The 2022 NFL season is officially over. The 2023 offseason can begin.
There are currently more than 700 veteran players set to hit free agency this spring. Several more names will join that list as team make cuts to clear out salary cap space. Others will be crossed out as they sign lucrative contract extensions or wind up placed under the franchise tag by teams uninterested in losing them.
We don’t know who will land where, but we do know who the major players will be. After a second straight rebuilding year the Chicago Bears are primed to add major talent thanks to a league-high $94 million in cap space, per Over The Cap’s estimations. We also know veteran heavy teams like the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, each set adrift without quarterback solutions, will have to undergo so major restructuring just to get under 2023’s $224.8 million spending limit.
Here’s how each team clocks in when it comes to offseason salary cap space, per OTC. We’ll also include the team’s effective cap space, which takes into account the money needed to roster each club’s upcoming rookie class and pad out its roster to 51 players.
1
Chicago Bears: $94,434,449
Effective cap space: $85,603,649
2
Atlanta Falcons: $56,575,855
Effective cap space: $51,446,457
3
New York Giants: $47,863,739
Effective cap space: $44,709,700
4
Houston Texans: $37,612,053
Effective cap space: $25,659,836
5
Cincinnati Bengals: $35,673,058
Effective cap space: $33,048,387
6
New England Patriots: $33,958,947
Effective cap space: $29,741,628
7
Seattle Seahawks: $31,042,644
Effective cap space: $19,151,776
8
Baltimore Ravens: $26,108,480
Effective cap space: $23,592,063
9
Las Vegas Raiders: $19,139,838
Effective cap space: $10,944,118
10
Arizona Cardinals: $14,604,205
Effective cap space: $5,039,124
11
Detroit Lions: $13,915,951
Effective cap space: $2,575,474
12
Indianapolis Colts: $12,586,428
Effective cap space: $4,994,473
13
Denver Broncos: $9,387,224
Effective cap space: $8,401,057
14
San Francisco 49ers: $8,813,016
Effective cap space: $4,786,239
15
Washington Commanders: $8,352,246
Effective cap space: $4,821,441
16
Philadelphia Eagles: $8,336,843
Effective cap space: $2,818,487
17
Kansas City Chiefs: $7,012,266
Effective cap space: -$7,008,197
18
Pittsburgh Steelers: $1,032,747
Effective cap space: -$3,342,195
19
New York Jets: -$264,498
Effective cap space: -$4,328,215
20
Dallas Cowboys: -$6,748,743
Effective cap space: -$9,665,364
21
Carolina Panthers: -$7,743,950
Effective cap space: -$13,243,182
22
Cleveland Browns: -$13,344,606
Effective cap space: -$15,092,171
23
Los Angeles Rams: -$14,122,570
Effective cap space: -$15,873,998
24
Miami Dolphins: -$16,377,201
Effective cap space: -$22,804,155
25
Green Bay Packers: -$16,481,743
Effective cap space: -$20,389,077
26
Buffalo Bills: -$16,840,436
Effective cap space: -$19,601,003
27
Los Angeles Chargers: -$20,511,524
Effective cap space: -$23,561,642
28
Tennessee Titans: -$21,353,634
Effective cap space: -$25,738,129
29
Jacksonville Jaguars: -$22,633,686
Effective cap space: -$25,744,914
30
Minnesota Vikings: -$23,295,007
Effective cap space: -$25,777,310
31
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $55,031,921
Effective cap space: -$58,226,825
32
New Orleans Saints: $59,868,319
Effective cap space: -$63,083,972
