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Glenn Erby

Eagles salary cap breakdown entering Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season

Philadelphia quietly continued their business during the 2023 offseason, inking Rashaad Penny, Terrell Edmunds, Justin Evans, Kentavius Street, Nicholas Morrow, and Marcus Mariota to deals during the first wave.

The Eagles will again be a Super Bowl favorite in the NFC and have one of the most talented rosters despite being 26th in average positional spending.

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Here’s where Philadelphia sits salary cap-wise, thanks to Over The Cap.

Salary cap space

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Cap space: $5,107,151 — 22nd best in NFL

Dead cap space

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So, what is the dead cap?

Any future, unpaid, guaranteed salary or bonus or any already paid signing bonus that hasn’t yet been allocated to the salary cap becomes the team’s responsibility in the event of a release.

The salary cap increased to $224.8 million for the 2023 season.

The Eagles have $56 million in dead cap space, fourth among all NFL teams.

Positional spending

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Philadelphia currently has about $5M in cap space per Over The Cap, and they’re spending about $80+ million plus on both sides of the football, with the offensive and defensive lines carrying the most significant chunk of cap space.

The overall positional spending will change in the coming years after Jalen Hurts signed a massive five-year, $255 million contract extension, making him among the two highest-paid players on average in NFL history.

The Eagles will again be a Super Bowl favorite in the NFC and have one of the most talented rosters despite being 26th in average positional spending.

Offense

Total spending — $86,912,301

NFL rank — 28th

Defense

Total spending — $80,556,038

NFL rank — 22nd

 

Biggest cap hits

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We’ve listed five of the Eagles 15 biggest cap hits.

Lane Johnson $14,720,998

Darius Slay $11,873,000

Jason Kelce $10,757,000

Brandon Graham $10,095,000

A.J. Brown $8,318,894

Jordan Mailata $7,671,000

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