or try and get what they can via trade and move on from him?

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Dallas Top 6 salary cap hits for 2023:


Dak $49.13M
DLaw $26M
Martin $19.89M
Tyron Smith $17.6M
Zeke $16.7M
Gallup $14M

Serious moves to decide what to do with and interesting that 5 of 6 top cap hits in 2023 are on offense.

Whether or not they restructure Dak will likely answer any questions if he'll be here another 3/5 years.

 

[CowboyRoy]

DLaw cap hits:

2023: $26M ($35M dead money)
2024: $16M ($9M dead money)
2025: $3M ($3M dead money)

Dallas has a problem in that DLaw counts a considerable amount for 2023 and restructuring is not a great idea with him being 31 years old next season and seeing him be more of a run defending DE than a pass rushing DE.

I thought they spread it out already. No?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Think they keep him at his current 2023 cap hit? Giving him a 4th signing bonus after only the second year of the deal would be unprecedented cap mismanagement

Yep so let him play it out.

 

[USArmyVet]

Whether or not they restructure Dak will likely answer any questions if he'll be here another 3/5 years.

They have no choice given that combining existing contracts and existing dead money Dallas has $6.63M worth of cap space next season....which does not include the cap space needed for draft picks.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Dak has a $49M cap hit for 2023, the 2nd highest of any QB in the league...$3M more than Mahomes. Where is the bargain?

For the record, I wasn't even pulling a drive by on Dak.

LOL........so where were you the last 3 years when Dak was only counting like 23 million? You were telling us all he was getting elite money when he wasn't. The huge bargain was the last 2 or 3 years.

 

[USArmyVet]

I thought they spread it out already. No?

Nope. Their goal was to create cap space for the 2022 season at the expense of the 2023 season. Sadly the only options for Dallas is to let DLaw play at his $26M for 2023 or extend him to lower his '23 number at the expense of the future.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

....and if he refuses they either are stuck with his salary at the risk of losing Pollard or they will eat $11.8M in dead money if traded ($5M cap savings) or $5.9M in both 2023 & 2024 if designated a post June 1st release candidate.

Pollard isn’t going anywhere and if Zeke refuses a paycut he’ll be cut either post June 1 or after next season.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

He should be asked to take a pay cut, but will Jerry do it?

Of course and Zeke will go along because he’ll make more money long term by restructuring than by refusing and being cut after next season.

 

[Mr_437]

LOL........so where were you the last 3 years when Dak was only counting like 23 million? You were telling us all he was getting elite money when he wasn't. The huge bargain was the last 2 or 3 years.

Dak is now a bargain

Where's the bargain, again?

Also, stop lying on me, I didn't say anything about Dak getting elite money...you making stuff up. I see you're in rare form today.

 

[Rockport]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/12/23/nfc-east-salary-cap-space-totals-2023-team-free-agents

Dallas Cowboys
What to know: The Cowboys are directly above the league average for 2022 cap space ($5,191,873). Their 2023 free agent class is pretty loaded, with the priority for resigning likely being Tony Pollard and Dalton Schultz—and maybe Cooper Rush, given the savior role he played when Dak Prescott was injured early in the season.

2022 cap space status: $5,384,699
2023 cap space status: $6,732,313

2023 free agents: Dalton Schultz, TE; Anthony Brown, CB; Dante Fowler Jr., DL; T.Y. Hilton, WR; Anthony Barr, LB; Leighton Vander Esch, LB; Jason Peters, LT; Trayvon Mullen, CB; C.J. Goodwin, CB; Johnathan Hankins, DL; James Washington, WR; Noah Brown, WR; Matt Overton, LS; Jake McQuaide, LS; Luke Gifford, LB; Carlos Watkins, DL; Cooper Rush, QB; Brett Maher, K; Connor McGovern, RG; Tony Pollard, RB; Terence Steele, LT; Rico Dowdle, RB; Donovan Wilson, S; Alec Lindstrom, C


Philadelphia Eagles

2022 cap space status: $5,823,911
2023 cap space status: $11,598,399

Washington Commanders

2022 cap space status: $6,739,687
2023 cap space status: $20,322,360

New York Giants

2022 cap space status: $3,134,707
2023 cap space status: $58,069,685

This doesn’t take into account the salary cap increase which I believe hasn’t been announced.

 

[Praxit]

The question though is should Dallas restructure him or try and get what they can via trade and move on from him?

..idk.. it's possible. Just don't see it. I think that any where Zeke goes. The Dallas stigma would follow.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

Expect JJ to restructure the likes of Dak, DLaw, and Zeke to create cap space by pushing bad contracts further down the road. If the Giants get themselves a legitimate QB they have the cap space to develop a much better team; Philly needs to decide of Hurts contract as they have already built a much better team; Washington is in a similar position as the NYG.

If they had a legitimate qb they wouldn't have the cap space they have.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Nope. Their goal was to create cap space for the 2022 season at the expense of the 2023 season. Sadly the only options for Dallas is to let DLaw play at his $26M for 2023 or extend him to lower his '23 number at the expense of the future.

I thought they had extended him and got his annual down to 13m per year.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

They'll have to re-sign Dak if they want to take his cap hit down some.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Where's the bargain, again?

Also, stop lying on me, I didn't say anything about Dak getting elite money...you making stuff up. I see you're in rare form today.

His contract at the moment with an average of 40m per season is about right where he should be. 7th or 8th highest pay.

 

[visionary]

Dak is getting extended at a higher salary

Schulz better not be a FA priority . He needs to take his porn stash elsewhere

Offer LVE a team friendly deal but let him walk if someone offers more. I don’t want 2 starting LBs with next issues

 

[visionary]

Dak has a $49M cap hit for 2023, the 2nd highest of any QB in the league...$3M more than Mahomes. Where is the bargain?

For the record, I wasn't even pulling a drive by on Dak.

In CowboyRoy’s Dak-jock-sniff works he’s better than Mahomes

hence….. a bargain

 

[visionary]

Think they keep him at his current 2023 cap hit? Giving him a 4th signing bonus after only the second year of the deal would be unprecedented cap mismanagement

you do realize you are trying to reason with a 5th grader?