The Philadelphia Eagles have some glaring holes in their roster and thanks to an increase in the expected salary cap for next season, Howie Roseman should have room to maneuver.
Ian Rapoport just reported that the 2020 NFL Salary Cap is projected to increase somewhere between the range of $196.8 million to $201.2 million.
This is the seventh consecutive year the cap is projected to climb more than $10M per club year over year. Since 2011, the cap has increased roughly 65 percent and $76 million per club. Total projected player costs, including benefits, will be more than $7.7 billion in 2020. https://t.co/6Dxr3Dd3jQ
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 10, 2019
The Eagles were expected to have about $40 million in cap space before the increase and with the news from the NFL, Philadelphia could start the offseason with about $48m-$55m in available cap space per Over The Cap.
Salaries continue to rise across the NFL at key positions, and the Eagles have made three of their players among the highest-paid at their positions.
The Eagles made guard Brandon Brooks and tackle Lane Johnson the highest-paid at their respective positions with contract extensions agreed to during this season, and Carson Wentz got the most guaranteed in NFL history also.
The Eagles could look to extend Malcolm Jenkins or take cap space into next season when quarterback Carson Wentz’s cap number goes from $8.4 million to more than $18.6 million under the terms of his four-year, $128 million extension he signed.