The Arizona Cardinals reworked left tackle D.J. Humphries’ contract to create extra salary cap space for this year. The move freed up more than $7 million in cap space.
They needed the cap space.
On Monday, SI.com’s Albert Breer shared the 10 teams with the least amount of cap space. The Cardinals have the seventh-least amount of cap space, with just more than $6.5 million available.
As of this AM, the Rams were actually over the cap. Per the NFL report, the teams closest to the cap …
1) Rams -$404K
2) Saints $1.50M
3) Vikings $1.65M
4) Falcons $1.93M
5) Steelers $6.01M
6) Seahawks $6.19M
7) Cardinals $6.51M
8) Bucs $6.79M
9) Chiefs $7.04M
10) Bills $7.58M— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) September 7, 2020
While when the Cardinals redid Humphries’ contract, many believed it was to be able to extend a player’s contract like receiver DeAndre Hopkins.
It turns out that had they not restructured the deal, they would have been over the cap.
With $6.51 million in cap space as the season begins, the Cardinals are not in a position to do much without making other moves.
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