The Cleveland Browns are in one of the best positions in the NFL in terms of salary cap management. New GM Andrew Berry and his team have the Browns in a fiscally responsible and forward-looking state entering Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season.
Per Spotrac, the Browns have $34,567,177 in salary cap room as of Tuesday morning. That factors in all the cuts and waiver wire additions and subtractions over the weekend.
Only the New England Patriots have more cap room. The overhauled Patriots have just over $36 million by Spotrac’s calculations. The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only other team with more than $30 million in available cap room entering Week 1. The Saints, Rams and Ravens all have less than $1 million at their disposal.
Having all that cap room doesn’t mean Berry can go sign players willy-nilly. Expect the Browns to carry over a significant portion of the cap room in order to re-sign key players like Myles Garrett and Kareem Hunt, as well as to protect against a possible decline in the total salary cap due to COVID-19 issues.
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