The Denver Broncos had to pinch pennies after parting ways with veteran quarterback Russell Wilson in 2024.
The Broncos took on a $53 million “dead money” cap hit from Wilson’s contract in 2024 and the team was close to the cap limit all year.
At the end of each season, teams rollover any unused cap space from the current year and add it to the next season’s total. Following the 2024 campaign, Denver is rolling over just $1,911,639, according to Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com.
That is the fifth-lowest rollover total in the NFL, only above the Buffalo Bills ($1,340,227), New York Giants ($1,172,048), Carolina Panthers ($490,368) and New York Jets ($345,919), who really cut it close.
After rolling over their leftover cap, the Broncos are now projected to have $48,035,255 in cap space this offseason, according to OTC’s database. That’s the 11th-highest cap space total for NFL teams going into 2025.
Denver has 19 in-house players scheduled to become free agents in March. Expect the Broncos to bring back a few key players and then look to fill some needs during free agency ahead of drafting more talent in April.
