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The NFL's "legal tampering period" is about to start, so with free agency rumors running wild over the next few days, it's worth re-visiting Seattle's adjusted cap number. The league-wide salary cap for the 2016 NFL season is $155,270,000, but with leftover cap room carried over from the 2015 season, many teams' true salary cap number is quite a bit higher. For instance, Jacksonville's real cap number for this season is over $190M because they carried over $32M in unused cap space from last year.
Sadly, Seattle carried over just $11,587 so their true cap number for this year is right below the actual reported cap number, at $154,522,927. This follows adjustments from the 2015 season, per the NFLPA.
As far as cap room to use to spend on free agents, it's a fluid-ish number that is a projection based on the top-51 players on the roster. Right now, Seattle is projected to have something around $18M-$20M to spend on both their free agents and outside free agents. That includes Russell Okung, Jeremy Lane, J.R. Sweezy, Brandon Mebane, and the rest, plus anyone the team wants to add from other teams. First year cap hits can be low, though, so this is a solid amount to work with.
Per the NFLPA, here's the adjusted cap numbers for each team.
|
Team |
League-Wide Salary Cap |
Carryover from 2015 |
Adjustments from 2015 |
2016 Adjusted Team Cap |
|
Arizona Cardinals |
$155,270,000 |
$3,031,663 |
$666,753 |
$158,968,416 |
|
Atlanta Falcons |
$155,270,000 |
$3,905,771 |
($374,100) |
$158,801,671 |
|
Baltimore Ravens |
$155,270,000 |
$1,633,944 |
($1,725,189) |
$155,178,755 |
|
Buffalo Bills |
$155,270,000 |
$4,467,331 |
($2,361,600) |
$157,375,731 |
|
Carolina Panthers |
$155,270,000 |
$3,731,200 |
($1,008,059) |
$157,993,141 |
|
Chicago Bears |
$155,270,000 |
$867,589 |
$451,290 |
$156,588,879 |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
$155,270,000 |
$7,587,902 |
($180,350) |
$162,677,552 |
|
Cleveland Browns |
$155,270,000 |
$20,734,144 |
$682,150 |
$176,686,294 |
|
Dallas Cowboys |
$155,270,000 |
$3,571,239 |
$419,944 |
$159,261,183 |
|
Denver Broncos |
$155,270,000 |
$3,300,000 |
($4,474,959) |
$154,095,041 |
|
Detroit Lions |
$155,270,000 |
$862,191 |
$1,179,025 |
$157,311,216 |
|
Green Bay Packers |
$155,270,000 |
$6,953,847 |
$1,215,442 |
$163,439,289 |
|
Houston Texans |
$155,270,000 |
$1,637,055 |
$279,025 |
$157,186,080 |
|
Indianapolis Colts |
$155,270,000 |
$4,950,629 |
$388,400 |
$160,609,029 |
|
Jacksonville Jaguars |
$155,270,000 |
$32,774,928 |
$2,256,782 |
$190,301,710 |
|
Kansas City Chiefs |
$155,270,000 |
$2,622,838 |
$63,092 |
$157,955,930 |
|
Los Angeles Rams |
$155,270,000 |
$933,521 |
($538,332) |
$155,665,189 |
|
Miami Dolphins |
$155,270,000 |
$9,137,544 |
$2,359,775 |
$166,767,319 |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
$155,270,000 |
$2,090,409 |
($445,692) |
$156,914,717 |
|
New England Patriots |
$155,270,000 |
$1,347,882 |
$3,024,569 |
$159,642,451 |
|
New Orleans Saints |
$155,270,000 |
$1,400,000 |
($1,107,938) |
$155,562,062 |
|
New York Giants |
$155,270,000 |
$11,193,231 |
$856,928 |
$167,320,159 |
|
New York Jets |
$155,270,000 |
$2,484,216 |
($225,482) |
$157,528,734 |
|
Oakland Raiders |
$155,270,000 |
$13,373,617 |
($310,864) |
$168,332,753 |
|
Philadelphia Eagles |
$155,270,000 |
$7,255,362 |
($955,000) |
$161,570,362 |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
$155,270,000 |
$3,000,327 |
($641,349) |
$157,628,978 |
|
San Diego Chargers |
$155,270,000 |
$2,287,176 |
($782,409) |
$156,774,767 |
|
San Francisco 49ers |
$155,270,000 |
$12,206,686 |
$9,105,248 |
$176,581,934 |
|
Seattle Seahawks |
$155,270,000 |
$11,587 |
($758,660) |
$154,522,927 |
|
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
$155,270,000 |
$7,987,748 |
($2,119,382) |
$161,138,366 |
|
Tennessee Titans |
$155,270,000 |
$20,783,801 |
$304,025 |
$176,357,826 |
|
Washington |
$155,270,000 |
$5,837,734 |
$856,290 |
$161,964,024 |