{"id":19271,"date":"2024-11-27T18:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T18:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19271"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T18:51:20","slug":"2024-nfl-dead-money-by-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19271","title":{"rendered":"2024 NFL Dead Money, By Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Giants making the decision to waive<\/a> Daniel Jones<\/a><\/strong>, rather than keep him around ahead of a potential 2025 post-June 1 cut designation, changed their dead money outlook for this year and next. Here is how their new total fits in with the rest of the teams\u2019 numbers entering the final third of the regular season. Numbers courtesy of OverTheCap.<\/p>\n

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  1. Denver Broncos: $85.21MM<\/li>\n
  2. New York Giants: $79.57MM<\/li>\n
  3. Minnesota Vikings: $69.83MM<\/li>\n
  4. Buffalo Bills: $68.47MM<\/li>\n
  5. Carolina Panthers: $68.28MM<\/li>\n
  6. Green Bay Packers: $65.53MM<\/li>\n
  7. Tennessee Titans: $62.89MM<\/li>\n
  8. Philadelphia Eagles: $61.95MM<\/li>\n
  9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $60.64MM<\/li>\n
  10. New Orleans Saints: $59.44MM<\/li>\n
  11. New York Jets: $59.24MM<\/li>\n
  12. Los Angeles Chargers: $58.62MM<\/li>\n
  13. New England Patriots: $53.37MM<\/li>\n
  14. Miami Dolphins: $52.28MM<\/li>\n
  15. Seattle Seahawks: $52MM<\/li>\n
  16. Jacksonville Jaguars: $51.2MM<\/li>\n
  17. Las Vegas Raiders: $49.37MM<\/li>\n
  18. Washington Commanders: $42.81MM<\/li>\n
  19. Houston Texans: $39.28MM<\/li>\n
  20. Cleveland Browns: $38.79MM<\/li>\n
  21. Los Angeles Rams: $34.63MM<\/li>\n
  22. Detroit Lions: $33.71MM<\/li>\n
  23. Pittsburgh Steelers: $30.18MM<\/li>\n
  24. Chicago Bears: $29.65MM<\/li>\n
  25. Arizona Cardinals: $29.35MM<\/li>\n
  26. San Francisco 49ers: $26.91MM<\/li>\n
  27. Dallas Cowboys: $26.79MM<\/li>\n
  28. Baltimore Ravens: $21.35MM<\/li>\n
  29. Kansas City Chiefs: $12.65MM<\/li>\n
  30. Indianapolis Colts: $11.8MM<\/li>\n
  31. Atlanta Falcons: $11.55MM<\/li>\n
  32. Cincinnati Bengals: $9.11MM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a>The Jones release moved more than $13MM of dead cap onto the Giants\u2019 2024 payroll. More significantly, the Giants granting Jones an early exit \u2014 after a contract-driven benching \u2014 will prevent the team from designating him a post-June 1 cut next year. The Giants will take on $22.2MM in dead money in 2025, rather than being able to split that bill over two offseasons. The team also took on more than $10MM in dead money this year due to the 2023 Leonard Williams<\/a><\/strong> trade.<\/p>\n

    This year\u2019s most egregious dead money offender has been known for months. The Broncos\u2019 contract-driven Russell Wilson<\/a><\/strong> benching last year preceded a historic release, which saddled the team with more than $83MM in total dead money. A small cap credit is set to come in 2025 (via Wilson\u2019s veteran-minimum Pittsburgh pact), but for this year, $53MM in dead cap hit Denver\u2019s payroll<\/a> as a result of the the quarterback\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

    The Broncos more than doubled the previous single-player dead money record, which the Falcons held ($40.5MM) for trading Matt Ryan<\/a><\/strong>), and they will be on the hook for the final $30MM-plus in 2025. Beyond Wilson, no other ex-Bronco counts more than $7.5MM in dead money. In terms of total dead cap, however, the Broncos barely check in north of the Buccaneers and Rams\u2019 2023 totals. Denver is trying to follow those teams\u2019 lead in rallying back to make the playoffs despite nearly a third of its 2024 payroll tied up in dead cap.<\/p>\n

    Twenty-two players represent dead money for the Saints, who have seen their total updated since the Marshon Lattimore<\/a><\/strong> trade<\/a>. Rather than restructure-crazed GM Mickey Loomis<\/strong> using the Lattimore contract once again to create cap space next year, the Saints will take on the highest non-QB dead money hit in NFL history. Lattimore counts $14MM in that category this year before the contract shifts to a whopping $31.66MM in dead cap on New Orleans\u2019 2025 payroll. Considering the Saints are again in their own sector for cap trouble next year ($62MM-plus over), the Lattimore trade will create some issues as the team attempts to rebound post-Dennis Allen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Two 2023 restructures ballooned the Vikings\u2019 figure toward $70MM. Void years on Kirk Cousins<\/a><\/strong> and Danielle Hunter<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s deals combined for more than $43MM in dead money. Minnesota also ate nearly $7MM from the void years on Marcus Davenport<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s one-year contract, while the release of 2022 first-rounder Lewis Cine<\/a><\/strong> (currently on the Bills\u2019 practice squad) accounted for more than $5MM.<\/p>\n

    Free from the Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong> dead money that comprised a chunk of their 2023 cap, the Bucs still have eight-figure hits from the Carlton Davis<\/a><\/strong> trade and Mike Evans<\/a><\/strong>\u2018 previous contract voiding not long before the sides agreed on a new deal. Elsewhere in the NFC South, three of the players given multiyear deals in 2023 \u2014 Vonn Bell<\/a><\/strong>, Hayden Hurst<\/a><\/strong>, Bradley Bozeman<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 being moved off the roster in GM Dan Morgan<\/strong>\u2018s first offseason represent nearly half of Carolina\u2019s dead cap.<\/p>\n

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