The NFL salary cap is expected to drop in 2021 due to revenue losses resulting from the global pandemic but the Arizona Cardinals will add a few million to that total. NFL teams get to roll over unused cap space from the previous year to the following year.
ESPN’s Field Yates reported the rollover total for all 32 NFL teams.
A look at how much cap space each NFL team rolled over to 2021, from the Browns ($30,366,604) to the Ravens ($586,822).
The NFL will audit these amounts after calculating incentives and cap credits from this year. The final amounts will be added to each team's cap for 2021. pic.twitter.com/cKen1bbgJ5
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 20, 2021
The Baltimore Ravens roll over the smallest total at more than $586,000 while the Cleveland Browns gain an extra $30.4 million for 2021.
The Cardinals add $5.05 million in unused cap space.
Even still, according to Over the Cap as of Wednesday night, the Cardinals still only have a little less than $8.9 million in caps space for 2021, based on a salary cap of $176 million.
That could be as low as $175 million although if the league adds a 17th regular season game and another TV contract, that would increase.
The extra money will be needed but it isn’t exactly going to solve the Cardinals’ salary cap problems for the offseason.
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