kelly Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 NFL : 5 Teams Facing Serious Salary Cap Issues In 2016 Parity is a huge part of what makes the NFL the most popular professional sports league in the United States, and that parity was largely made possible by the NFL’s implementation of a hard salary cap in 1994. Unlike other professional sports leagues, where willing teams are allowed to pay a luxury tax for having a total payroll that exceeds their salary cap, NFL teams are subject to fines, a loss of draft picks, and voided contracts for violating their league’s salary cap rules. This is why many teams are forced to constantly restructure contracts, make trades, or outright release some of their best players just to get right by the salary cap. On top of that, the NFL’s free agency period simply wouldn’t be the same if there weren’t a hard salary cap in place. When it comes to circumventing the NFL salary cap, there is only so much a team can do. As it stands, all 32 teams around the league are in good standing with the league’s 2015 salary cap of $143,280,000 — which is not uncommon for this time of year. Projecting forward to the 2016 league year is a completely different story. While the cap is looking to increase in 2016, there are some teams who won’t be able to avoid facing serious cap conundrums following the 2015 season.After crunching the 2016 salary cap numbers for all 32 NFL teams, we found that there are five teams in particular that are facing serious cap problems for the 2016 season. The front offices for all five teams will have their work cut out for them in trying to solve their financial issues, but the good news is they have a couple months left to do so. Without further ado, here is a look at five teams that are facing serious salary cap issues in 2016. * The 2016 NFL salary cap will likely be slightly higher than the 2015 cap of $143,280,000 ~ ~ 5. New York Jets Active Contracts: $152,909,924 Dead Money: $0 Total 2016 Salary Cap Figure: $152,909,924 In a matter of one offseason, the Jets went from being in the top five of the league in available to cap space to the bottom five. The team added (among others) cornerbacks Darrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie, and Buster Skrine as free agents, and traded for wide receiver Brandon Marshall. Their toughest decision will be what they choose to do with defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson. If they are serious about re-signing him, there is a good chance that the Jets’ front office will attempt to restructure the contracts of offensive tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson, Marshall, Revis, and center Nick Mangold. rest of above article : > http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/nfl-5-teams-facing-serious-salary-cap-issues-in-2016.html/?ref=YF&tpl=op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas2No99 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 BAH!!! Just like we were in "CAP HELL" after 2012 and Idzy cut all the bad contracts and we were fine again. Cut Cro. Re-do Brick. Re-do Breno or cut bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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