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Cap Floor Set At $180 Million

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The NFL informed teams the salary cap for the 2021 season will be a minimum of $180 million.The NFL and NFLPA initially agreed that the minimum salary cap would be no lower than $175 million for this upcoming season, increasing $5 million on that agreement. The league has increased its salary cap every year since having an uncapped season in 2010 but a significant increase doesn't appear to be in the cards for 2021. As it stands, the Jaguars are projected with the most cap space at $77.6 million.
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Thats a little more than most expected? 

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Bird app has cap now potentially in the mid $180s as revenue was not as bad as anticipated. 

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With the minimum salary cap moving from $175 million to $180 million, the final number is expected to be in the range of $182-183 million. It most likely won't reach $185 million.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salary_cap

The salary cap in 2018 was 177 mil.

The salary cap in 2020 was 198 mil.

Next year Salary cap might be higher due to new TV deals, but that has not been determined yet, I think?

UFA isn't gonna be normal in 2021 or 2022 due to frozen cap.  With smaller cap I don't see how players will land phat new deals? 

 Seems like there's gonna be a glut of vets on minimum deals...maybe?

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Until something else changes most agents think its going to be $182M. Still the saving grace of a new TV deal upcoming if they can get that done. That would bump it up considerably. 

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@"Geoff Nichols" said: Until something else changes most agents think its going to be $182M. Still the saving grace of a new TV deal upcoming if they can get that done. That would bump it up considerably. 

$182M being the floor or the cap?

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@"AGRforever" said:
@"Geoff Nichols" said: Until something else changes most agents think its going to be $182M. Still the saving grace of a new TV deal upcoming if they can get that done. That would bump it up considerably. 

$182M being the floor or the cap?



The cap itself. 

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:
@"AGRforever" said:
@"Geoff Nichols" said: Until something else changes most agents think its going to be $182M. Still the saving grace of a new TV deal upcoming if they can get that done. That would bump it up considerably. 

$182M being the floor or the cap?



The cap itself. 

So how do these star players like Hunter etc expect bigger deals with a -8% cap? 

Assuming other teams structure deals like the Vikings with their assumption that the cap would rise every year its going to make holding onto older players very difficult. 

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@"AGRforever" said:
@"Geoff Nichols" said:
@"AGRforever" said:
@"Geoff Nichols" said: Until something else changes most agents think its going to be $182M. Still the saving grace of a new TV deal upcoming if they can get that done. That would bump it up considerably. 

$182M being the floor or the cap?



The cap itself. 

So how do these star players like Hunter etc expect bigger deals with a -8% cap? 

Assuming other teams structure deals like the Vikings with their assumption that the cap would rise every year its going to make holding onto older players very difficult. 



Extending Hunter would reduce his 2021 cap hit.

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Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reports the NFL salary cap will "at most be $183 million."The floor is currently set at $180 million, and the final number should be announced very shortly with free agency quickly approaching. Each dollar counts with teams heading into the free agency period with less cap space than ever, but with TV deals on the table, the NFL should rebound quickly. Dak Prescott's front-loaded mega deal is a sign that the 2022 salary cap will be significantly higher than this year's. Free agents could opt for more one-year contracts in hopes of signing lucrative long-term deals after the salary cap climbs.
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NFL salary cap this season will be $182.5 million.
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@"BarrNone55" said:
NFL salary cap this season will be $182.5 million.
Finally. OK, so not as much as we hoped, but not as bad as we feared. Just the fact that we now have a number, I think a lot of the moves will start happening very quickly. 
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We need about $2.3 million cleared

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@"BarrNone55" said: We need about $2.3 million cleared
Can we get there by simply cutting Stephens or do we need more?
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@"Knucklehead" said:
@"BarrNone55" said: We need about $2.3 million cleared
Can we get there by simply cutting Stephens or do we need more?
That would do it and then some. I'll help him pack. 
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