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For the sake of this installment, we have designated teams that are less than $5M under the cap in RED. These are teams that have little money to sign free agents and may need to make cuts or restructure salaries in order to sign all of their draft picks. Teams in BLACK, which are between $5M and $20M under the cap, are teams that look to be in pretty good shape in terms of adding more veterans and signing all of their rookies without having to take drastic measures. Teams in GREEN are teams that are well under the cap and should have plenty of room to sign free agents and rookies.
With the latest extension to the CBA, the 2009 salary cap is approximately $127,000,000 which represents a nice increase over last year's $116.7 M figure. (Note that the cap was "just" $85.5 M in 2005, the final season prior to the CBA's extension and $102 M in 2006 after the CBA extension.)
Keep in mind that these numbers remain tentative -- and are changing on a daily basis. These "unofficial" figures are approximate as of January 23, 2009 and were compiled courtesy of the NFLPA and other various media sources. These numbers include the cap adjustements for LTBE incentives that were never achieved last season and have been credited against the 2009 cap. Note that the teams that appear to be over the cap had pending contracts in the works at the time of this complilation that would likely have freed the necessary cap space. After all, we know that the league would not allow a team to sign a player to a contract that would put them over the salary cap!
Projected 2009 NFL Salary Cap Space for Each Team
Rank Team $ Under the Cap
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $46000000
2 Arizona Cardinals $45000000
3 Denver Broncos $38000000
4 Kansas City Chiefs $37000000
5 Tennessee Titans $35000000
6 Miami Dolphins $32000000
7 Buffalo Bills $31000000
8 Detroit Lions $30000000
9 San Francisco 49ers $30000000
10 Houston Texans $29000000
11 Philadelphia Eagles $29000000
12 Cincinnati Bengals $26000000
13 New England Patriots $25000000
14 Minnesota Vikings $24000000
15 Atlanta Falcons $24000000
16 Pittsburgh Steelers $23000000
17 Baltimore Ravens $23000000
18 Chicago Bears $23000000
19 Green Bay Packers $22000000
20 Cleveland Browns $21000000
21 Jacksonville Jaguars $20000000
22 San Diego Chargers $18000000
23 NY Giants $15000000
24 Dallas Cowboys $14000000
25 Carolina Panthers $13000000
26 Seattle Seahawks $13000000
27 St. Louis Rams $12000000
28 Oakland Raiders $8000000
29 Indianapolis Colts $6000000
30 Washington Commanders $1000000
31 New Orleans Saints $-1000000
32 NY Jets $-3000000
For the sake of this installment, we have designated teams that are less than $5M under the cap in RED. These are teams that have little money to sign free agents and may need to make cuts or restructure salaries in order to sign all of their draft picks. Teams in BLACK, which are between $5M and $20M under the cap, are teams that look to be in pretty good shape in terms of adding more veterans and signing all of their rookies without having to take drastic measures. Teams in GREEN are teams that are well under the cap and should have plenty of room to sign free agents and rookies.
With the latest extension to the CBA, the 2009 salary cap is approximately $127,000,000 which represents a nice increase over last year's $116.7 M figure. (Note that the cap was "just" $85.5 M in 2005, the final season prior to the CBA's extension and $102 M in 2006 after the CBA extension.)
Keep in mind that these numbers remain tentative -- and are changing on a daily basis. These "unofficial" figures are approximate as of January 23, 2009 and were compiled courtesy of the NFLPA and other various media sources. These numbers include the cap adjustements for LTBE incentives that were never achieved last season and have been credited against the 2009 cap. Note that the teams that appear to be over the cap had pending contracts in the works at the time of this complilation that would likely have freed the necessary cap space. After all, we know that the league would not allow a team to sign a player to a contract that would put them over the salary cap!
Projected 2009 NFL Salary Cap Space for Each Team
Rank Team $ Under the Cap
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $46000000
2 Arizona Cardinals $45000000
3 Denver Broncos $38000000
4 Kansas City Chiefs $37000000
5 Tennessee Titans $35000000
6 Miami Dolphins $32000000
7 Buffalo Bills $31000000
8 Detroit Lions $30000000
9 San Francisco 49ers $30000000
10 Houston Texans $29000000
11 Philadelphia Eagles $29000000
12 Cincinnati Bengals $26000000
13 New England Patriots $25000000
14 Minnesota Vikings $24000000
15 Atlanta Falcons $24000000
16 Pittsburgh Steelers $23000000
17 Baltimore Ravens $23000000
18 Chicago Bears $23000000
19 Green Bay Packers $22000000
20 Cleveland Browns $21000000
21 Jacksonville Jaguars $20000000
22 San Diego Chargers $18000000
23 NY Giants $15000000
24 Dallas Cowboys $14000000
25 Carolina Panthers $13000000
26 Seattle Seahawks $13000000
27 St. Louis Rams $12000000
28 Oakland Raiders $8000000
29 Indianapolis Colts $6000000
30 Washington Commanders $1000000
31 New Orleans Saints $-1000000
32 NY Jets $-3000000
