CEN-CAL17 Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 13 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/ Browns have $108 million in cap space for 2018. The 49ers had more at $110 million but now they're down to $67 million with the Garoppolo contract. According to spotrac we are 16th in total cap space as of right now. We have a ton of dead cap this year. As of right now, the Bills will have the 5th most cap space next season (2019) with $97 million. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/ Only thing is I don’t see the cap going up much higher next year. It’s predicting $190M, I’m think low $180s NFL money is dying, the numbers are going down. They can’t keep raising the cap drastically. In the near future I could see the cap not changing. Teams will have to start renegotiating or their won’t be a league.
GunnerBill Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, 1ZAYDAY1 said: Only thing is I don’t see the cap going up much higher next year. It’s predicting $190M, I’m think low $180s NFL money is dying, the numbers are going down. They can’t keep raising the cap drastically. In the near future I could see the cap not changing. Not yet it isn't despite declining viewing figures TV ad revenues for NFL broadcasts were up. Broadcasters make money through adverts. They spend money on content to secure the advertising revenues. Despite not as many people watching as before there are still more people watching the NFL than are watching almost anything else on TV so the advertisers are still willing to pay top dollar for those slots. The 2017 TNF deal with CBS and NBC was worth circa $450m. The 5 year deal FOX has signed from 2018 is more than $650m per year.... and that is for the worst of the 5 products the NFL is selling. The money is still going up because the advertisers still reach more people through football than through comedy or drama or documentary. Until that changes the money keeps rolling in and the cap keeps going up. Edited March 7, 2018 by GunnerBill
Green Lightning Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 14 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: Seattle was the youngest team in the NFL when they won the SB 4 seasons ago....dominant and pretty loaded......in the 1980's being that young and that good would have meant they'd be a force for the next 7-8 years. But 2-3 years later their roster was increasingly average and now 4 years after that SB win they are a wildcard team with a fairly weak roster carried by a franchise QB. In general 21st century history shows it's better to stay competitive and aggressively search for your QB than to try to stack blue chip talents that the salary cap won't allow you to keep. This. It's lock up a great QB and draft wisely. Expect a yearly turnover.
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