The Arizona Cardinals made a lot of changes this offseason to their roster with a new front office and coaching staff. They have a good amount of salary cap space but they also carry a lot of dead money.
They are among the league leaders in dead money, ranking sixth, according to Over the Cap.
They carry nearly $47.3 million in dead money charges against the cap.
Dead money is money charged against the salary cap for contracts that have been traded or cut and either had money paid that was not previously charged to the cap or is guaranteed to them this year.
Five teams carry more, led by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with $76.8 million.
The largest part of the Cardinals’ dead money is from cutting receiver DeAndre Hopkins. His contract carries a charge of more than $21 million.
Even with the dead money charges, the Cardinals still have more than $16.5 million in cap space for this season and an even better outlook in 2024.
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